The setting of the ELL instructor interview was inside Mrs. Trimble’s kindergarten classroom after her class had been dismissed. This was a one-on-one interview. Mrs. Trimble was very helpful‚ informative‚ and answered questions to the best of her ability. “Narrowing the achievement gap between students who are native English speakers and those learning English as a second language is one of the biggest challenges facing U.S. educators” (Pardini‚ P.‚ 2006‚ p. 20). In this essay the discussion
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Running head: BABY SIGN LANGUAGE Baby Sign Language: Does Teaching Infants Sign Language Help or Hinder the Language Acquisition Process? Selena Y. Burgos Seminole State Community College BABY SIGN LANGUAGE Baby Sign Language: Does Teaching Infants Sign Language Help or Hinder the Language Acquisition Process? According to Susan Kubric Barnes1 (2010)‚ numerous programs have been created to help families and teachers learn to better communicate with children as young as 6 months old
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English Language Learners & Education: How to Create Success in the Classroom DeCapua‚ A.‚ & Marshall‚ H. (2010). Students with limited or interrupted formal education in US classrooms. Urban Review‚ 42‚ 159-173. This article addresses the challenges of learning in the US for a particular English Language Learner (ELL) group known as SLIFE (students with limited or interrupted formal education)‚ who share the characteristics of having little to no English language proficiency‚ native language
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ELL Placement Assessments Today receiving an education is especially for teachers who understand the importance of receiving an education along with parents they set expectations so that our students can aim high and accomplish their life goals in spite of what is going on in todays society. Therefore it is important and crucial that every child is prepared properly and successfully in every academic area by the time they enter high school. After asking a view questions concerning our ELL students
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English language course. The purpose of this assessment plan is to evaluate Intermediate Novice Level English Language Learners. Learning Outcome: The student will demonstrate fluency in English language. The student can identify word definitions and phrases. The student utilizes appropriate word choices and idioms. The student displays an effort to pronounce words and letters correctly. Assessment Plan: Towards the middle to the end of the semester students in English Language class should
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Instructional Strategies for ELL Classrooms Grand Canyon University SPE-523N English Language Teaching Foundations and Methods November 17‚ 2010 There are many different strategies that an instructor can use in ELL classrooms or in classrooms in which ELL students have been mainstreamed. As always‚ instructors are called upon to constantly modify their curriculum and instruction in order to meet the needs of each individual learner. This is made more possible if the instructor has more knowledge
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The issues of ELL assessment that I am most interested in relate to understanding the right mix of formal testing and other assessment methods to best understand both initial placement and progress toward language proficiency. It seems like the mix will be different depending on the specific context and certainly should allow for some creative assessment alternatives. I am most interested in teaching adults and I believe that assessments for adults might be significantly different than those
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I have been contemplating the application of ELL strategies in the area of high school‚ particularly in regards to the College and Career Readiness Standards. Mostly we have been focusing on Head start‚ pre-school‚ kindergarten‚ and elementary ELL students. However‚ if these student do not reach proficiency by fifth or sixth grade then many fall behind and possibly drop out because the English language transfers from a social English to a more academic level of English. For a portion of my field
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Unit 13 Essay | American Students‚ Second Languages | CP-150 | Janet Petty 5/25/2012 | American Students should be required to learn a second language to help them compete in today’s market place. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the world population exceeded 7 billion on March 12‚ 2012. (Wikipedia) According to the United States Department of Education‚ as of 2006 less than 1% of American high school students combined studied Arabic‚ Chinese‚ Japanese‚ Korean‚ Russian
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Learning creatively: the effectiveness of using theater pedagogy for immigrant ELLs Introduction Having the experience of being an actress in a drama‚ I myself appreciate the power of acting the role out in thinking in the shoes of the character with empathy‚ thus better understanding the character in the specific story settings; on the other hand‚ given the authentic practicing environment‚ I could rehearse the lines again and again until they became perfect to act. Meanwhile‚ just as Gina Tiffany
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