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ENGLISH LEARNER CHALLENGES

The Dual Challenges of the English Learner

The Dual Challenges for English Learners

Goal
The main goal of English language development in school is to ensure that students develop the levels of English proficiency required to succeed academically.

Factors to Consider

CELDT Proficiency Level

Sociocultural Considerations

Parental Support

Community Support

CELDT Proficiency Levels

Beginning Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced

Advanced

Beginning

Student may be in a silent phase- where they are producing little or no English. May understand a few concrete details. May be able to respond but with lots of errors. Writing and communication has disconnected words or memorized phrases. Frequent errors make communication challenging.

Early Intermediate

Are developing receptive and productive English skills. Can identify more concrete details Responding with more ease, with fewer errors. Writing and communication uses memorized phrases. Communication is reduced still due to frequent errors.

Intermediate

Accuracy is increasing. Can identify more concrete details & some major abstract ideas. Respond with increasing ease & reduced errors. Writing & communication uses original sentences and paragraphs. Errors still make communication somewhat challenging.

Early Advanced

Can use English in complex ways to meet the needs of cognitively demanding situations. Can use English for learning in content areas. Can summarize concrete details & abstract concepts. Can write and communicate elaborate discourses. Errors are much less frequent.

Advanced

Communicate effectively with diverse audiences. Not quite at the English proficiency of native peers & need continued support to reach equivalency. Can write and communicate elaborate discourses appropriate to content areas. Errors are infrequent & communication is effective.

Sociocultural Considerations

Understand individual students background and the effect it has on the childs ability to be academically successful.

Things to consider: -family support & expectations -socioeconomic status -social challenges -gaps in education -status of documentation -family situations (ex. living situation, child care, etc) -age of arrival

5 Strategies for ELD Instruction

1. Protracted language events 2.Communitarian practices

3. Multiple representations
4. Building on prior knowledge 5. Learning-strategy instruction

Instructional strategies that promote ELD & support childrens home language development:
Early in the school year, teachers meet with parents to learn critical information about the child and family. Visual displays that represent the languages, cultures, and family practices of the children enrolled in the classroom. Provide books and materials that authentically represent the cultures and languages of your students and families. Have students help you understand and read them or elicit a volunteer or parent to help you with this. Have key vocabulary words introduced in childs home language by parent or community volunteer.

Pre-read stories in childs home language.


Use similar words in home language to bridge into English. Use culturally meaningful pictorial, real world objects, and concrete experiences to convey meaning of words and concepts.

Resources

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