ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

Networking SessionFebruary 2, 2012

AGENDALooking Back

Cross Curricular LiteracyScaffolding in the Quadrants

Strategies, Activities & EvaluationReadingSpeakingWriting

Looking Ahead

LOOKING BACK

Alberta Education Benchmarkshttp://www.learnalberta.ca/content/eslapb/index.html

Videos of Levels 1 through 5http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/eslapb/video.html

English Expresshttp://advancededucation.gov.ab.ca/englishexpress/articles/

CROSS CURRICULAR LITERACYEVERYDAY LANGUAGE ACADEMIC LANGUAGEFace to face conversation Limited interactionFamiliar Context- here and now

Less familiar, more abstract

High frequency vocabulary Low frequency vocabularySimple sentence structure Figurative language (naked

eye)Highly contextualized…cues are all around

Context-Specific meanings of words (face of a rock)

Acceptance of error Complex sentence structureCultural referencesLess contextual supportPenalty for error

www.multilingualclassrooms.org

SCAFFOLDING IN THE QUADRANTS

ASHOW ME

BSHOW ME

CHELP ME

DLET ME

what it is how to do it

to do it Try it on my own

Cummins 4-Quadrant Model for Instruction

ACognitively undemandingContext Embedded

DCognitively undemandingContext Reduced

BCognitively demandingContext Embedded

CCognitively demandingContext Reduced

DAILY FIVECAFE menu of strategies:

Comprehension Accuracy

Fluency Expand vocabulary

RESOURCES ON VOCABULARY

Bauman J (1996) The General Service Listhttp://jbauman.com/index.html

Coxhead, A. (2000) The Academic Word List

http://victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist/default.aspx

Nation, ISP (2008) Teaching Vocabulary: Strategies and Techniques. Boston, MA, Heinle

SPEAKING: LISTENING More than YES or NO responses; Open

ended WHO, WHERE, WHEN, WHAT, WHY, HOW?

Audio recordings The Carbo method---speak slowly between

PHRASES and SENTENCES (not individual words)

Scribing of responses, Photographs, Picture Forms, Cartoon Bubbles, DICE game

PERSONAL VOCABULARY BANKS AND WORD WALLS WORDS selected as they arise in

lessons:

Alphabetical Grammatical

Verb

Noun Adjective

Related Words

WordRoots

Example

form formformation

formal informreformdeform

Form: shape

This book gives a lot of information about the formation of rocks.

WRITING

Key Visuals or Graphic Organizers can be used before, during or after a lesson

ClozeSentence Combining Sentence Completion Paragraph Frame

Genre Templates (Argument-Evidence)

Personal Experience, Sentence Strips, Photo Stories, Moodles, Texting to Someone

SUPPORTIVE FEEDBACK Look for recurring errors

FOCUS on one or two types of errors (ignore the rest)

FLAG but don’t correct the errors

Have a conference with the student

Give a mini lesson to several who are making the same error

Encourage students to correct their own errors

OUR NEXT SESSION IS APRIL 18TH