UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER (ELL)

CHAPTER FOURTEENENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: UNDERSTANDING THEIR NEEDS

Reading Out Loud• mood• food• flood• fud

• (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) OR (Mexican brand of cold cuts)

• deer• beer• fear• bear• Bexar• Texas• Mexico

• San Antonio derived its name from San Antonio de Béjar

• dean• Sean

More…• Real eyes• Realize• Real lies• bow• lead• wind

What does “hot” mean?

Assessment• Begin when instructed to do so

• You will have three minutes

• Keep any comments to yourself• Work alone• Skip challenging questions• Turn paper face down when complete• Get ready….• Begin!

What Do Polar Bears and Great Teachers Have in Common? They Both Know How to Break the IceRobert Onorato

Questions• Explain two feelings you had when you started the

assessment.• What did you do to try to do better?• Identify two way you compensated for not understanding

some of the questions.

ANSWERS

1. ¿Que es?: La gente que lo hace no lo quiere, la gente que lo compra no lo usa y la gente que lo usa no lo sabe.

• Ataud

2. Hay muchos países y continentes que empiezan con la letra “A”. Cuantos puedes nombrar

• Angola, Algeria, Armenia, Albania, Andorra, Austria, Australia, Antigua, Argentina, Aruba, Africa, Asia, Antarctica, America, Australasia,

3. Se inaugura una calle con cien casas nuevas, enumeradas del 1 al 100. ¿Cuántos números 9’s se requieren para contar todas las casas?

• 20• 9, 19, 29 . . . 89, 90, 91, 92 . . . 99

4. Complete la siguiente orden:U, D, T, C, C, S, S,. . .

•O, N, D

5. Complete la siguiente orden:

6. ¿Cuales cuatro números nones del 1 al 11 cuando se suman hacen 14?

• 11+1+1+1 = 14

7. ¿Que significan estas letras? AGU, CUN, CZM, ISJ, LAP, MAM, MTY, PCM?

• Codigos de aeropuertos de Mexico:• Aguascalientes, Cancun, Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, Leon,

Matamoros, Monterrey, Playa del Carmen• Brownsville/South Padre Island? McAllen?

8. ¿Cual mes tiene 28 días?• Todos

9. ¿Que se moja mas entre mas seca?

• Una toalla

10. ¿Que es muy silenciosa cuando viva y muy ruidosa cuando muerta?• Una hoja

11. ¿Que es? TIEMPO• Medio TIEMPO

12. Jack walked from Santa Clara to Palo Alto. It took 1 hour 25 minutes to walk from Santa Clara to Los Altos. Then it took 25 minutes to walk from Los Altos to Palo Alto. He arrived in Palo Alto at 2:45 P.M. At what time did he leave Santa Clara? 12:55 P.M.

• You can work backwards from the time Jack reached Palo Alto. Subtract the time it took to walk from Los Altos to Palo Alto. Then subtract the time it took to walk from Santa Clara to Los Altos.

Start at 2:45. This is the time Jack reached Palo Alto.Subtract 25 minutes. This is the time it took to get from Los Altos to Palo Alto. Time is: 2:20 P.M.

Subtract: 1 hour 25 minutes. This is the time it took to get from Santa Clara to Los Altos.

• 13. Laura has 3 green chips, 4 blue chips and 1 red chip in her bag. What fractional part of the bag of chips is green?

3/8

• 14. Judy is taking pictures of Jim, Karen and Mike. She asks them, " How many different ways could you three

children stand in a line?" Six

Question• The diversity of approaches to promote bilingualism are

reasons why some teachers lack the confidence to meet the learning needs of ELL.

• What approach have you experienced that balances the need of ELLs to become proficient in English AND maintain their native language?

“Psychological distance results from the affective influence”Schumann