ELL Assessments Crystalanne Duncan-Holmes Grand Canyon University: ESL-223N 3 November 2012 Whitney Johnson The following essay will briefly discuss the procedures that are being utilized in order to identify ELLs at the Philadelphia public school District. Included in this discussion will be what informal and formal assessments are being conducted to determine ELL student’s language proficiency and how English language development is monitored over time. How Educators are informed of
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going back to teach English to English Language Learners (ELL) at Kaleidoscope Academy. For a semester‚ I worked mostly with seventh and eighth graders with English Proficiency Levels ( ELP) between three and five. The ELPs tell that these students have great social English communication skills‚ but their academic language is not proficient yet; that is why many of them still need ELL instruction. My goal for this year was to increase my ELL students vocabulary so they can be better readers and writers
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ELL Placement Assessment Students that are considered to be ELL students have specific tests and procedures that must be followed by schools and teachers in order to properly assess each student proficiency level in English language. After interviewing the ELL coordinator for our school‚ assessing the ELL student gives both the home and school environment the information needed to develop a plan to to educate each ELL student in the 21st Century. In
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This presentation was informative about ELL’s in Florida. First‚ I learned about our district’s demographics. Florida is “ranked 3rd in ELL population.” Most of the ELL students speak Spanish and come from low economic backgrounds. During the presentation‚ the presenters were informed about the area and connected the information to our lives. Next‚ I learned the reason why people move to the United States. For example‚ for better careers‚ to escape war‚ to escape the government‚ and over all they
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ENGLISH PROFICIENCY OF PNTC STUDENTS INTRODUCTION This thesis presents the declining of English Proficiency of PNTC students. Followed by the problem statement and the aims of the study used in the data gathering. An assessment of the selection of participants as well as the instruments is included. This is followed also by a discussion used for data gathering‚ procedures and how it was conduct and analyzed. An evaluation follows with the conclusion thereafter. In order to get the effectiveness
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For me‚ this course has helped me understand my ELL students and ESOL experiences I’ve had in the past. It has helped my validate many of the decisions I made in an effort to help my students. It also gave me a better understanding of student behavior and challenges. I feel that if I had taken this course prior to my work teaching overseas‚ I would have recognized earlier some of the difficulties my students were experiencing. Because I had to learn through experience‚ I needed more time to recognize
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Language proficiency or linguistic proficiency is the ability of an individual to speak or perform in an acquired language. As theories vary among pedagogues as to what constitutes proficiency‚[1] there is little consistency as to how different organizations classify it. Additionally‚ fluency and language competence are generally recognized as being related‚ but separate controversial subjects. In predominant frameworks in the United States‚ proficient speakers demonstrate both accuracy and fluency
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people in the organization. The decline in the proficiency of English in Malaysia has reached an alarming level which means the standard of English of the Malaysian drops when compare to the past 20 years. Malaysia has different races which create different religions and also languages in the country. People of different races remain to speak or communicate in their own languages has become one of the big problem for Malaysian to improve the standard of English. First of all‚ Malaysia education
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in the basic education‚ particularly to speaking and writing (Kumar‚ 2009). English proficiency must be treated as an additional skill. In reality‚ a country needs to build familiarity‚ friendship and collaborate with other countries as well. It is the government’s obligation to give good quality of education to be able to work and communicate in a wider and competitive world (Alave‚ 2006). English proficiency pertains to the ability to speak‚ read and write in English. To be considered as truly
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in the way that reading aloud requires. Reading skills also influence students’ well-being as adults. Adults with poor literacy skills find it difficult to function in society‚ because many basic decision-making skills require reading proficiency. People who are not able to fill out an application because of limited reading or writing skills are likely to have difficulty finding a job or accessing social services. Strong reading skills protect against unemployment in early adulthood. Adults
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