The Academic Achievement Gaps Between Ell Students And Native English Language Learners

ELLs and Vocabulary Erica Villarreal Concordia University Educational Research 5305 Dr. D. Hastings   TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter One: Introduction...............................................................................................................3 Purpose Statement..................................................................................................4 Chapter Two: Literature Review.......................................................................................

this paper is to compare two different approaches in the education of English Language Learner (ELL) students, Structured English Immersion, and Two-Way Immersion programs. The focus of this paper is to identify (1) the language ideologies behind both approaches, and each program’s purpose and components. This article also looks at the academic achievement of ELLs, the achievement gap between general education students and ELLs, and the programs’ approach to different variables such as parental involvement

Instructional Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners Math EDU 534: Diverse Family Structures October 10, 2012 Abstract This paper investigates and examines the needs of English Language Learners (ELL) in our classrooms today. It defines who they are, gives statistics at three different levels, nationally, statewide and at the school level. A few general concerns about ELL are discussed and also some positive

Challenging common myths about young English language learners written by Linda Espinosa. In this article Espinosa provides us with some common myths that people believe about dual language programs and the effects that it has on children. Therefore, in my previous reflection paper two myths were chosen which were myths one and six. Thus the two myths are “myth 1: Learning Two Languages During the Early Childhood Years Will Overwhelm, Confuse, and/ or Delay Acquisition of English (Espinosa pg. 5).” The second

(2007), “As of 2000, there were approximately 107,000 immigrant elementary students and 100,000 middle and high school students in Washington State, based on U.S. Census data.” Children from these families enter our educational system knowing very little English and they are considered to be an English Language Learner (ELL) defined by “those whose primary language is a language other than English and who have English language skill deficiencies that impair their learning in regular classrooms” (Malagon

access to education and academic success in the school setting. With laws like No Child Left Behind supporting this belief, there has been an increase in academic accountability and success, especially for minority students, in the areas of reading and mathematics. The population of students is increasingly diverse and according to Sun, Nam, and Vanderwood (2010), the population of English Language Learners (ELLs) has increased significantly, representing 5.1 million students or 10% of the total public

decade, a span during which total student enrollment grew by only 4.9%, the proportion of schoolchildren in the United States who were English language learners (ELLs) grew by an astonishing 32%. Now English learners make up 9% of the student population (U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2014). The growth in number of English language learners in classrooms is well documented. From 1998-2009,the number of ELLs increased by 51%, which is a

approaches in the education of ELLs, found that Reading, spelling and writing instruction in the home language facilitates achievement in English. The same authors also found, that ELL students who receive instruction in their Native language outperform their peers in English-only programs (as cited in Martinez-Wenzy, Perez & Gandara, 2012, pg. 10). Two-Way Immersion (TWI) programs, although originally developed to help English-speaking students learn a second language, aim to provide the necessary

Before The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) Before to the ratification of NCLB, the two main policies in effect relating to ESL students were The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the Bilingual Education Act (Title VII of the ESEA) (Menken, 2010). The ESEA was put into action in the United States as a way to make sure that those who cannot afford to pay to go to school will have to opportunity to go to school and receive an education. The ESEA is the primary law that funds the pubic

system based on testing which created hope about the possibility to modify the NCLB legislation (Ovando & Combs, 2012). Conversely, President Obama reinforced NCLB by making teacher qualifications more rigorous and promoting the adoption of national academic standards (Dillon, 2009). In order to help the country to overcome the economic crisis, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 (Baker, 2011; Ovando & Combs, 2012). President Obama’s idea was that by improving