Jane is a second grade ELL student. The results from her first grade End of Year (EOY)‚ assessments demonstrated the following data. Jane’s data for NWF (Nonsense Word Fluency) was 52‚ whereas the benchmark goal was 58. Consequently‚ her fluency score was a 42‚ the recommended goal was 47. The DIBELS accuracy component illustrated the need for additional support‚ as Jane scored 88% when the goal was 90% for the end of first grade. Jane did score slightly above grade one expectations on the WWR
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Jeorge Marquet March 31‚ 2012 1956 Grand Canyon Collision: The Creation of the FAA In today’s world‚ flying is generally an extraordinarily safe experience. Within the last five years‚ only one fatal plane crash has occurred. This is an impressive record considering that more than 87‚000 flights can be found in United States airspace on any given day (NATCA). However‚ air safety has not always been as advanced as it is currently. Past accidents and collisions have triggered crucial safety
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THEORIES OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. Over the last fifty years‚ several theories have been put forward to explain the process by which children learn to understand and speak a language. They can be summarized as follows: Theory Central Idea Individual most often associated with theory Behaviourist Children imitate adults. Their correct utterances are reinforced when they get what they want or are praised. Skinner Innateness A child’s brain contains special language-learning mechanisms at birth. Chomsky
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Second Language Acquisition and the Critical Period Hypothesis When learning a second language a native-like level is hardly ever reached. Various research has been conducted into this phenomenon which has resulted in a number of hypotheses concerning the possible cause thereof. One of these is the Critical Period Hypothesis which states that there is an optimum period for learning a second language that ends after puberty. Can the Critical Period Hypothesis adequately explain why people acquiring
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ELL ASSESSMENTS Nohemy Tautimer 08/02/2013 EDU-213N Grand Canyon University Professor Lorena Brown With the rise in immigrant students comes a rise in students who do not speak English. Schools are facing the need to not only teach these students their regular academics but also a new language. In Guthrie‚ Oklahoma‚ there may seem like there would not be as much need for such programs but the fact is that English language learners are also here. ELL students need assistance from the schools
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Study of language acquisition Psycholinguistics is an interdisciplinary field. Hence‚ it is studied by researchers from a variety of different backgrounds‚ such as psychology‚ cognitive science‚ speech and language pathology and linguistics. Psycholinguistics study many different topics‚ but these topics can mainly be divided into answering the following questions: (1) how do children acquire language? ; (2) how do people process and comprehend language? ; (3) how do people produce language? ; (4)
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development of foreign language learners. This article presents the activities of a four-week program aimed at developing students’ pragmatic competence by focusing on two speech acts‚ openings and closings. 16 J U L Y 2 0 0 4 E N G L I S H T E A C H I N G F O R U M 04-0219 ETF_16_21a 6/23/04 11:21 AM Page 17 The role of pragmatic competence Communicative language pedagogy and research into communicative competence have shown that language learning exceeds
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Comparison on Chinese CLIL with European CLIL Abstract: Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)‚ regarded as an “umbrella” term to dual-focused education where content is learnt through an additional language‚ is widely implemented in Europe. This paper mainly focuses on the theoretical bases of CLIL implementation‚ its implementation in Chinese context and its shortages compared with Europe. The whole essay includes three parts: the introduction‚ the body and the conclusion
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ELL Assessments Crystalanne Duncan-Holmes Grand Canyon University: ESL-223N 3 November 2012 Whitney Johnson The following essay will briefly discuss the procedures that are being utilized in order to identify ELLs at the Philadelphia public school District. Included in this discussion will be what informal and formal assessments are being conducted to determine ELL student’s language proficiency and how English language development is monitored over time. How Educators are informed of
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1. Child language development: stages 2. FLA Theories: Skinner‚ Piaget vs. Chomsky. 3. Roger Brown & Morpheme Order 4. Child-Directed Speech (motherese); CHILDES 5. Gordon Wells & The Bristol Project ============================================================== Summary of Theories of First Language Acquisition Three broad theories of L1 acquisition: 1. behaviourist (e.g
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