English language learners enrollment in the Council member districts has remained relatively stable over the past several years. In 2007-08‚ 1.1 million ELLs were enrolled in urban schools‚ accounting for 16.5 percent of total district enrollment. In 2009–10‚ 1.2 million ELLs were enrolled‚ accounting for 17.5 percent of total district enrollment (Uro & Barrio‚ p. 26‚ 2013). The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 required students in grades three through eight to be tested every year in reading
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SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH LITERACY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS Key Issues and Promising Practices Diane August August & Associates Report No. 61 February 2003 This report was published by the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR)‚ a national research and development center supported by a grant (No. R-117-D40005) from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)‚ U.S. Department of Education. The content or opinions expressed
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Nowadays‚ one of the hottest issues in the field of foreign and second language learning or teaching is how to converse fluently in the target language. Generally speaking‚ most of the EFL learners believe that their knowledge in English is nearly assessed by the way they can interact in the target language. They maintain that their linguistic knowledge and their abilities in other skills—reading‚ writing‚ and listening—are not that much important. What is significant is their ability in conversational
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respect for and rapport with all learners? Class rules were discussed prior to the beginning of the lesson and‚ also‚ a poster with these rules was placed in plain sight. To demonstrate respect for and rapport with all learners‚ I modeled throughout the whole lesson how one should behave during class‚ being open-minded to student’s attitudes and providing feedback to these. 2. How did you provide a positive learning environment that both supported and challenged learners moving to self-determination
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Mass Media Tools: Internet Social Networks: Enhance Writing for English Language Learners Submitted By Joana Jane D. Santos Year and Section: BSEDE-3-1 Submitted to Cez Eugenio Language of Education Area Date SY 2012-2013 Introduction Social Networking has been one of the latest fads in the internet today. That most of the students spend most of their time in browsing like Facebook‚ YouTube‚ Twitter‚ Slideshare and etc. Socialization makes other people communicate with others
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describe the points of referral to meet the needs of the learners. By Wayne Phillips City and Guilds: PTLLS Level 3 Theory Question Assessment 6 Group A Glenn Evans 16 April 2012 List and describe the points of referral to meet the needs of the learners. Planning • I would ensure the course documents take into consideration the individual needs of the learner. E.g. Initial Assessment‚ Scheme of work‚ ILP and APL
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By using my Life-long Learner goals‚ I developed many traits that got me into the habit of using Spanish in my everyday routine. My first Life-long Learner goal was that I would talk to my friends who are taking the same Middlebury spanish course as I am. I did this every day during the school week. We discussed the online course‚ our other classes‚ and everything about our days. It really helped me maintain practice and awareness of the Spanish language. It was very fun to communicate without using
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Classroom A case study of a South Korean and a Saudi Arabian Learner Abstract The present case study was designed to compare the language anxiety and willingness to communicate of one Korean and one Saudi adult English Language Learner. The literature suggests that cultural characteristics and perspectives about language learning contribute to the extent of anxiety which learners experience. The topic was investigated by collecting qualitative
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This journal article gives strategies for helping English-language learners develop basic vocabulary so that they can read effectively. It addresses the problem that English-language learners face today‚ they need vocabulary to be able to read effectively; on the other hand‚ the best way for students to acquire vocabulary is through reading. The solution according to the article is to build basic vocabulary by identifying the most basic vocabulary‚ appropriateness of simplified material‚ benefits
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Significant language development and academic growth of the English Learner Kathy Gallivan ELL 497‚ Capstone Class Prof. Louise Framan November 5‚ 2012 The ultimate goal of teaching content and language to English language learners involves many theories of pedagogy and language acquisition. One language development theory is discussed within an introduction of Stephen Krashen at a language seminar‚ Mr. Shoebottom summarized his theory of language acquisition as having “no fundamental
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