History of ELL
Who was the first state to adopt the bilingual education law?
What is Ohio
What is the definition of literacy to ELL students?
What is the ability to read and write
How many ELLs are there in the U.S.?
What is 4.85 million ELLs in U.S. schools.
In what year did Mexico and the United States sign the Treaty of Hidalgo?
What is 1848
What type of instruction is most beneficial to ELL students in order to help them learn new words?
What is direct instruction
What percentage of ELL students speak Spanish?
What is 70%
In what year did Congress passes the first federal language law?
What is 1906
What are the main standards used for ELL students?
What are the WiDA Standards
How many refugees come to the U.S. each year?
What is 70,000
Who was the person that argued for bilingual education in the 1870s?
What is phonemic awareness?
What is the ability to think about, analyze, and manipulate the sound structure of individual words.
What percentage of ELLs live in poverty?
What is 60%
What even in United States History caused a spurring a wave of language restriction in schools?
What is World War I
What does DIBELS stand for?
What kind of schools are ELL students most likely to attend?
What are urban schools.