How to Survive the EXPLOSION Growth of ESOL Learners Upper Elementary and Middle School Levels

Numbers of ESOL Students in SC , , , , ,543

Identifying ESOL Students Home Language Survey NCLB Law/Title III LAS/IPT Screening Assessment (new students) Placement & Notification Process ELDA Test (Spring) Review for Future placement: PACT/PASS MAPS ELDA HSAP Class Grades Teacher Recommendations Possibility of Monitor Status Exit Status Special Education- referring ESOL students

ESOL Share Time Share Activity with your Elbow Partner Tell various ways that ESOL students are identified at the school level

Acronym Orientation Activity BICS CALP LEP ESOL ELL L1 and L2 NES PEPSI SIOP SDAIE TPR

What is Language Acquisition? Cooperative Learning Groups Explore what you think LA is Make a list in your group to share 10 minute Restroom Break Ticket Out- Post it Notes

What is Language Acquisition? Review post-it notes of “What is Language Acquisition?” Krashen states, “Acquisition and learning are 2 separate processes. Learning is knowing about a language. Acquisition is the unconscious process that occurs when language is used in real conversation.” Second language competency develops most quickly when the learner focuses on accomplishing tasks rather than focusing on the language itself. (Rigg & Hudelson, 1986; Krashen & Terrell, 1983)

Language Acquisition Theory PEPSI Monitor learning as opposed to acquisition- not addressing spelling or grammar but building oral language Comprehensible Input Affective Filter

Stages of Language Acquisition Preproduction (ELDA Levels) Early production Speech emergence Intermediate fluency Advanced fluency

Stages of Second Language Acquisition 1.Preproduction Minimal comprehension No verbalization Nods for yes or no Draws and points

Stages of Second Language Acquisition 2.Early production Has limited comprehension One-to-two word responses Participates using key words and familiar phases Uses present tense verbs

Stages of Second Language Acquisition 3. Speech emergence Has good comprehension Produces simple sentences Makes grammar and pronunciation errors Frequently misunderstands jokes

Stages of Second Language Acquisition 4. Intermediate fluency has excellent comprehension makes few grammatical errors 5.Advanced fluency student has a near-native level of speech

Brainstorm Activity Divide into cooperative learning groups Generate a list of strategies which will help ESOL students develop language skills.

Conga Line Activity Groups will be divided by 1-2, 1- 2 and form two separate lines for sharing language. Music plays, step-up and share a strategy that you came up with in your cooperative learning group.

Strategies, Accommodations, Modifications Strategies Setting objectives and providing feedback Nonlinguistic representations Cues, questions, and advance organizers Cooperative learning Summarizing and note-taking Homework and practice Reinforcing effort and providing recognition Generating hypotheses Identifying similarities and differences

Accommodations Check out - Individualized accommodation and modification plan Other ideas: Podcasting by teacher, student or volunteer Computer programs-Rosetta Stone, Odyssey, Imagine Learning English WebQuest Movie Creations Writing and singing raps Teacher Tube Power Point Presentations Promethean boards Blogs

Suggestions for practicing language Conga line Inside/Outside Circle Carousel Posters Cooperative learning groups Elbow Partners Graffiti posters Tickets out Read Aloud! Think Aloud! Graphic organizers Highlighting Jigsaw-expert group/partner reading of materials

How Do I Meet the Needs of ALL My Students? By using other students as “mini teachers” Adapting instruction for all types of learning modalities Activity for teachers to practice ……….(Water Cycle)………

Technology Rosetta Stone- language based instruction Odyssey – ELL component Internet Sites for ELLs Catherine Brown MS Office-Technology Standards Podcasting, WebQuest Audio Books from library Everything ESL Websites (get) Internet sites that integrate content materials Newspapers, magazines

ESOL Standards ability/Federal-and-State- Accountability/old/fp/documents /ESOLStandards_000.dochttp://ed.sc.gov/agency/Account ability/Federal-and-State- Accountability/old/fp/documents /ESOLStandards_000.doc

Resources Accountability/old/fp/ESOLTitleIII.htmlhttp://ed.sc.gov/agency/Accountability/Federal-and-State- Accountability/old/fp/ESOLTitleIII.html Catherine Brown- acceleratingminds.com Everything ESL