Language Learners Essay

Assessment of English Language Learners Alisha C. Green Grand Canyon University: ESL 533N Advanced Methodologies of Structured English Instruction December 12, 2012 Abstract Assessments are a critical tool in monitoring the progress of English language learners at all grade levels. The main purpose of assessments is to ensure students are receiving quality teaching instruction in accordance to academic and content standards. Even though these tests are not the only resource used for testing students

United States is a diverse nation of many cultures, races and family units. According to predictive research by ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association), in the 2030’s, students speaking at least one language other than English, will increase to 40% or higher (Roseberry-McKibbin & Brice, 2007). This multi-lingual population is called English Language Learners (ELLs). For example, in the author’s region of California, the ELL population already accounts for around 70% of students (Roseberry-McKibbin

Each year, schools across the nation are seeing an increase in the amount of English language learners they are receiving. Teachers of all grade levels are finding it harder and harder to teach these ELLs because of lack of or little to no proper training. So the article, Setting the Foundation for Working with English Language Learners in the Secondary Classroom aims to show you the ideas and strategies that current and future teachers can incorporate into their daily class lessons to make them

paper attempts to better educate general education classroom teachers about working with Chinese-speaking English Language Learner (ELL) students. The audience for this paper is teachers who do not have knowledge of Chinese language and culture or a history of working with Chinese ELLs. Through a discussion of Chinese educational culture, a comparison of Chinese and English languages, and a list of suggested teaching strategies, this author hopes to provide valuable information for classroom teachers

I conducted my interview on an English language learner kindergarten student named Omar, whose native language is Spanish. When he grows up he wants to become a knight, he enjoys candy and colors green and blue. He idealizes batman as his hero and enjoys playing with blocks. Based on my interview Omar is a bright and intelligent individual. I asked Omar to show me his most prized work in the classroom, he pointed to his BONO monkey on the wall. By the looks of it he did a fantastic job cutting out

The article Differentiated Instruction for English Language Learners as “Variations on a Theme” was published in the Middle School Journal in 2012. This article distinguishes sheltered content instruction from differentiated instruction, and provides an overview of some of the key principles for differentiating instructions for English language learners. The article opens by discussing the increasing population of ELL students in U.S. schools, and that the majority of these ELLs are not immigrants

Second Language Learner When I was in Middle School and High School I had no interest in learning English as my second language even though it was required from 7th to 11th grade. I would make excuses to and have my cousin do my English homework for me. English was not spoken much in my community. As such, learning a language that is not generally spoken in the surrounding community (Yule 187) was not important and I did not see any need to learn English. My attitude was why do I need to learn

English Language Learners (ELL) are students who are learning English as a second language. These students are put into a regular classroom setting with no proper curriculum for ELL’s to learn English properly. Their ability to understand the language is minimum, reading levels are below their own grade level, writings are done incorrectly and their form of speech as well. The effects in not learning English properly prevents them from advancing in Math, English and other subjects. Besides this becoming

Teaching English Language Learning students have become the talk for schools across the nation during the past decade. As of the 2010-2011 school year, English Language Learners made up 13% of student population nationwide (Hill, 2012). As our nation grows in population, the diversity of our nation grows as well. English Language Learning students are entering into our schools, struggling to fit in, and struggling to understand the topics being taught. Due to this ongoing issue, research strongly

Introduction Learning a language is about not only grammar, vocabulary or pronunciation. It is also a process of achieving the ability to communicate with people from other cultures, and the best way to improve that is to learn about culture and traditions of other countries. The knowledge of the conventions, customs, beliefs, and systems of meaning of another country, is indisputably an integral part of foreign language learning, and some researchers have seen it as their goal to incorporate the