Research-based practices for teaching english language learners. Competency 7

Question 1

What is ELL?

Answer 1

English Language Learner

Question 2

What is ESOL?

Answer 2

English for Speakers of Other Language

Question 3

What is LEP?

Answer 3

Limited English Proficiency

Question 4

What is ANI?

Answer 4

Academic Needs Identification

Question 5

What is LY?

Answer 5

The code for a student enrolled in an ESOL class

Question 6

What is LF?

Answer 6

The code for a student that is in the two-year follow-up period after existing the ESOL program

Question 7

As students experience cultural assimilation, they must:

Answer 7

balance the social norms of their native culture with the custom of their classmates.

Question 8

What are three strategies for building a culturally responsive classroom?

Answer 8

Inviting parents into the learning environment.
Asking sensitive questions about a student’s native background
Allowing students to share their stories to find commonalities within the group.

Question 9

How does the No Child Left Behind Act affect ELLs?

Answer 9

The No Child Left Behind Act states that non-native English speakers may not be test in their native language. It also gave the individual school districts the right and responsibility of establishing programs that will teach these students English.

Question 10

T or F: The basic ESOL program is required to include instruction that focuses on speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

Answer 10

T: The basic ESOL program is required to include instruction that focuses on speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

Question 11

What does the Florida Consent Decree provide for English language learners?

Answer 11

The Florida Consent Decree protects the civil rights of English language learners (ELLs). It outlines how ELLs are identified and assessed, while ensuring that they receive equal access to appropriate education in both English language instruction and other core subjects. It also details the training that is required for teachers with ELL students and describes the monitoring process and evaluation of ELL students.

Question 12

What are the four primary stages of second-language acquisition?

Answer 12

The foru primary states of second-language acquisition are: Pre-production, early production, speech emergent and intermediate fluency.

Question 13

T or F: If a student feels safe to make mistakes when using English, he or she will progress through the stages of language acquisition more quickly than a student that is constantly corrected and embarrassed for making errors.

Answer 13

T: If a student feels safe to make mistakes when using english, he or she will progress through the stages of language acquisition more quickly than a students that is constantly corrected and embarrassed for making errors.

Question 14

Should teachers consider previous learning in student’s native language as a vantage point for building instructions?

Answer 14

Yes. As a general rule, if a student has been successful inches or her native language he or she is likely to be successful in a second language.

Question 15

Who is the foremost instructional theorist within the context of ELL learning?

Answer 15

Steve Krashen

Question 16

What is the monitor hypothesis?

Answer 16

Steve Krashen established this idea and believed that if a student learned the grammatical rules of a new language he or she would be able to monitor written and spoken language in the future.

Question 17

T or F: Jim Cummins believed that cognitive language was not critical to the success of ELLs in the classroom.

Answer 17

F: Jim Cummins believed that is was critical that students develop cognitive language in order to be successful in the future.

Question 18

T or F: Every ELL fits into the same instructional model.

Answer 18

F: Every ELL does not fir into the same instructional model; therefore, it is critical to understand the varied options to meet the needs of students.

Question 19

Is submersion legal in the United States?

Answer 19

No. Submersion has been illegal in the United States since U.S. Supreme Court case Lau v. Nichols. (1974)

Question 20

What is pull-out program?

Answer 20

A pull-out program allows students to be taken out of the regular classroom to meet with a resource teacher and ensures that the student receives ESOL accommodations in the classroom for core areas.

Question 21

T or F: Most of the strategies recommended for ELLs are for all students in the learning environment.

Answer 21

T: Most of the strategies recommended for ELLs are useful for all students in the learning enviroment.

Question 22

How long can a student be in an ESOL program?

Answer 22

A student may be enrolled in an ESOL program for a maximum of five years.

Question 23

What is the difference between authentic assessments and performance assessments?

Answer 23

An authentic assessment focuses on using real-world skills and a performance assessment focuses on performing a skill either in a verbal or written formal.

Question 24

A student in the pre-production stage of second language acquisition will?

Answer 24

Participate in a “silent period” where the language is heard but not spoken.

Question 25

The initial stages of language acquisition are?

Answer 25

Pre-production, early production, speech emergent, intermediate fluency.

Question 26

When teaching idioms it is important?

Answer 26

Explicitly teach the implied meaning of the phrase.

Question 27

What are idioms?

Answer 27

Are phrases that have an implied meaning that is known to most English speakers, but literally translate to something altogether different.