WGU ELO1 (Subject-Specific Pedagogy)

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Teacher 83 terms Sra_HammondPreview Praxis 5 Teacher sara Practice questions for this set Learn1 / 7Study using Learn Identify important information, organizational cues Two Way Immersion/Dual LanguageA Native English speaking group and a non-English group, are both taught academic content in both languages for an extended period of time. Helps develop academic proficiency in both languages Transitional Bilingual EducationELLs receive academic instruction for their first language for part of the day. For the remainder of the day, they receive ESL taught traditionally, with the focus on language plus some mainstream classes. As English proficiency increases ,instruction through the first language decreases. Lasts 2-4 years.Choose an answer 1Advanced listening goals2Novice listening goals 3Intermediate listening goals4Bottom-up listening Don't know?

ESL Pull-outStudents attend mainstream classes for much of the day and also meet seperately for about 3-10 hours a week in small gourps with an ESL instructor who focuses on language development.Content-Based ESLELLs receive ESL instruction, taught by and ESL licensed teacher, in preparation for grade-level content instruction in English. The emphasis is still on language development, but augmented with academic subject matter vocabulary and beginning concepts.Sheltered English InstructionELLs are taught academic content in English by a content licensed teacher.However, the English language used for instruction is adapted to the proficiency level of the students. While the instruction focuses on content, sheltered English instruction also promotes English language development.Structured English ImmersionELLs are taught subject matter in English by a content licensed teacher who is also licensed in ESL or bilingual education. The teacher is proficient in the first language of the student. Students may use their native language for clarification, but the teacher uses only English. NO ESL instruction is provided in this model.Civil Rights ActNo person based on national origin is denied the benefit of federal funded programs Elementary and Secondary Education Act-Various grants targeting specific populations called "titles".-Title 3 is for language instruction for LEP and immigrant students.Equal Education Opportunities Actprohibits denying of equal educational opportunities based on race, color, sex, or national origin.Lau V. Nichols~Equal treatment doesn't mean providing students with same facilities, textbooks, teachers and curriculums ~Equal learning opportunities means different enhanced/modified approaches, materials, learning environment to meet learners needs ~Teach in English but 1st language is allowed Castaneda V. Pickard~Texas school wasn't providing "Adequate instruction", meaning ESL services based on research, evidence theory and pedagogy, services implemented by trained teachers and appropriate resources, and regular monitoring of program effectiveness with action to modify programs if found ineffective

Office of Civil Rights~issued specific guidelines and mandates:

• Qualified ESL teachers and evaluations of them
• Criteria to exit students from ESL services
• ESL students who qualify for sped

4ESL students who qualify for gt and other specialized programs.Plyler v. DoeSupreme court ruled that regardless of documentation and citizen status, all children deserve free public education

NCLB~Schools must provide plan and documents of researched based ESL services ~For ELL's

• Requires annual assessment of EL's language proficiency
• schools are expected to meet annual measurable achievement objectives as

determinded by the state.Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: IDEA ~EL's need to be assessed for abilities in the language they are most comfortable with ~Translators must be provided to inform parents and for the EL's to go through testing ~Multiple assessments must be included home language survey (HLS)A survey required by the Office of Civil Rights upon a student's admission to a public school to determine the predominant language spoken in the student's home.Horne v FloresThe Supreme Court declared that federal equal-education laws are concerned with student outcomes, not financial inputs. Though the EEOA requires states to take "appropriate action"26 to help ELs from falling behind their non-EL peers, the Court found that individual states must determine how that obligation will be met, both financially and programmatically.FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act) Schools are prohibited from providing any outside agency—including the Immigration and Naturalization Service—with any information from a student's school file that would expose their 6

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undocumented status without first obtaining permission from the student's parents. The only exception is if a court order (subpoena) is served; however, parents may challenge such an order.13 Proficiency Testingdesigned to measure people's ability Achievement Testingdirectly related to language courses in order to establish how successful students or courses are in achieving objectives Diagnostic Testingused to identify learners' strengths and weakesses Placement Testingintended to provide information that will help to place a student at the stage or place in a program most appropriate to the student's abilities Discrete point testingrefers to testing one element at a time, item by item Integrative testingcombines many language elements in the completion of a task Norm-referenced testinga test which relates one candidate's performance to that of other candidates. We are not told directly what the student can do in the language.Criterion-referenced testingtesting which classifies people according to whether or not they are able to perform some task or set of tasks satisfactorily

Portfolio assessmenta selective collection of student work, teacher observations, and self-assessment that is used to show progress over time with regard to specific criteria Authentic assessmentprocedures for evaluating student achievement or performance using activities that represent lassroom goals, curricula, and instruction or real-life performance Formative assessmentongoing diagnostic assessment providing information to guide instruction Performance assessmentassessment tasks that require students to construct a response, create a product, or demonstrate applications of knowledge Summative assessmentculminating assessment for a unit grade level, or course of study providing a status report on mastery or degree of proficiency according to identified learning outcomes Scaffoldingproviding contextual supports for meaning during instruction or assessment, such as viual displays, classified lists, or tables or graphs.Self-assessmentallows students to construct their own knowledge by enabling them to see possibilities for reflection, redirection and confirmation of their own learning. A key to successful portfolio assessment.Unidirectionalsound from the TV in the background, a lecture in a college classroom, sitting in the audience of a Broadway musical Auto-directionalre-creating language internally to listen to it again BidirectionalFour friends conversing over dinner, a mother and child speaking to each other Grammar Translation/Classical MethodLearn grammar rules and then translate sentences Direct Method/Berlitz MethodListen, repeat, speak. Use of the L1 is not allowed Audio-lingual methodMemorize patterns. Based on behaviorist theory.Silent wayTeacher is mostly silent as students experiment with language DesuggestopediaStudents play with language. Goal is to overcome psychological barriers to learning.Community Language LearningStudents decide what to learn Natural ApproachFocus on communication; students do not produce speech until they have developed receptive language skills Total Physical ResponsePhysical component; no explicit grammar instruction Communicative language teachingStudents use language in multiple contexts. The goal is communication.