Esol Program Delivery Models
Chart - ESOL Program Delivery Models
Assignment: Models of ESOL Program Delivery - Benefits and Challenges Use the information provided in the preceding summary to complete the chart below. Compare and contrast 3 ESOL Program Delivery Models in addition to the one used in your school, and identify the benefits and challenges of each.
· Specify in the chart the model that is used in your school.
· At the bottom of the chart, briefly reflect on the model your school uses. Would you change it? Why or why not?
· Submit the assignment to your instructor and save a copy to your file. Chart - ESOL Program Delivery Models
Model|Benefits|Challenges|
Early Exit Bilingual |Makes efficient use of limited bilingual teachers by concentrating them at early grades Maintains native oral language fluency Builds in bilingual communication with parents.|Language skills may not be fully developed to transfer to English.Students tend to take longer to mainstream in this program.Success of early-exit TBE measured more by speed at which students are mainstreamed than content-area learning.|
Bilingual Immersion |Appears to improve language arts achievement compared to transitional bilingual programs|Students may be unprepared for transition to mainstream classrooms.| 2 Way bilingual programs | Students learn language and acquire positive cross-cultural attitudes from each other and teachers. Integrates minority children and English-speaking peers. Evaluations indicate effectiveness in promoting academic achievement and high levels of language proficiency for both groups of students.| Language used in early grades of immersion may be modified to accommodate English speaking students, impacting language development of language-minority students. Privileged status may be conferred on participating language-majority students (Valdés, 1997).Unknown effect of programs using languages with different alphabets (i.e. Cantonese/English). | My school has: Structured
Assignment: Models of ESOL Program Delivery - Benefits and Challenges Use the information provided in the preceding summary to complete the chart below. Compare and contrast 3 ESOL Program Delivery Models in addition to the one used in your school, and identify the benefits and challenges of each.
· Specify in the chart the model that is used in your school.
· At the bottom of the chart, briefly reflect on the model your school uses. Would you change it? Why or why not?
· Submit the assignment to your instructor and save a copy to your file. Chart - ESOL Program Delivery Models
Model|Benefits|Challenges|
Early Exit Bilingual |Makes efficient use of limited bilingual teachers by concentrating them at early grades Maintains native oral language fluency Builds in bilingual communication with parents.|Language skills may not be fully developed to transfer to English.Students tend to take longer to mainstream in this program.Success of early-exit TBE measured more by speed at which students are mainstreamed than content-area learning.|
Bilingual Immersion |Appears to improve language arts achievement compared to transitional bilingual programs|Students may be unprepared for transition to mainstream classrooms.| 2 Way bilingual programs | Students learn language and acquire positive cross-cultural attitudes from each other and teachers. Integrates minority children and English-speaking peers. Evaluations indicate effectiveness in promoting academic achievement and high levels of language proficiency for both groups of students.| Language used in early grades of immersion may be modified to accommodate English speaking students, impacting language development of language-minority students. Privileged status may be conferred on participating language-majority students (Valdés, 1997).Unknown effect of programs using languages with different alphabets (i.e. Cantonese/English). | My school has: Structured