Required Procedures for New Students

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Required Procedures for New Students

• Home Language Survey- provides information on
  language exposure and experience of family
• Testing within first 30 days to determine English
  language knowledge
• Determination of English language proficiency and
  what programming is appropriate
• Annual testing to determine progress toward
  English proficiency

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Programming Choices

• ESL pull-out for long periods of time (1 hour)
• ESL pull-out for short periods of time (20
  minutes)
• Resource services to help with academics
• Accommodations in the classroom

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Accommodations Strategies

• Use as many visuals and realia as possible
• Use same wording to give directions and in
  written materials and tests
• Frequent checks for understanding
• Small group and peer support
• Variety of different ways to respond

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Differentiation from Special Education

• Students need time to learn English- locally 5
  years to reach proficiency
• Education opportunities in home country need to
  be considered
• Childs literacy in first language needs to be
  considered

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Important Information to Obtain

• Languages the mother speaks
• Languages the father speaks
• Which languages are read in the home
• Which languages the child speaks
• Which languages the child reads

• Look for information about success with first
  language
• compare to how peers or siblings are learning

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Resources available

• www.TransACT.com
• www.wordiq.com
• www.TESOL.org
• www.nabe.org
• www.worldlingo.com
• www.Babelfish.com
• TESOL journals
• Learner English by Michael Swan