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BILINGUALISM (Language arts teachers (*Principle 6: Additional support…
BILINGUALISM
Instructions for ELLs
14 key principles. The first 5: for all teachers
*Principle 1
: Different stages
Acquire English proficiency + comprehensible input
Lack specific vocabulary
Communication through gestures and images
Relating new ideas to past knowledge
Teachers should:
Provide many/different presentation of concepts
Structured/supported interaction
*Principle 2:
Conversational vs academic language
Everyday communication vs language in class
Ability to understand English in any situation
Teachers should
:
Provide explicit instructions
Provide intensive voc. instructions
*Principle 3:
Instructions that allow state content
It takes many years to par with a native speaker
The must develop other abilities too.
Teachers should:
Provide bilingual inst.
Permite language support
Sheltered instruction strategy
*Principle 5:
Assessments measure proficiency
Oral/written assessments measure skills and detects difficulties
Teachers should:
Use testing accommodations
*Principle 4:
ELLs culture differences
Students have general background, not always the expected for schools
Teachers should:
Use culture to relate home - school
Clear norms and expectations
Active existing background
Language arts teachers
*Principle 6:
Additional support for ELLs - learning approach
Reading help at first and thought
Teachers should:
Teen ELLs receive literacy inst.
Provide explicit inst. in writing
Additional English development work
*Principle 7:
Literacy skills across languages
Students can transfer their knowledge about sounds, letters, etc.
Teachers should:
Teach ss to read in both languages
Use primarily language literacy
Mathematics teachers
*Principle 8:
Maths own language
Its own language includes: terminology, syntax, symbols, etc.
Teachers should:
Inst. on how to read and use math terms, etc.
Use concrete materials
*Principle 9:
Challenging word problems
Applying math is reading word problems and figuring out principles, the solving
Teachers should:
Opportunity to explain strategies for solving problems
Social studies teachers
*Principle 10:
Density and complexity of social science
Book of this subject tend to be longer and denser
Teachers should:
Adapt texts without simplifying concepts
Use graphic organizers and visuals
*Principle 11:
Background knowledge differs from textbooks
Focus on the culture and social life
Teachers should:
Activate background and build new one
*Principle12:
Sophisticated and subject specific subjects
Teachers should:
Build abilities to make complex arguments
Ss learn to debate, analyze, compare
Science teachers
*Principle13:
Linguistic challenges
When meaning is not familiar, it can interfere with learning science
Teachers should:
Hand-on, collaborative inquiry
Build English language into science lessons
*Principle 14:
The norms may not align cultural norms
It centers on inquiring questioning, predicting, testing, etc.
Teachers should:
Incorporate funds of knowledge into science
Make norms and expectations clear