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ESL SCALES. Donna McFadzean Grace Brunetta Antonietta Mamone St Therese Sadleir 2010. Thanks. Thank you to Lyn Sweetnam from St John’s Auburn for her ideas that were used in designing this presentation - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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ESL SCALES
Donna McFadzean Grace Brunetta Antonietta Mamone
St Therese Sadleir 2010
Thanks
• Thank you to Lyn Sweetnam from St John’s Auburn for her ideas that were used in designing this presentation
• Other slides have been adapted from the ESL Modules Day Two presented by CEO Sydney March 2010.
NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
Dr. Kate O’Brien
NPA schools 97% students have English as a second language
In the first NPA CEO Survey 5% of principals and 34.1% of teachers believed that the ESL scales were used to identify, monitor and assess language development of LBOTE students
30% of principals and 45% of teachers believed that tracking procedures are in place to monitor language development of LBOTE students
Data collected so far...
Curriculum Implementation
Instrumental Action Practical Action
Doing curriculum implementation is installing an ESL focussed curriculum, faithfully and efficiency
Within the framework is for teachers to come to a deep understanding of the vision, beliefs and assumptions of ESL pedagogy and curriculum and to transform this based on the school context
How Students LearnSelfOthersApplicationProcess through
communication (metalanguage)
Authentic Educators
The authentic educator cultivates and sustains an environment that promotes the work of authentic teaching and learning
(Starratt, 2004; Stoll and Fink, 1996).
Authentic Learning Authentic teaching
and learning are moral activities because “they engage both teachers and students in a deeper understanding of the nature and purpose of their lives and in determining how they can best contribute to the greater good of society”
(Duignan, 2006, p. 129).
Practices that Promote Authentic Learning
Why ESL Scales for NPA ?
• Federal Government Requirement
• Required to be used by all schools involved in the project
• ESL scales is a National document
• Great opportunity to increase teacher quality and student outcomes
Benefits
Benefits
Developing Understandings
What is an appropriate assessment task for ESL students?
Assessing Young Language Learners
Penny McKay, 2006Cambridge University Press
Bridge Bookshop10 Grafton Street,
Chippendale9211 1660
$67.00
Professional Reading Selecting writing tasks for young language
learners
‘’English mother tongue benchmarks are invalid for ESL learners ... as they fail to acknowledge the distinctiveness of ESL development.’’
‘’ESL students should not be excluded from testing and reporting, but their progress should be reported against ESL standards that accurately describe second language development.”Penny McKay TESOL in ContextVolume 19 Number 2 December 2009
Remember....
Rationale
Language Progression
Using the ESL Scales
Level and Strand
Strand Organisers
OutcomesPointers
Previous Level’s Outcomes
Next Level’s Outcomes
Source: ESL Scales
ESL Scales
Glossary
Pages 124-8
Process for Using the ESL Scales
Don’t forget……
Table Buzz…….
ESL Scales Workshop: Writing
Sample texts + school writing sample.
Sample Matrix
Documenting ESL Scales
ESL Scales Workshop: Reflection
How Are You Feeling …• How are the ESL Scales making you feel?
Linked to Teaching /Learning Cycle
Types of Assessment
NPA EXPECTATIONS - WEEK 4 TERM TWO
Assessment of all ESL students K-6 using the ESL Scales (We will test all students)Two pieces of data for each strand of the ESL Scales : Oral Interaction, Reading and Responding and Writing
Backward MappingGrade Assessment Planning
When Oral/Reading Responding/
Writing
What is the assessment?Which KLA?
Week 8 T1
Week 9 T1
Week 10 T1
Week 1 T2
Week 2 T2
Week 3 T2
Support For Teachers: Release for...
Useful Resources
Parking Lot
References
ESL in ActionCatholic Education Office, Sydney
ESL K-12 Position PaperCatholic Education Office, Sydney
Language Features of Text Types for ESL Learners
LFTTCatholic Education Office, Sydney
Teaching English Language LearnersTELLDepartment of Education, Sydney