Increasing the comprehensibility of input helps ELLs acquire both content and language knowledge more easily. Teachers who use guarded vocabulary strategies reduce the "linguistic load" of instruction. Herrera and Murry (2011) suggest the following:
*slow the rate of speech
*emphasize word enunciation
*simplify vocabulary
*be consistent with vocabulary use
*repeat key terms
*simplify syntax and use shorter sentences
*insert more pauses between phrases
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