Demographics Cry Out for Change
(PowerPoint Presentation)
Research Based ELL Instruction
(Video: New Instructional Model Helps English Learners Succeed)
Vocabulary Strategies
(Video: Strategies for working with ELL Students)
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A rapid growth nationwide, 124% in ? since 1979 necessitates the need for changes in current traditional approaches to differentiated instruction.
What is English language students/learners?
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Traditional approach where students are removed from the classroom during lessons to receive 'intervention' instruction by specially trained teachers.
What is a pull out program?
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Encouraging interactive discourse in a social context to scaffold English language learning and fluency supports the theories of this developmental theorist.
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
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Approximate (range) number of years it takes an ESL student to catch up with native-speaking peers in academic language proficiency.
What is 5 - 7 years?
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New instructional method where teachers take responsibility to teach English language learners grade level content in mainstream classrooms, with all other students (primary English speakers and other ESL students) modifying strategies to accommodate the special needs ESL students.
What is Sheltered Instructional Operation Protocol (S.I.O.P.)?
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A strategy that encourages everyday dialogue with peers to scaffold language learning by reducing the risks involved in experimenting with new vocabulary and making instruction meaningful.
What is social learning?
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Approximate number of ESL students in the United States in 2010?
What is 5.1 million (4.5 - 5.5 million are acceptable answers)?
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...To achieve high academic standards in content classes.
What is the goal of S.I.O.P. and other non-traditional research based practices for instructing ESL students?
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The name of the game discussed as an effective strategy for promoting social learning, that appeals to visual and linguistic learners (looking at words highlighted on a card) and auditory learners (reading words aloud).
What is a 'Tea Party'?
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