摘要:
This study was designed to determine the impact of different approaches to art making on language acquisition and communication skill development in urban, public elementary school English Language Learners (ELLs) who speak a variety of languages. As determined by suggestions from studies previously conducted (Eubanks, 2002, Spina, 2006, Ingraham and Nuttall, 2016) and curricula (The New York State Education Department Office of Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies, 2010) intended to support language acquisition and communication skill development in ELLs, the author has chosen to study small group collaboration, large group collaboration, and choice based art making to determine the impact of best practices of three common art teaching strategies on three ELL students in her classroom. The author found all three strategies effective in supporting language acquisition and communication skill development in public, urban, elementary school ELLs.