Todays Agenda Daily Objective Students will be able
Today’s Agenda Daily Objective: • Students will be able to state how ostracism and labeling have negative impacts on learners. 1. ESL/ELL PPT • Identify causes, preventions, and treatments of major barriers to learning 2. Maslow’s Theory 3. Barriers to Learning Jigsaw/ Mini-Lesson Homework: Work on Barriers to Learning Mini Lessons
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Alphabet Soup… • EFL English as a foreign language • ESOL English for speakers of other languages • ESL • LEP • ELL English as a second language Limited English proficiency English language learners • What’s the difference? !
Why worry? • By 2030 40% of students in U. S. schools will come from non-English speaking backgrounds --U. S. Census Bureau • ELL students are mainstreamed into subject classes • In Virginia, the ELL population has tripled in the last 10 years ---VATESOL newsletter December 2006 • Title III of No Child Left Behind to help ensure that children who are limited English proficient, including immigrant children and youth, attain English proficiency, develop high levels of academic attainment in English, and meet the same challenging State academic content and student academic achievement standards as all children are expected to meet; ” ---California Department of Education “
Acquiring Language • BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills) take 6 months to 2 or more years • CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency) takes 7 to 9 years to achieve • Listening comes first! silent period-6 months to 2 years • Factors that affect fluency… -prior academic experience -family literacy level and expectations -special ed or other services -study of English in native country -emotional factors
Who is eligible for ELL? • Primary or home language is not English • Scores below “fluent” on a placement assessment
Tips for Teachers • • • Speak at a slower rate Enunciate clearly Avoid using idioms and slang Add gestures and visuals Write clearly in print Develop and maintain routines-have an agenda or list of activities Repeat and review info frequently Paraphrase and rephrase Check assignments for cultural bias Use multicultural materials as much as possible Do not discourage use of native language Collaborate with ELL teacher-English through content
How should assignments be modified? • Assign less homework • Modify tests and quizzes • Allow students to use bilingual dictionaries • Use portfolio assessment • Allow more time for completion of work • Use peer tutoring or cooperative learning
Food for thought! The English language There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple or pine in pineapple. And while no one knows what is in a hotdog, you can be pretty sure it isn't canine. English muffins were not invented in England nor French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce, and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, two meese? Is cheese the plural of choose? One mouse, 2 mice. One louse, 2 lice. One house, 2 hice? If teachers taught, why don't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Why do people recite at a play, and play at a recital? Ship by truck or car and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another? When a house burns up, it burns down. You fill in a form by filling it out and an alarm clock goes off by going on. You get in and out of a car, yet you get on and off a bus. When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it? (Author unknown)
What else? What “other” things going on can have an effect on student learning. Think life.
What ELSE gets in the way of students’ success? BARRIERS TO
BARRIERS to LEARNING: MINI LESSONS 1. Abuse and Neglect 2. Bullying; 3. Substance Abuse 4. Depression & Suicidal Tendencies 5. Eating Disorders 6. Latchkey Kids 7. Teen Pregnancy 8. Poverty 9. Sleep Deprivation 10. Death, Dying & Grief
BARRIERS to LEARNING: MINI LESSONS • Students will teach “mini-lessons” on additional Barriers to Learning • Randomly selected barriers • Minimum of 4 Power. Point slides; Maximum of 8 • Student Handout • Use material from mandatory source and minimum of 1 additional and credible source • 5 -7 minutes • Presentation skills: voice, eye contact, etc.
- Slides: 16