Download - English Language Learners
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Networking SessionFebruary 2, 2012
AGENDALooking Back
Cross Curricular LiteracyScaffolding in the Quadrants
Strategies, Activities & EvaluationReadingSpeakingWriting
Looking Ahead
LOOKING BACK
Alberta Education Benchmarkshttp://www.learnalberta.ca/content/eslapb/index.html
Videos of Levels 1 through 5http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/eslapb/video.html
English Expresshttp://advancededucation.gov.ab.ca/englishexpress/articles/
CROSS CURRICULAR LITERACYEVERYDAY LANGUAGE ACADEMIC LANGUAGEFace to face conversation Limited interactionFamiliar Context- here and now
Less familiar, more abstract
High frequency vocabulary Low frequency vocabularySimple sentence structure Figurative language (naked
eye)Highly contextualized…cues are all around
Context-Specific meanings of words (face of a rock)
Acceptance of error Complex sentence structureCultural referencesLess contextual supportPenalty for error
www.multilingualclassrooms.org
SCAFFOLDING IN THE QUADRANTS
ASHOW ME
BSHOW ME
CHELP ME
DLET ME
what it is how to do it
to do it Try it on my own
Cummins 4-Quadrant Model for Instruction
ACognitively undemandingContext Embedded
DCognitively undemandingContext Reduced
BCognitively demandingContext Embedded
CCognitively demandingContext Reduced
DAILY FIVECAFE menu of strategies:
Comprehension Accuracy
Fluency Expand vocabulary
RESOURCES ON VOCABULARY
Bauman J (1996) The General Service Listhttp://jbauman.com/index.html
Coxhead, A. (2000) The Academic Word List
http://victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist/default.aspx
Nation, ISP (2008) Teaching Vocabulary: Strategies and Techniques. Boston, MA, Heinle
SPEAKING: LISTENING More than YES or NO responses; Open
ended WHO, WHERE, WHEN, WHAT, WHY, HOW?
Audio recordings The Carbo method---speak slowly between
PHRASES and SENTENCES (not individual words)
Scribing of responses, Photographs, Picture Forms, Cartoon Bubbles, DICE game
PERSONAL VOCABULARY BANKS AND WORD WALLS WORDS selected as they arise in
lessons:
Alphabetical Grammatical
Verb
Noun Adjective
Related Words
WordRoots
Example
form formformation
formal informreformdeform
Form: shape
This book gives a lot of information about the formation of rocks.
WRITING
Key Visuals or Graphic Organizers can be used before, during or after a lesson
ClozeSentence Combining Sentence Completion Paragraph Frame
Genre Templates (Argument-Evidence)
Personal Experience, Sentence Strips, Photo Stories, Moodles, Texting to Someone
SUPPORTIVE FEEDBACK Look for recurring errors
FOCUS on one or two types of errors (ignore the rest)
FLAG but don’t correct the errors
Have a conference with the student
Give a mini lesson to several who are making the same error
Encourage students to correct their own errors
OUR NEXT SESSION IS APRIL 18TH