Flint Community Schools Alternative Program for LEP Students

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Flint Community Schools Alternative Program
for LEP Students
English as a Second Language (ESL) Workshop Series
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Year 2 Workshop 1Second Language Acquisition

• John P. Lesko and Kerry Segel
• Saginaw Valley State University

jplesko_at_svsu.edu ksegel_at_svsu.edu
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Workshop Series Preview
ESL in Flint Community Schools From Standards to
Students
Year 1 Contexts for ESL Learning Year 2 Basic
ESL Methodology Year 3 Advanced ESL
Methodology, Materials, Assessment
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Year 2 Basic ESL Methodology

• Workshop 1 Second Language Acquisition
• Workshop 2 Oral Language Development
• Workshop 3 Reading
• Workshop 4 Writing

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Todays Workshop

• Highlights and review from Year 1 Contexts
  for ESL Learning
• Exploring second language acquisition.
• Continuing features technology and web
  resources, mini-language lessons, teacher
  shareware, poster session, suggestion box, your
  involvement ! ! !

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Todays Workshop Schedule
Morning Sessions Session 1 Introduction to
Year 2 Workshops Session 2 Becoming Language
Learners Lunch ! ! !
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Afternoon Sessions (concurrent)

• Session 3A The Nuts and Bolts of SLA
• (Year 2 Participants)
• Session 3B ESL Standards and Benchmarks
• (Year 1 Participants)
• Session 4A Applying ESL Methods
• (Year 2 Participants)
• Session 4B Technology in ESL
• (Year 1 Participants)

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About the Presenters
Kerry Segel
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About the Presenters
John P. Lesko
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Getting to know one another . . .

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General Session 1

• Introduction to Year 2

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Highlights from Year 1

• Contexts for ESL Learning

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Year 1 Contexts for Language Learning
and Teaching
1st Wkshp
Communicative Approaches
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Year 1 Explorations in Language Study
2nd Wkshp
Language Patterns and Transfer
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Year 1 Language in Society
3rd Wkshp
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Year 1 Language and Culture
Wkshp 4
Language and Culture
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A Few More Memories from Year 1 . . .
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Second Language Program Evolution

• 1970s
• 1980s
• 1990s
• (See Cary p. 15)

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The Magic 7 Guiding Principles

• Low-anxiety environment
• Comprehensible Input
• Communication Focus
• Contextualized language
• Error Acceptance
• Respect for language stages
• Teacher is facilitator and co-learner
• (Cary p. 46)

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Language Acquisition Stages

• Stage 1 Pre-Production
• Stage 2 Early Production
• Stage 3 Speech Emergence
• Stage 4 Intermediate Fluency
• Stage 5 Native Level Fluency/Proficiency
• (Cary p. 54)

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BICS and CALP

• What . . .
• Needed for . . .
• Developed through . . .
• Variables . . .
• Acquisition stage . . .
• Time needed to develop . . .
• (Cary p 56)

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The Big ThreeWho, What How

• English Language Development
• Specially Designed Academic Instruction in
  English (SDAIE)
• Primary Language Instruction
• (Cary p. 20)

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Key SLL Program Components

• One content-rich curriculum
• Ongoing assessment in L1 L2
• Mainstreaming or Integration of 2LLs
• Manipulative-based, interactive instruction
• Value, support, and development of primary
  language
• Primary language materials provided for teachers

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Key SLL Program Components contd

• Teaching by bilingual instructional aides in
  students primary language
• Parent outreach through classes, interpreters,
  school-to-home bilingual communications.

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General Session 2

• Becoming Language Learners

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Activity 1 Anxiety and Motivation in LL

• Think about a time when you were learning another
  language. Discuss the questions on the handout
  with a small group. Use the Notes section to
  write down anything you learn that you feel might
  be useful for later.
• (adapted from P. Richard-Amato, Affect and
  Related Factors in SLA)

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Activity 2 Hands-On Language Learning

• Experience a bit of learning in different
  languages including English

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Activity 3 Reflection on L2L

• Reflection on mini-language learning experience

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Concurrent Session 3A The Nuts and Bolts of
Second Language Acquisition

• Terminology
• The Acculturation Model
• U-shaped development
• Teacher actions which can help learners through
  the acculturation process

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Concurrent Session 4B Technology in ESL

• CmC
• CALL
• Weblinks

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Links and Resources

• Hot Potatoes Overview
• Hot Potatoes Site
• The ESL Café