Breaking the Barrier for ELL Students

Beginning a Native Language Collection

Dr. Cathi Fuhrman

October 28, 20113:15 PM to 04:30 PM

Session #

Workshop Resources

http://palibraries.libguides.com/AASLNativeLanguage

Why?

Standards

ELL Research

Cultural Acceptance

Standards

Common Beliefs

Reading is a foundational skill for learning, personal growth, and enjoyment.

All children deserve equitable access to books and reading, to information, and to information technology in an environment that is safe and conducive to learning.

Standards

21st Century Learners

4.1.1 Read, view, and listen for pleasure and personal growth.

4.1.2 Read widely and fluently to make connections with self, the world, and previous reading.

Research

Statistics

10% of students are ELL – Average in U.S. Your district?

Hempfield 6977 students – 376 ELL – 5.3% 31 Languages – 40 Countries

80% of ELL students are Hispanic – US Avg. 8% of ELL students are Asian – US Avg.

Research

Language Development

Research done in 2006 by the National Literacy Panel (NLP) and the Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence (CREDE) found that "primary languages reading instruction promotes reading achievement in English (and in the primary language)" (Goldenberg 12).

Research

Language Development

Five meta-analyses on the same issue by five independent researchers or groups of researchers with diverse perspectives came to the same conclusion.  "Learning to read in the home language promotes reading achievements in the second language" (Goldenberg 15).

Research

Cultural Acceptance

"Research suggests that students who are valued by the wider society (and by the schools that inevitably tend to reflect that society) succeed to a greater extent than students whose background are devalued."  Students’ cultural identities are more likely to be validated if the school encourages them to continue to develop their first language skills (Cummins 53).

“Native language use can be respected and fostered through the availability of books and other materials in the student's native language..." (Gersten, et.al.)

ELL students will view the Library as the place the welcomes them and values their native language.

Assessing Needs

"Researchers have discovered that, unfortunately, many language minority schoolchildren in the United States have limited access to books in their native languages" (Dawson 2002).

"A percentage of the budget that corresponds with the percentage of ESL students is spent for materials for their needs, particularly in the media center" (Claire 60). 

Assessing Needs

ELL Population

Native Language Some languages are dependent on country of

origin

Calculate % of each language at each grade level

Dialects of Language (Simplified Chinese vs Traditional Chinese)

ELL Placement Entering, Beginning, Developing, Expanding,

Bridging

Assessing Needs

ELL Teachers

Give Teachers resources to choose titles Literacy Strategies

English Language Books

What’s popular with regular education students?

ELL Students

Public Library

Funding

ELL Funding

Grants

Locating Resources

ELL Specific Vendors

Book Jobbers

Follett Titlewave Brodart Bound to Stay Bound

Amazon

Alibris

Cataloging

Packing Lists – Reconcile with PO

Consistent Call #’s – Union Catalog

Vendor Cataloging

Original Cataloging

World Cat.org

Pull Summaries from English version

Find Original Publisher Site

Use Google Translate for Russian/Asian characters

Promoting

ELL Classes/Teachers

Orientation with ELL Classes

Special Section – Signage

Variety of Reading Levels

Needs of students

Siblings

Summer Reading

What do the students say?

Questions?

Email

MARC Records