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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
Anna Uhl Chamot Jill Robbins Second Language Learning Consultants NOTES PAGES FOR JILL, ANNA & AILEEN Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
PURPOSE OF CALLA Focus on learner. Improve academic language proficiency. Motivate with content topics. Teach learning strategies. ANNA Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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THE COGNITIVE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE LEARNING APPROACH (CALLA)
The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success THE COGNITIVE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE LEARNING APPROACH (CALLA) ANNA Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
AUTHENTIC CONTENT Aligned to curriculum standards. Interesting school and cultural topics. Linked to students’ prior experiential and cultural knowledge. Taught through hands-on/inquiry-based/cooperative learning tasks. ANNA Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
ACADEMIC LANGUAGE Language development through content across all curriculum areas. Vocabulary and discourse of content subjects and cultural topics. Linked to students’ prior linguistic knowledge. Development of language awareness. ANNA Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
LEARNING STRATEGIES Thoughts and actions that assist learning tasks. Ways to understand, remember, and recall information. Ways to practice skills efficiently. JILL Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
CALLA Sites Lowell, MA McAllen, TX Mesa, AZ New York, NY Ogden, UT Philadelphia, PA Washington, DC ANNA Alief, TX Allentown, PA Arlington, VA Bethel, AK Boston, MA Chula Vista, CA Dearborn, MI El Paso, TX Fargo, ND Federal Way, WA Houston, TX Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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Analyzing Textbook Language
The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success Analyzing Textbook Language Using the sample from a text for your level, work with a group to identify some of the content difficulties for ELL students AILEEN Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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CALLA INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCE
The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success CALLA INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCE Five Recursive Phases ANNA Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
PREPARATION EXPANSION CALLA’S FIVE PHASES PRESENTATION SELF-EVALUATION ANNA PRACTICE Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
PREPARATION Identify objectives. Elicit students’ prior knowledge. Develop vocabulary. Provide motivation. JILL Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
PRESENTATION Present new information in varied ways. Model processes explicitly.. Explain learning strategies. Discuss connections to students’ prior knowledge. ANNA Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
PRACTICE Use hands-on/inquiry-based activities. Provide different cooperative learning structures. Use authentic content tasks. Ask students to use learning strategies. JILL Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
SELF-EVALUATION Students reflect on their own learning. Students evaluate themselves. Students assess their own strategy use. Anna Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
EXPANSION Students apply information to own lives. Students make connections between language and content. Students relate information to first language knowledge. Parents contribute to learning. Jill Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
Guide for planning a CALLA Instructional Sequence SHOW THIS FOR GROUP LESSON DEVELOPMENT OHP JILL OR AILEEN Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
Listen & Respond Listen to the research findings and choose one point to respond to. On a note paper, write a practical example or application of one of the research findings. Place the note under the research finding. GIVE INSTRUCTIONS HERE FOR THE LISTENING ACTIVITY Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
Research Findings The learning process is mentally active and strategic. Learning involves higher level thinking, not just memory. Social context and interaction are critical. Students learn content by relating it to their prior knowledge. Students learn processes through integrative practice individually and with peers. Learning strategies can be taught and learned. ANNA STOP AFTER THIS SLIDE TO DEBREIF ON THE LISTENING ACTIVITY Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
ANNA Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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WHY TEACH LEARNING STRATEGIES?
The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success WHY TEACH LEARNING STRATEGIES? Show students how to be better learners. Build students’ self-efficacy. Increase student motivation for learning Help students become reflective and critical thinkers. JILL Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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TIPS ON TEACHING LEARNING STRATEGIES
The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success TIPS ON TEACHING LEARNING STRATEGIES Build on students’ current learning strategies. Demonstrate how to use the learning strategy by modeling. Give the strategy a name. Provide ample practice opportunities. ANNA Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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Metacognitive Strategies
The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success Metacognitive Strategies Planning Understand the task Organize materials Find resources JILL Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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Metacognitive Strategies
The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success Metacognitive Strategies Monitoring While working on a task: Check your progress on the task. Check your comprehension as you use the language. Do you understand? If not, what is the problem? Check your production as you use the language. Are you making sense? If not, what is the problem? ANNA Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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Social Learning Strategies
The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success Social Learning Strategies Cooperation: work with others to: complete tasks build confidence give and receive feedback Jill Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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Metacognitive Strategies
The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success Metacognitive Strategies Evaluation: after completing a task: Assess how well you have accomplished the learning task. Assess how well you have used learning strategies. Decide how effective the strategies were. Identify changes you will make the next time you have a similar task to do. ANNA Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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Metacognitive Strategies
The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success Metacognitive Strategies Self-Management: Manage Your Own Learning Determine how you learn best. Arrange conditions that help you learn. Seek opportunities for practice. Focus your attention on the task. Jill Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success
CALLA Instruction Is... Learner-centered Reflective Supportive Focused Enthusiastic Anna: Copyright 2005 Chamot & Robbins
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