LANGUAGES in EDUCATION

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LANGUAGES in EDUCATION
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ESOL Programs

• ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages
• History
• Bilingual Education programs
• Strategies

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What is ESOL?

• Intensive literacy instruction for students who
  are non-native speakers of English
• Goal to exit students at an English proficiency
  level where they can succeed in mainstream

• Focus on basic interpersonal communications
  (BICS) AND cognitive academic language
  proficiency (CALP)

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History

• Lau Vs. Nichols schools must provide specific
  programs
• Bilingual education began in the 60s-70s due to
  increase in number of children with Limited
  English Proficiency (LEP)

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Different Bilingual Education Programs

• ESOL students IMMERSED in the classrooms with
  English-speaking students
• Pullout Model ESOL students are taken from
  their regular homeroom during the day to be
  taught English in a SEPARATE classroom for 60
  minutes each day.

• New Instruction Model provides for co-taught or
  sheltered content area instruction in ESOL levels
  1-3
• Transitional Language Program establishes a 3
  year goal for transitioning students into
  classroom environments where English is the
  primary language of instruction.

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• Welcome Centers one-year programs where
  students take lessons not only in English, math
  and writing but also in how to work a school
  locker and how to order lunch without violating
  their religious dietary edicts.

• LeapFrog School House Literacy Centers
  LeapDesks and LeapPad platforms supply students
  with additional guided practice, featuring
  headphones to enable them to hear individual
  phonemes.

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Strategies

• Use gestures and body language
• Repetition, slow speech, restating, controlled
  vocabulary, paraphrasing
• Peer tutoring
• Use pictorial forms (graphs, charts, etc.)

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More strategies

• Provide hands-on experiences
• Use cooperative learning activities
• Use role-playing
• Adjust, modify, or shorten assignments
• Provide easy-to-understand steps

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Technological Strategies

• LeapDesks and LeapPad multiple repetitions so
  students can hear sounds pronounced correctly as
  often as they need visual and auditory
  feedback.
• Use of multimedia
• Networked note-taking
• Videoconferencing and distance education (on-line
  web courses)

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ESOL programs in Florida

• To Qualify green registration form English
  proficiency tests within 20 days.
• Enrollment 2-3 years
• Exiting ONLY when student has demonstrated that
  he/she is ready to be mainstreamed (determined by
  homeroom teacher, ESOL teacher, and parents)

• Standardized Tests if in the ESOL program for 1
  year or less, may be exempted if not, required
  to provide certain accommodations
• Different Grade system until exit of program
  GP, SP, and NP