1. Teaching English Language Learners with Diverse Abilities

2. Student Profiles Balanced bilingual
Monolingual/literate in native language
Monolingual/preliterate in native language
Limited bilingual

3. Assessment Why assessment is important?
Assessment in the native language
Home language
Assessment in the English language
Academic Language
Conversational language

4. Principles of Language
Language is functional.
Language and culture are interrelated.
Language varies and changes.
Language skills develop interdependently.
Native language proficiency contributes to second language acquisition.

5. Communicative Competence
Grammatical Competence
Sociolinguistic Competence
Communicative Competence
Discourse Competence
Strategic Competence

6. Academic Requirements of Language
BICS Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
CALP Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency

7. The Language Iceberg BICS CALP
Most visible, acquired fastest (usually 2 years)
Conversational Proficiency
BICS
Least visible, deeper level of language – takes longer (usually 4-7 years)
Academic Proficiency
CALP

8. Language Knowledge Phonology Morphology Syntax Pragmatics Semantics
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Language Arts
Mathematics
Social Studies
Science
Other Content Areas

9. What Else Influences Language Acquisition?
Personality
Age
Attitudes
Classroom Climate
Affective Variables

10. Strategies for English Language Development
Contextualize Instruction
Provide Comprehensible Input
Expect Students to Learn
Use Appropriate Questioning Strategies

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