Fiction
*clear story structure
*appealing illustrations
*fantasy
*sounds like spoken Language
*written for entertainment
*pictures often can tell the story
Nonfiction
*photos
*graphs
*non linguistic representations
*heading
*indexes
*Factual information
*Academic language
I think both types of literature will support the ELL. Both types expose students to content that is helpful in learning the English language. Fiction might be challenging because it is fantasy and may cause confusion if the students are unable to grasp the content. However, fiction provides great language and illustration's that can be used to help the students with their writing. Nonfiction is difficult because of the academic language that is often used. Many ELL may have a hard time with vocabulary. Nonfiction actually allows the learners to access more background knowledge and learn about new topics.
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