... language TL Target language FL Foreign language Programs: ESL English as a second language EFL English as a foreign language ESOL Englishfor speakers of other languagesTESOL Teaching English to ... Nonnative English speaker/speakingNELB Non -English language backgroundLEP Limited English profi cient/profi ciency ELL Englishlanguage learnerLanguages:L1 First language L2 Second language TL ... languagesTESOL Teaching English to speakers of other languagesTESL Teaching English as a second language ESP Englishfor specifi c purposesEAP Englishfor academic purposesMany of the terms in this...
... year. The vast majorityof students (90%) were Chicano/Latino, low-SES, Englishlanguagelearners at theintermediate level of fluency or above as measured by the California English Language Development ... YEDLIN, J.(2003). Claiming opportunities: A handbook for improving education forEnglish language learners through comprehensive school reform.Providence, RI: The Education Alliance atBrown ... schooladministrators are necessary for successful school reform. Equally necessary, webelieve, are the teachers’ regard for the identity of their students and the reformers’regard for the professionalism...
... for English- language learners. These problems become more immediate with the newly implemented ac-countability measures that require disaggregated reporting of results for English- languagelearners ... states’ policies for English- language learners. One study, de-signed to collect information on policies for 2000-2001, is currently underway. Another study, examining policies for 1998-1999, ... perform poorly in school.Similarly, a wide variety of methods are used for identifying students as English- language learners. Durán is especially concerned about identification of English- language learners. ...
... 51Making language and content accessible forEnglishlanguagelearners 55Strategies to support beginning Englishlanguagelearners 57On-going strategies for supporting Englishlanguagelearners ... Ontario curriculum for Englishlanguagelearners 49Differentiating instructionforEnglishlanguagelearners 49Program adaptations: Modifications and accommodations 50Describing language behaviours ... available for a variety of purposes. Introduction 2Section 1 Understanding Englishlanguagelearners 5 English languagelearners (ELLs) in Ontario schools 5Canadian-born Englishlanguage learners...
... method for improving the writing performance of English LanguageLearners and aid in second languagelearners struggles to achieve academic success. DIALOGUE JOURNALS WITH ENGLISHLANGUAGELEARNERS ... DIALOGUE JOURNALS WITH ENGLISHLANGUAGELEARNERS 16 language, creating a non-threatening forum for writing that often leads to improvements in writing fluency among EnglishLanguage Learners. This ... ENGLISHLANGUAGELEARNERS 7 Introduction The number of students learning English as a foreign language increases yearly in the United States. There are approximately 9.9 million English Language...
... Guide for Secondary Teachers of Migrant EnglishLanguage Learners Every word or utterance in a second language is a step forward and shouldbe seen for what it accomplishes ratherthan for what ... Resource Guide for Secondary Teachers of Migrant EnglishLanguage Learners Most limited English proficient students speak an-other language in their homes. If you’ve ever stud-ied a foreign language, ... native language literacy than to embark imme-diately on English. 1The Help! Kit: A Resource Guide for Secondary Teachers of Migrant EnglishLanguage Learners Welcome to the Help! Kit for teachers...
... are Englishlanguagelearners (ELLs) and, thus, still in the process ofdeveloping their Englishlanguage proficiency via instruction in their English as a Second Language (ESL) class. Unfortunately, ... tasks.Rationale for the StudyPositive results have been found in studies of listening strategy instruction for foreign -language learners and for high school ELLs. Clearly,more information is needed ... in that foreign language. Thus, the penalty for failure tocomprehend oral input in the foreign language is limited to poor grades in theforeign -language course. This is not the case for high...
... intonation to deliver academic information using multiple sentence structures. STANDARD 2: Englishlanguagelearners will speak in Englishfor a variety of basic interpersonal ... from their denotative meaning , such as, “Break a leg!” STANDARD 2: Englishlanguagelearners will speak in Englishfor a variety of basic interpersonal and academic purposes, with fluency, ... and academic topics, using varied sentence types. STANDARD 2: Englishlanguagelearners will speak in Englishfor a variety of basic interpersonal and academic purposes, with fluency,...
... experienced in one language will be experienced in other languages. LIPKA, SIEGEL, AND VUKOVIC: LITERACY SKILLS OF ENGLISHLANGUAGELEARNERS 43with measures of English rhyme detection and English phoneme ... 2years in full-day Englishlanguage schools by the time ofthe study. ELLs had continued exposure to and education intheir native language, although English was the language of instruction in school. ... Canada for at least 2 years. The majority of the children came from alow socioeconomic level. The language spoken at home wasArabic, but all children had English as their instructionallanguage...
... interrelation of what, why,and how in Englishlanguage arts learning. Our stan-10 Standards for the EnglishLanguage ArtsFigure 1. An Interactive Model for the EnglishLanguage ArtsStandards grandfather. ... what we hope to accom-plish in doing so.2 Standards for the EnglishLanguage ArtsTHE NEED FOR STANDARDSIn defining standards for the Englishlanguage arts,we are motivated by three core beliefs:■ ... purposesof language use: for obtaining and communicatinginformation, for literary response and expression, for learning and reflection, and for problem solving andapplication. For Obtaining...
... damental asymmetry between the natural language and the unambiguous formal language. Most no- tably, one formal language word may frequently cor- respond to whole English phrases. We added the "clump", ... from a sin- gle formal language word using a translation model. The notion of what constitutes a natural clumping depends on the formal language. For example, sup- pose the English sentence ... translation probabilities are shown for the unigram and headword models in table 2. The formal language words have captured reason- able English words for their most likely transla- tion...
... ways for your students to use English. This is important because you, the teacher, are the primary Englishlanguage model. Englishlearners should have multiple English lan-guage models ... Helping EnglishLanguageLearners Succeed 16How they interact and the importance and prominence of particular elements are language- specic. Why is this useful information for a teacher? Your English ... explanation. InstructionforEnglishlearners should include attention to the use of pragmatics, or how native speakers use English in social contexts.These ve structures of language phonology,...
... achievement for their Englishlanguage learners. Teach-achievement for their Englishlanguage learners. Teach-achievement for their Englishlanguage learners. Teach-achievement for their Englishlanguage ... How Well are California’s EnglishLearners Mastering English? How Well are California’s EnglishLearners Mastering English? How Well are California’s EnglishLearners Mastering English? UC Linguistic ... assess the English Development Test (CELDT), used to assess the English language profi ciency of all California’s Englishlanguage language profi ciency of all California’s Englishlanguage language...
... develop a more formal framework for second language acquisition pedagogy for students in K-12 settings. WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS? English languagelearners may ... students who are second language learners in an English dominant context. When an English dominant school enrolls English languagelearners who speak a variety of languages, there is little ... when the context becomes meaningful for us as learners. There are many strategies for making linguistic input more comprehensible forEnglishlanguage learners in general education classrooms....
... L2features, for instance, simple versus complex forms.DEVELOPING ENGLISH PROFICIENCYIN THE CONTEXT OF TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGELEARNERS TO READLearning to read is a complex task for beginners. ... The second source of information is programevaluation research; although this research examined outcomes for English- language learners, it focused narrowly on language of instruction, rather than ... that if native language reading instruction does not precede or coincide with English reading instruction, then English reading instruction should be delayed until a modicum of oral English proficiency...