Damian Is an ELL Student in High School

question 28

Multiple Choice

Damian is an ELL student in high school. He is able to converse enough to make friends and play games, but he does not understand academic language very well. Based on guidelines for providing emotional support for ELL students, which one of his teachers seems to be most effective in working with Damian?

• A) "Damian, you will probably do best working on this assignment alone while other students work in groups."
• B) "This is science class. I don't want you to worry about English in this class. Just try to get the science concepts."
• C) "Who can help Damian learn how to punctuate sentences correctly? He needs help from someone who is good in English."
• D) "I talked to Damian about this event in history, and he created a timeline that compares events in his country with events in Canada at that time."

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