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The English Language Learner

The English Language Learner. How will the ESOL student impact the regular education classroom?. Alphabet Soup. English (for) Speakers of Other Languages English Language Learner International Welcome Center Primary Home Other Language Than English Academic Knowledge Skills

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The English Language Learner

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  1. The English Language Learner How will the ESOL student impact the regular education classroom?

  2. Alphabet Soup • English (for) Speakers of Other Languages • English Language Learner • International Welcome Center • Primary Home Other Language Than English • Academic Knowledge Skills • Language Acquisition Device

  3. Demographics • National • State • Cobb County • 183 Countries • 87 Languages • Students • 2003- 486 • 2004- 3806 • 2005- 5087 • 2006- 7222 • S2007- 7832 (Fall to Spring 9.2%)

  4. State Of Georgia

  5. Cobb County Top 3 • Spanish • Brazilian Portuguese • Korean

  6. Access Testing • 2006 • Most students tested scored level 3 of 5 level. • For students to have a chance at passing need to at level 4 tier C

  7. Area 6 Elementary

  8. Area 6 Elementary2006-2007 enrollments

  9. Middle Schools

  10. Area 6 High Schools

  11. Cobb Models • International Welcome Center • Pull Out • ESOL Teacher • Tutor

  12. ALT Support K-12 • Diversity Awareness • Language Acquisition • Instructional Strategies • Alternative Assessment

  13. Culture • Religion / Taboos • - Child rearing practices • - Male/female roles • - Beliefs about success & failure • - Morality • - Proxemics & Time • - Humor • - Acculturation stage • - Affective filter • - Motivation • - Social class - • Poverty!!

  14. Language Acquisition • NEP – no verbal production, focus on • listening comprehension, build receptive • vocabulary; draw, copy, act… • Beginner – one, two word responses, • production of known structures; name, list, • label … • Intermediate – simple sentences, developing • higher levels of language/thinking; recall, • define, restate, summarize, contrast … • Advanced – complex errors in speech and print; • focus on reading and writing correctly, • analyze, support, evaluate, create … • Transition – fluency approaches native • speaker, focus on writing mechanics;

  15. Instructional Strategies • Differentiation • Academic Modification • PBI / UBD • SIOP

  16. Alternative Assessment Measures • Nonverbal Alternative Assessment Measures • Nonverbal Assessment Strategies • Physical demonstration • Pictorial products • KWL Charts • Oral Performances or Presentations • Oral & Written Products • Portfolios

  17. What’s next? • ESOL endorsed content teacher • Co-teaching • ALT Support Collaborative • SIOP Model • Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol

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