Teaching ESL

#1 Just to start…

Remember, you have been trained better than most, but you still have a whole lot left to learn

Since you don’t know everything, don’t be afraid to ask questions.

TAKE YOUR ESL CERTIFICATION TEST IF YOU WANT TO GET AND KEEP A JOB!!!!

#2 Find Your Happy Place

Teaching is the best job in the world!

If you don’t have a happy place to go in your moments of frustration, you’ll never make it…seriously

My Happy Place (outside of God, of course) is the paper from a Fortune Cookie..More on that later

Down to Business

Paperwork: The main paperwork that you’ll be completing outside of your personal monitoring notes on your ELL is your TELPAS rating paperwork

TELPAS: Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System

TELPAS

Given to meet NCLB accountability requirements for meeting the needs of ELLs

Assesses proficiency in language domains of listening, speaking, reading, and writing

http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/ELL/TELPAS-PLDs.pdf

Give it a try!

http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/ELL/TELPASWriting/G02Practice03-Collection.pdf

What would you rate this sample?

Grade 2, Advanced • Overall grasp of basic verbs and grammar

• Narrations and descriptions developed with some detail and emerging clarity

• Writing usually understandable to individuals not used to writing of ELLs

• Emerging ability to apply elements of grade- appropriate writing, although support is needed

One More Time!

http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/ELL/TELPASWriting/G03Practice01-Collection.pdf

Grades 3-5, Beginning

Frequent use of primary language phonetics to spell even high-frequency English words (cip for keep, pigas for because, ket for get, tont for don,t, hay for I, ham for am, af for have, plien for playing.)

Much writing unclear even to those accustomed to writing of ELLs

Collection shows evidence that student knows more English than he or she is able to communicate in writing

My United Nations

UzbekistanGermanyTurkeyPakistanMexicoVietnamHungary

Meeting Their Needs

Parent InvolvementSafe Environment - Physically

and Emotionally Support not judgmentChild without a language

BICS and CALP

Recognize that it only takes about a year and a half for a student to acquire BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills), but CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency) takes five to seven years

The SIOP Model of sheltered instruction aims to teach content alongside language * SIOP Voght and Echevarria is a need to know!

Teaching ESL

If you can be an effective Language Arts teacher, then you can be a great ESL teacher, but there is so much more!

How We Learn- William Glasser 98% of what we teach using art, music,

physical movement and/or drama 95% of what we teach someone else 80% of what we experience personally 70% of what is discussed with others 50% of what we hear and see 30% of what we see 20% of what we hear 10% of what we read 1% of what we do on a worksheet

Resources Making Content Comprehensible for

English Learners - Echevarria, Short, & Vogt

99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model -Vogt & Echevarria

50 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners - Herrell & Jordan

The How-To Handbook: Teaching English Language Learners - Teresa Walter

Books for Children

I Hate English! by Ellen LevineMy Name is Gabito by Monica BrownThe Upside Down Boy

by Juan Felipe Herrera

My Experiences, Mistakes, &

Lessons Learned

Your ability to love will help a child

in need