The English Language Learner

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The English Language Learner

• How will the ESOL student impact the regular
  education classroom?

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Alphabet Soup

• English (for) Speakers of Other Languages
• English Language Learner
• International Welcome Center
• Primary Home Other Language Than English
• Academic Knowledge Skills
• Language Acquisition Device

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Demographics

• National
• State
• Cobb County
• 183 Countries
• 87 Languages
• Students
• 2003- 486
• 2004- 3806
• 2005- 5087
• 2006- 7222
• S2007- 7832 (Fall to Spring 9.2)

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State Of Georgia
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Cobb County Top 3

• Spanish
• Brazilian Portuguese
• Korean

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Access Testing

• 2006
• Most students tested scored level 3 of 5 level.
• For students to have a chance at passing need to
  at level 4 tier C

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Area 6 Elementary
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Area 6 Elementary2006-2007 enrollments
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Middle Schools
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Area 6 High Schools
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Cobb Models

• International Welcome Center
• Pull Out
• ESOL Teacher
• Tutor

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ALT Support K-12

• Diversity Awareness
• Language Acquisition
• Instructional Strategies
• Alternative Assessment

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Culture

• Religion / Taboos
• - Child rearing practices
• - Male/female roles
• - Beliefs about success failure
• - Morality
• - Proxemics Time
• - Humor
• - Acculturation stage
• - Affective filter
• - Motivation
• - Social class -
• Poverty!!

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Language Acquisition

• NEP no verbal production, focus on
• listening comprehension, build receptive
• vocabulary draw, copy, act
• Beginner one, two word responses,
• production of known structures name, list,
• label
• Intermediate simple sentences, developing
• higher levels of language/thinking recall,
• define, restate, summarize, contrast
• Advanced complex errors in speech and print
• focus on reading and writing correctly,
• analyze, support, evaluate, create
• Transition fluency approaches native
• speaker, focus on writing mechanics

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Instructional Strategies

• Differentiation
• Academic Modification
• PBI / UBD
• SIOP

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Alternative Assessment Measures

• Nonverbal Alternative Assessment Measures
• Nonverbal Assessment Strategies
• Physical demonstration
• Pictorial products
• KWL Charts
• Oral Performances or Presentations
• Oral Written Products
• Portfolios

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Whats next?

• ESOL endorsed content teacher
• Co-teaching
• ALT Support Collaborative
• SIOP Model
• Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol