A Level 2 Student Can Do What . . . ?Joann Lucero

Jan LanierTNTESOL

March 20, 2014

Goals for the ESL Classroom Support the English Learner (EL) in finding comprehensibility in the school setting both socially and academically.

Support the EL in the process of cultural adaptation to the local school environment.

Support the EL in English language acquisition and the connections needed for success in the academic classrooms.

Support regular academic teachers with methods and modifications needed for the EL to be successful in content classrooms and on required assessments.

Support the EL as s/he moves from significant to minimal English support by removing scaffolding as needed for differentiation.

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TN has adopted World Class Instructional Design Assessment (WIDA) Standards

Used by 34 states and 2 territories Have research to back standards 2012 Amplified standards correspond

to Common Core State Standards(CCSS)

Can be viewed at www.wida.us Many elements of support through

WIDA

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WIDA’s CAN DO philosophy

is visible in the company’s research. WIDA’s ongoing research focuses on five main areas of inquiry: §alignment, §the relationship between academic language proficiency and academic achievement, §classroom implementation of standards, §teacher development, §and policy guidance.

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Levels for WIDA

1 = Entering 2 = Emerging 3 = Developing 4 = Expanding 5 = Bridging 6 = Reaching

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Expectations and Generalities

Proficiency Levels generally explained Levels described in definition/student

behavior/instruction/instructional support

Levels broken down by discourse/sentence and word/phrase level expectations

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Sociocultural Contexts for Language Use

Discourse Level Sentence Level Word/Phrase Level

– All Levels encompass• Register• Genre/text type• Topic• Task/Situation• Participants identities and social issues

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Verbs to use

Verbs that require an action Verbs that can be measured Verbs that relate to the subject or

academic area(Refer to handout)

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What Successful ESL education is . . .

Focused on discourse and communication

Continual growth in English language acquisition

Continual growth in accessing academics

Intervention as needed

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Questions???

Jan.Lanier@tn.gov (615) 532-6314 Joann.Lucero@tn.gov (615) 253-4249

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