Reflections Teaching Practices

The author of Reflections_on_Teaching_ELLs.FINAL.pdf  argues that the "notion of power practices is based on the idea that we know there are efficient and effective ways of accomplishing a task because we have repeated them successfully over a long period of time with large numbers of people. There is no limit to the potential power these individual practices." 

Please reflect on 2-3 powerful practices that you have found highly impactful in teaching non-native English speakers. Your response should be in a minimum of 250 words.