Domain II - ESL Instruction and Assessment

Question 1

Collaboration

Answer 1

Working with others

Question 2

Purpose

Answer 2

authentic oral and written language to complete tasks for real life goals and purposes.

Question 3

Student Interest

Answer 3

Follow students interests

Question 4

Previous Experience

Answer 4

Students previous experience

Question 5

Support

Answer 5

Supportive and safe

Question 6

Variety

Answer 6

variety of learning activities and language forms and uses.

Question 7

Integration

Answer 7

In school and out of school experiences integrated into the classroom.

Question 8

Nonverbal Adaptations

Answer 8

gestures, illustrations and facial expression.

Question 9

Contextual Adaptations

Answer 9

Visual and auditory aids

Question 10

Paraverbal Adaptations

Answer 10

Teachers speak more clearly, slowing down the rate of their speech, and pausing between major idea units, varying their volume and intonation to convey meaning.

Question 11

Discourse Adaptations

Answer 11

Teachers use organizational markers, such as “now” and “first”.

Question 12

Elicitation Adaptations

Answer 12

Techniques to call on students to ensure involvement. Call on students by name, volunteers, whole group.

Question 13

Questioning Adaptations

Answer 13

Vary questions according to the proficiency level of the students.

Question 14

Response Adaptations

Answer 14

Adapt their responses to students utterances to provide further comprehensible input and to encourage further language use by providing confirmation checks and clarification requests.

Question 15

Correction Adaptations

Answer 15

Teachers correct students responses by focusing on the meaning conveyed by modeling the correct answer.

Question 16

TPR: Total Physical Response

Answer 16

Give commands that the students act out, such as “Simon says”