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Content-Area Instruction Chapter 10, Content-Based ESL Unit of Study -…
Content-Area Instruction Chapter 10
ELLs instruction principles
Instruction focuses on providing ELLs with opportunities to engage in discipline specific practices which are designed to build conceptual understanding and language competence in tandem
Instruction leverages ELLs' home language(s), cultural assets, and prior knowledge
Standards-aligned instruction for ELLs is rigorous, grade-level appropriate, and provides deliberate and appropriate scaffolds
Instruction moves ELLs forward by taking in account their English proficiency level(s) and prior schooling experiences
Instruction fosters ELLs autonomy by equipping them with the strategies necessary to comprehend and use language in a variety of academic settings
Diagnostic tools and formative assessment practices are employed to measure student's content knowledge, academic language competence, and participation in disciplinary practices
Sheltered Instruction Observation protocol (SIOP)
Provide a valuable tool for helping educators plan, deliver, and evaluate effective sheltered instruction
Teachers need to tailor instruction to the unique language and academic needs of each students, they need to provide differentiated instruction
Thematic teaching
Selecting a theme that can be explored through all content areas
It allows easy crossover among content areas
It provides and builds on students background knowledge and thus facilitates comprehensible input
Mathematics for ELLs: Make illustrated math word charts to go along with math units, such as geometric shapes or measurements
Science for ELLs: Inquiry based (or discovery) science is an effective means for helping ELLs learn concepts and develop English skills
Social Studies ELLs: First find out what students already know. Use a wide variety of visuals such as photographs of historical places, drawings, photographs, and portraits can help make instruction comprehensible.
Teachers must ensure that the assessment is a valid measure of the students' knowledge of the content and not a measure of their language proficiency
Content-Based ESL Unit of Study
What content area is this unit focused on?
Which language skills is this unit teaching, practicing, and assessing?
Content understanding: What is the content understanding developed in this unit?
Language function: What is the language function that students will be working towards in this unit?
Structure Focus: What linguistic features will be included in this unit?
Performance Assessment: What will students do for you to assess both content understanding and language skills at the end of this unit?