English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS)
The English Language Proficiency Standards outline English language proficiency level descriptors and student expectations for English Learners (ELs). The ELPS are an integral part of each subject in the required curriculum. In order for ELs to be successful, they must acquire both social and academic language proficiency in English. Social language proficiency in English consists of the English needed for daily social interactions. Academic language proficiency consists of the English needed to think critically, understand and learn new concepts, process complex academic material, and interact and communicate in English academic settings. Second language acquisition involves giving ELs opportunities to listen, speak, read, and write at their current levels of English development while gradually increasing the linguistic complexity of the English they read and hear and are expected to speak and write. The English language proficiency levels of beginning, intermediate, advanced, and advanced high are not grade-specific. ELs may exhibit different proficiency levels within the language domains of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The proficiency level descriptors show the progression of second language acquisition from one proficiency level to the next and serve as a road map to meet students’ linguistic needs.
(Standards for Ensuring Student Success From Kindergarten to College and Career ©2009 University of Texas System/Texas Education Agency)The English Language Proficiency Standards outline English language proficiency level descriptors and student expectations for English Learners (ELs). The ELPS are an integral part of each subject in the required curriculum. In order for ELs to be successful, they must acquire both social and academic language proficiency in English. Social language proficiency in English consists of the English needed for daily social interactions. Academic language proficiency consists of the English needed to think critically, understand and learn new concepts, process complex academic material, and interact and communicate in English academic settings. Second language acquisition involves giving ELs opportunities to listen, speak, read, and write at their current levels of English development while gradually increasing the linguistic complexity of the English they read and hear and are expected to speak and write. The English language proficiency levels of beginning, intermediate, advanced, and advanced high are not grade-specific. ELs may exhibit different proficiency levels within the language domains of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The proficiency level descriptors show the progression of second language acquisition from one proficiency level to the next and serve as a road map to meet students’ linguistic needs.
Below are some resources that further explain the ELPS and can help enrich at-home lessons while your student is learning English.
Below are some resources that further explain the ELPS and can help enrich at-home lessons while your student is learning English.