Furthermore‚ ELL students are a diverse group that offers challenges and opportunities to the United States education and to the English language arts teachers in particular (“English Language Learners” 2). English Language Learners have varied level of language proficiency‚ for this ELLs are defined as the highly heterogenous and complex group of students. ELLs all come from differents background and cultures‚ most of them are hispanic such as: Mexican‚ Puerto-Rican‚ Dominican‚ Cuban‚ Peruvian
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Setting: The Birthplace of “Feathertop” Many times in life acting upon jealousy usually backfires. So when a jealous witch in a seventeenth-century town in New England started “making a scarecrow‚” you start to piece things together and things don’t seem like they will turn out right (Hawthorne 1). And thus begins the short story‚ “Feathertop”‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Using archaic word choice‚ wicked words‚ and talking about things that were popular in the seventeenth-century‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Oral Presentation Chapter 17: Academic Freedom and Censorship: Teacher Rights or Responsibilities How should the proper balance between teacher freedom and responsibility be determined? Position 1: Fir increased Academic Freedom: * Schools are at the center of local debates about touchy subjects such as‚ morals‚ sex and sexual orientation‚ religion‚ politics‚ economics‚ racism‚ and a host of other social value controversies. * Censorship denies‚ defeats‚ or diminishes academic freedom
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Assessment of English Language Learners Alisha C. Green Grand Canyon University: ESL 533N Advanced Methodologies of Structured English Instruction December 12‚ 2012 Abstract Assessments are a critical tool in monitoring the progress of English language learners at all grade levels. The main purpose of assessments is to ensure students are receiving quality teaching instruction in accordance to academic and content standards. Even though these tests are not the only resource used for testing students
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Demographics Arlington is a district which includes students from more than 114 countries‚ and 99 different languages are spoken in homes. English Language Learners [ELLs] comprise 19% of Arlington Public School [APS] students (APS‚ ELL Students‚ 2014). These students enter APS with ranges of knowledge. Their language proficiency levels range from WIDA Level 1 “Entering” to Level 6 “Reaching" (Fig. 1). About one-fourth of the students are at WIDA Level 1‚ and about three-fourths of the ESOL/HILT/HILTEX
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Fee Setting Assignment Candace Fralix February 18‚ 2011 HSM/260 Proposed Seminar Budget 1. Conference room rental $175.00 $ 175.00 2. Audiovisual equipment Rental 75.00 3. 4 presenters @ $500 2‚000.00 4. 45 workbooks @ $15 675.00 5. 45 lunches @ $12 540.00 6. 45 coffees @ $3.50 158.00 Subtotal $3‚623.00 7. Indirect costs @ 25% of $3‚675.00 $ 906.00 Subtotal $4‚529.00 8. Profit margin @ 5% of $4‚594.00 $ 227.00 Total $4‚756.00 Fixed Cost Conference
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The Pearl: Setting Over the course of John Steinbeck’s The Pearl‚ the description of the setting changes dramatically over the course of the novel. The protagonist of the story‚ Kino‚ was a simple and happy man‚ in the beginning. He is a member of a tribe‚ at the out skirts of his town. In the town‚ there lives Spaniards who are much wealthier then him. Out through the story‚ he seems to be possessing greed in his soul. As this happens‚ the setting of the book changes as mirrored in Kino’s character
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first language is not English. Today‚ the majority of students are English Language Learners‚ and they may speak several languages and come from many different cultural backgrounds. These are students who have significant challenges in English which include: reading‚ writing‚ and responding to the subject-matter demands of school. Assessment strategies have influence over the education of English Language Learners since assessments impact the classification‚ identification‚ placements‚ and ongoing
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Setting of “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl (From Billy Weaver’s perspective from outside the boarding house) One of the main settings in the short story‚ “The Landlady”‚ was the boarding house’s parlour inspected from outside of the building. The setting first took place when I traveled down the wide street of Bath heading to the hotel‚ Bell and Dragon. There were no shops on this broad street. In the darkened evening‚ I caught a sight of a notice propped up against the glass on one of the upper panes
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Learning Skills for Distance Learners: Providing 21st Century Learning Support Sara Al-Oraini Dep. Curricula & Teaching Methods College of Education‚ King Saud University Abstract One of the main goals of open and distance education (ODE) programmes is to ensure that knowledge and skills gained positively affect performance or behavior. Apart from that‚ ODE programmes should also ensure learners extend their existing learning skills into new directions. However‚ it has always been a
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