Aligning ELL Proficiency Standards Amber Castro Grand Canyon University: ESL 433N: Advanced Methodologies of Structured English Immersion March 30‚ 2014 English Language Proficiency Standards Arizona English Language Arts Standards Stage II Language Strand Standard 1: The student will identify and apply conventions of standard English in his or her communications. HI-2: explaining differences between common and proper nouns in context (singular and plural). 1. Demonstrate command
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Levels of Language Proficiency Elementary to Limited Proficiency * The first two levels of language proficiency deal with the absolute basics of the language. These levels are where speakers learn vocabulary and grammar‚ especially how to properly conjugate words and how to speak in the past‚ present and future tenses. By the time these two levels are completed students should have some basic grasp of the language‚ and they should be able to hold casual‚ relatively simple conversations about
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Path to Spanish]: The Development of Bilingual Teachers’ Spanish-Language Proficiency John A. Sutterby‚ Javier Ayala‚ and Sandra Murillo University of Texas at Brownsville Abstract This paper describes the development of Spanish-language proficiency in bilingual preservice teachers at a university on the Texas–Mexico border. A survey with open-ended questions was administered to preservice teachers in bilingual and English as a Second Language certification programs. The purpose of this study
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Academic Standards with ELL Proficiency Standards Assignment The Arizona or TESOL English learner standards use a guide for differentiating instruction for various levels of ELLs by the teachers making the lessons have a content objective meaning on what the teacher wants all their students to learn in the classrooms. Also‚ each lesson needs to have a language objective as well which means that are specifically for each individual ELL student and base it in their TESOL standards in the classroom
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ground work and the organization of scholastic lessons in the educational systems in 2001 with the “No Child Left behind Act”. The law say that each state is to embrace English Language Learners in the state assessment and evaluate the student’s language skill “with valid‚ reliable assessments in the areas of oral language and reading and writing skills‚ more specifically comprehension‚ speaking‚ listing‚ reading‚ and writing”(Cook‚ 2007). The requirements of these assessment also include assisting
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Culture (Cross-Cultural Communications) Standard 1: Culture as a Factor in ELLs’ Learning Why are having Domain’s and Standards important to teachers? Domains and Standards play a huge part in giving teachers indicators on their children’s performances. We as teachers need certain domains and standards on identifying and monitoring the children’s performances throughout the classroom. Having standards allows us as teachers to indicate their levels of ability and performances to be met. Their are
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Descriptive Title: English for Specific Purposes; English Language Proficiency Assessment in the Nation Pre-Requisite: Engl 121‚ Engl 122 Credit: 3 units I. Subject Description: This course is intended to develop students’ skills in the use of the English language in the context of teaching profession. Like any course in English for Specific Purposes‚ it is anchored on the philosophy that the students’ mastery of the English language should be developed‚ primarily‚ along his discipline of his
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Oral Proficiency: Difficulties and Methods Introduction: Although testing language has traditionally taken the form of testing knowledge about language‚ the idea of testing communicative competence is becoming recognized as being of great importance in second language learning. In testing communicative competence‚ speaking and listening tasks are commonly used. Those require tasks such as the completion of an information gap and role play (Kitao & Kitao‚ 1996). As language teachers
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ELL ASSESSMENTS Nohemy Tautimer 08/02/2013 EDU-213N Grand Canyon University Professor Lorena Brown With the rise in immigrant students comes a rise in students who do not speak English. Schools are facing the need to not only teach these students their regular academics but also a new language. In Guthrie‚ Oklahoma‚ there may seem like there would not be as much need for such programs but the fact is that English language learners are also here. ELL students need assistance from the schools
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on its implications. Language proficiency in the legal profession There are no statutory language requirement for the practice of law ‚ and the completion of a courses in Latin is no longer a requirement for the LLB degree at the Universities‚ the language is‚ however‚ very important for the study and practice of law in South Africa . Prospective lawyers are encouraged‚ therefore to study English. In terms of the constitution‚ the language encouraged as the official language for the course is English
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