ELLs
True or False. ELLs don't speak English.
What is false?
This assessment is given in the beginning of the year to students whose families have indicated on their Home Language Survey that they are exposed to a different language.
What is the NYSITELL?
This is (these are) the official language(s) of the United States.
What is there is no official language?
TRICK QUESTION! :)
A student at this English language proficiency level has great dependence on supports and structures to advance his or her academic language skills.
What is Entering?
ENL stands for this.
What is English as a new language?
True or False. All ELLs are born abroad.
What is false?
This assessment is a State Test that is given to all ELLs during the Spring.
What is the NYSESLAT?
These are two ways that GUGCS II communicates with families that speak languages other than English.
What is the DOE hotline and Talking Points?
A student at this English language proficiency level has some dependence on supports and structures to advance his or her academic language skills.
What is Emerging?
ELL stands for this.
What is English Language Learner?
This is how an ELL places out of ENL services.
What is...
Grades K-2: Score Commanding on the NYSESLAT.
Grades 3-12: Score Commanding on the NYSESLAT OR score a 3 on the ELA state exam AND Expanding on the NYSESLAT.
...?
The Kindergarten NYSITELL assesses these modalities (skills).
What is Speaking and Listening?
True or False. When I call a family that speaks only Spanish, I use a translator?
False. You use an interpreter. Interpretation is spoken. Translation is written.
A student at this English language proficiency level shows some independence in advancing his or her academic language skills.
What is Transitioning?
MLL is the abbreviation for this.
What is MLL?
True or False. Encourage families to read and speak to their child in English only. The second language will just confuse them.
What is false?
The NYSESLAT assesses these skills.
What is reading, writing, speaking and listening?
This is the name of the Supreme Court decisions that led to the federal mandate that families be provided with information in their preferred language.
What is Lau vs. Nichols (1974)?
A student at this English language proficiency level shows great independence in advancing his or her academic language skills.
What is Expanding?
These acronyms refer to the length of time required by speakers of other languages to develop conversational skills in the target language and grade appropriate academic proficiency in that language.
What are Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) and Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP)?
ENL is categorized into this area of Special Education.
What is ENL is not part of Special Education?
TRICK QUESTION :) :) :)
This is the time frame the school has to identify ELLs using the Home Language Survey and the NYSITELL.
What is the student's first 30 days of enrollment?
A child’s school must provide information to all parents in a language they can understand is this type of law.
What is a federal mandate?
As measured by the NYESELAT or NYSITELL a student at this level has met the linguistic demands necessary to demonstrate English language proficiency in a variety of academic contexts within his or her grade level.
What is Commanding?
This is how Angela, Danielle, and Ramandeep like their coffee.
What is Angela likes a lot of milk? Danielle likes hot coffee with just milk and Ramandeep drinks it black (like a boss)?