ESL-533 Advanced Methodologies of SEI

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ESL- 533 Advanced Methodologies of SEI Week 1 - SEI Foundations and ELL Standards Review 4/10 Discussion According to Jim Cummins, social language (BICS) takes 1-3 years while academic language (CALPS) is more difficult and takes 5-8 years to develop. How can teachers help English language learners develop academic language? How can teachers reach out to students who are in the Silent Period? 4/12 Discussion Based on key legislation pertaining to English language learners (ELLs) in your state, describe the characteristics of the English immersion program in terms of instructional strategies, time spent in the classroom with other ELL students, and time spent in regular classrooms with native speakers. You can find this information on the Department of Education website of your state. 4/14 Assignment Using the English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards from Arizona or from your state, select the stage for a grade level of your choice. Based on the Common Core Standards’ English Language Arts (ELA) performance objectives or the English Language Arts Standards from your state, create a learning activity that is aligned with a learning objective at the basic proficiency level on the ELP standards for each of the following domains: 1. Listening and Speaking 2. Reading 3. Writing Account for language acquisition principles within the design of your activities. Include a 250-500 word rationale that describes how each activity addresses the characteristics of the ELL at the basic level and how language acquisition principles have been accounted for within your design. Include ideas for strategies to differentiate these activities for students in the pre-production and early production stages. Support this assignment with at least three scholarly resources. While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using the documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance. 4/14 Participation Week 2 - Format and Informal Assessment 4/17 Discussion Describe the difference between diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments. How can these assessments support the language needs of ELL students? How are assessment results used for placement and accommodation of gifted ELLs and ELLs with special education needs? 4/19 Discussion Discuss the role of formal and informal assessments in ESL classrooms. How might feedback be incorporated into these assessments to provide a well-rounded approach to assessment and instruction for ELL students? What should feedback look like? 4/21 Assignment Table 1 in "Principles and Practices of Sociocultural Assessment: Foundations for Effective Strategies for Linguistically Diverse Classrooms" describes Concepts, Principles, and Checklist Items that can be used to evaluate assessments. Select two of the Checklist Items you think are extremely important when evaluating assessments for ELL students. In a 500-750 word essay, describe those items, and defend why you believe they are of particular importance. Support this assignment with at least three scholarly resources. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance. 4/21 Participation mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm m. Participation

Week 3 - SEI Strategies I 4/24 Discussion Choose one strategy from your required reading that you would utilize to teach vocabulary. Explain why this strategy would be effective for an English language learner. 4/26 Discussion Provide at least one example of an effective SEI strategy utilized in one of the classrooms that you have observed. Why do you think this strategy worked? Were the teaching concepts in the lesson tied to the students’ backgrounds? 4/28 Assignment Create a graphic organizer or use the "Instructional Strategies for ELLs" to identify and describe oral, reading, and writing strategies appropriate for each ELL proficiency label. Include a justification as to why each strategy is applicable to the specific ELL proficiency label, citing references. While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using the documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance. 4/28 Assignment Allocate at least 5 hours in the field to support this field experience. Spend time observing lessons in your field experience classroom. Focus your observations on Lesson Preparation, Building Background, and Comprehensible Input. Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the mentor teacher in providing instruction and support to the class. Assess at least one lesson using the SIOP checklist from Appendix A in the textbook. Submit a copy of one of your completed checklists to your instructor in LoudCloud. You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance. Document the locations and hours that you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to LoudCloud in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center. 4/28 Participation Week 4 - SEI Strategies II 5/1 Discussion In an SEI classroom, the language objective drives the instruction. Content can be used to support the development of language, but is not the focus for instruction. Discuss how you might use content to support the language needs of your ELLs. 5/3 Discussion Based on your observations, how did the teacher integrate ELL Proficiency Standards in the strategies, interactions, practice, and application of the concepts being taught? 5/5 Assignment Create a SIOP lesson plan in a content area of your choice for a group of ELLs at a grade and English language proficiency (ELP) level that you specify. Use the “SIOP Lesson Plan Template,” located in the Student Success Center. Identify and select the ELP Standards from your state. Create a content objective and a language objective using the English Language Arts Standards from your state. Consider applicable language acquisition stages of development in your lesson planning. Include a 500-750 word rationale that includes an explanation regarding how the following aspects of SIOP were accounted for within the design of your lesson:

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