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The concepts of experiential instruction in this essay target the early years classroom. Experiential instruction engages students orally, cognitively, and physically by drawing upon their whole sensory system within familiar contexts. Students see themselves as communicators, thinkers, and doers as their culture, language and interests are honoured and accepted as starting points to language and literacy learning.  \nThe challenge for teachers in our culturally diverse schools is not the growing number of English Language Learning students in classrooms, but the challenge to provide the appropriate, targeted instruction for the English Language Learner (ELL), which fosters oral language and literacy (Hadaway & Young, 2010; Xu & Drame, 2008) . Students’ first encounters with language and literacy in schools are critical to their success as learners. Early years classroom and Reading Recovery teachers can provide experiential instruction that guides the ELL to become active in their own acquisition of language and literacy. Active learners become orally, cognitively, and physically engaged when involved in stimulating learning experiences. Experiential instruction involves providing learning opportunities that build on the familiar and engage the whole student’s sensory system. Sensory stimulations, within familiar contexts, engages all parts of the brain in the thinking process, which results in powerful learning (Clay, 2005b; Herrell & Jordan, 2008; Lyons, 2003) . ELLs, in particular, become communicators, thinkers, and doers (Pinnell & Fountas, 2009) when teachers provide specific, meaningful , sensory learning opportunities to develop oral language and literacy.  \nStudent Communicators  \nExperiential instruction begins with honouring culture and engaging in interactions that value the resources that ELLs bring to the classroom. Traditional practices of repetitive vocabulary drill, a right-way philosophy, and strict grammar teaching have given way to new instructional practices (Jones, 2011) . The interactions that foster student communication are now more in line with the kinds of interactions that nurturing families would engage in at home. Communication between family members is free flowing and comfortable (Clay, 1998) . Good teachers create a family of learners by honouring culture, accepting all modes of communication, and providing interactive learning experiences that transition students to begin using English oral expression in confident ways.  \nHonouring Culture  \nThe “one size fits all” mode of instruction (Hadaway & Young, 2010, p. 28) is often used in classrooms as teachers frantically search for the most effective program for teaching English learners. The most effective program is one wherein teachers make personal connections with students, talking with them and taking time getting to know their culture, language, and interests. Frequent “culture days,” whereby students are encouraged to bring something from  \ntheir culture to share with others, are simple ways of letting students know that they are valued, contributing members of their learning community. Personal connections are one of the hallmarks of Reading Recovery, which begins at the onset of each child’s lesson series. This one-to-one teacher-student interaction capitalizes on shared personal experiences that generate conversations from the students’ interests and culture (Van Dyke , 2006; Thompson, 2008; Williams & Haag, 2009) . When possible, in both the classroom and Reading Recovery settings, having books such as The Day of","cbCaisKreZK3WX5h","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisKreZK3WX5h","pdf",263268,"English","# Abstract\n# Student Communicators\n## Honouring Culture\n## Accepting All Modes of Communication","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the article focus on for English Language Learners?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on how teachers in multicultural classrooms can provide appropriate, targeted instruction for ELLs, especially in oral language and literacy.\"},{\"question\":\"What is experiential instruction, according to the article?\",\"answer\":\"Experiential instruction engages students orally, cognitively, and physically by using their whole sensory system within familiar contexts.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article suggest teachers support ELLs’ communication?\",\"answer\":\"Teachers should honor culture, accept all modes of communication, and create interactive experiences that transition students into confident English oral expression.\"}]","Experiential Instruction: Fostering Language and Literacy in English Language Learners | PDF",1792080645,15]