Field Experience AK is a nine year old ELL student in Mrs. Tobin’s fourth grade classroom. He was five years old and entering Kindergarten when his family moved to the United States of America from Macedonia. This means he’s been in the country for four years and he has received all of his formal schooling here in the United States, and as a result he has never learned to read or write in his native Macedonian language. AK speaks English at home with his mother, but she has a very distinct accent, which does affect some of her pronunciation of English words. This has helped him develop conversational English language proficiency or Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) that are average for a fourth grader. However, he struggles with Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) and his writing reflects it. His BICS level of proficiency for cognitive domain taxonomy is at the application level. His linguistic process level is communicating. AK’s BICS internal language skills (comprehension) are at a level where he understands the meaning of what he is listening to in informal situations most of the time. He also is able to read silently for basic comprehension as long as the text is not too complicated. His external language skills (production) in relation to BICS is he is capable to communicating with meaning, feelings, and intentions in social and highly contextualized situations. He can write in expository and creative formats though with basic language.
Have you ever had to communicate important information to a diverse group of people you share unique working relationships with? Carrying the responsibility of managing the day to day operation of a fifty five million dollar medical Distribution Company forces me into communication instances which require care and precision for effective delivery. As an Operations Leader, I am responsible for delivering information to a large group of diverse individuals serving several different employment roles. Even though the audience is not responding audibly, as the presenter, I must communicate through a through a transactional communication model, meaning that, “I must communicate simultaneously with my
Jane will have multiple opportunities to improve her communication skills. Jane will be able to use verbal skills to speak with her peer when completing the reading and summarizing of the paragraph. Jane will have to verbally speak with her peer to discuss the main ideas of the paragraph and fill out the graphic organizer. Jane will then participate in a whole classroom discussion where she can share the main ideas from the content that has been read. However, since Jane does struggle with comprehending text the teacher will allow for more time for Jane when answering questions about the main ideas of the content.
Teachers that have an awareness of BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills) and CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency) can recognize
SC4 Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills and high level interpersonal skills including a capacity to develop constructive relationships with students, parents and other staff.
This commentary will provide a reflection of the author’s key skill competencies, particularly focusing on communication, teamwork, problem-solving, interpersonal skill. A summary of these keys skills will outline the author’s key strengths and areas for future improvement relative to either current weaknesses and or challenges.
1. Based on the reading, identify two actions that you will take to improve your communication skills while on your internship.
In the video, Dr. Jim Cummins discusses the three language proficiencies. Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills, these are the elementary skills of listening and speaking which are learned quickly by those language learners whose native language is similar to English. Discreet Language Skills focus on literacy, phonological, and grammatical language that students obtain from direct instruction. Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency refers to the student’s ability to use academic language when listening, talking, reading, and
Readings and websites, set in this subject, have showed that I lack the basic knowledge of constructing literacy communication skills.
MODEL, Measure of Developing English Language, is a series of tests given to grade-school students to assess determine progress as ELL students receive services. MODEL evaluates ELL students’ academic English language proficiency in the four language domains of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. All items and tasks in those sections are aligned to the WIDA ELP Standards. The speaking section consists of constructed-response tasks that target progressively higher proficiency levels. The listening section in MODEL has multiple-choice items. The reading section in MODEL is also multiple-choice. The writing section in has two parts: Part A, which asks students to respond to open-ended questions that require only short answers; and Part
Being in a relationship, I noticed that communication is key. However, there are other numerous factors that play a substantial role in the relationship. I believe in three simple things.
Being a position that requires communication can definitely be beneficial. I have been volunteering for nearly two years at a crisis hotline and have since felt my communication skills over the phone improve significantly. Interacting with people frequently also tends to ease people's worries when it comes to communication, so it is understandable that your communication competency is high, especially in a position of authority.
I gathered four informal assessments that would help me evaluate Angie’s proficiency in the four domains: writing, reading, listening and speaking. With the help of these assessments and the Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLDs) I would have a better idea of how fluent Angie is in English.
Your Listening, questioning and diagnosing : This ensures you have understood the client’s symptoms, problems and health concerns.(N/A, 2015c)
Cummins (2008) was the first to propose the distinction between two differing kinds of language proficiency been BICS and CALP. Cummins (2008) stated that in the field of bilingual education, the ideas of Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS)
Giving and getting feedback can be both positive and negative in which both ways can be difficult to hear. It can even be difficult to understand depending on how the feedback is being given and received. Either way giving and getting feedback can be discovered in many aspects of our daily lives and mastering this element of communication allows us to become more meaningful communicators. Through my research for this paper, I have been able to examine many variable environments in which giving and getting feedback can be found.