ESL Slide Share

Charlotte Greene

Differentiating Classroom Instruction

March 11th 2011

ESL

• The program purpose of teaching English in the ESL classroom is to give the student the tools to improve his understanding of works in all other subject areas.

ESL

• English as a second Language ESL this program is usually chosen when there are fewer than twenty students of the same native background. ESL is the most commonly used program to teach English. The ESL program has been the most accepted by educators. These ESL students are usually taken to a separate classroom and given specific instruction by a specifically trained teacher.

ESL Qualifications

• A student must have specific qualifications to be considered for an ESL class. The primary criterion for determining placement in ESL is an English Language Proficiency (ELP, or ELLs) Assessment.

Instructional requirements for the benefit Of ESL Students

• Some of the ELL students will understand more than they say their listening and reading skills are usually more advanced than their productive skills such as writing and speaking. Sometimes they may understand what they hear but yet not able to respond in a way that they felt certain or correct in their action. As an example if you ask him/her a question and they do not answer out loud, look for other ways of checking their skills, such as how are they doing their work, is the completed project what was expected.

• Were they able to follow complete or partial instructions, and what is lacking if anything, a portfolio can be a big help in this area. Understanding academic language and following the instruction to complete a project is usually harder than just having a conversation. Second language learners often develop basic interpersonal communication skills before they develop academic or cognitive language proficiency even if students seem to be very confident and competent in their conversations with other students supporting them with their academic work is important until you have observed or tested their performance ability in a particular area. Another instructional requirement for ESL is to show or model what work you would like complete, and what it would look like.

• ESL students need visual or non verbal cues to help them to better understand the words and concepts in a lesson. Use visuals as often as possible to give them a clear perspective. Also we should focus on reading comprehension not just the pronunciation of the words when reading text aloud. Using decoding by associating a sound with a particular symbol or letter, this is a mechanical skill that English language learners students may develop reading fluency quicker. The comprehension of understanding the letters in the written word is a skill that needs to be developed by the English language learners.

ESL Teacher Certifications

• Teacher specific regulations or English as a second language supplemental (ESL) (154) is to measure the knowledge and skills that an entry level Texas teacher must possess to work with ESL students. This test consist of 70 multiple questions with 60 of them being scored. This test is a requirement for teacher to obtain the proper certification to teach ESL in Texas. Each test session is five hours long, and is in two parts morning and afternoon.