ESOL Goals
Role of the ESOL Resource
To help students develop English skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing.
To help students in subject areas.
To help give students strategies to use for comprehension of materials.
To help teachers develop strategies to use in a mainstream classroom setting.
To help the parents of ESOL students understand their child's progress in language development.
To help students connect their individual culture to their surroundings.
Goals
Goal One - Increase listening skills of students
Give clear and direct instruction
Ask questions to provide clarification
Use vocabulary that follows a classroom theme
Support communication activities between students
Use repetition
Use graphics/pictures to aid in comprehension
Goal Two - Increase speaking abilities
Encourage dialogue in the classroom setting
Allow students time to formulate responses
Rephrase questions for clarification
Use vocabulary in speaking that follows a classroom theme
Use the select time to correct inaccuracies in speech
Practice letters, blending, and word sound
Repetition through singing, reading, poetry, talking, and word cards
Emphasize vocabulary words in lessons
Goal Three - Increase writing activities
Give students guided writing activities (i.e, tracing, fill in the blank, graphic organizers)
Give students strategies for successful writing
Allow repetitive practice
Give specific topics with specific information
Give writing activities that follow a classroom theme
Give instant corrections so students will be able to compare their mistakes to correct answers
Provide accurate samples for students to model or compare their work against
Goal Four - Increase reading abilities
Provide multiple levels of reading materials
Provide guided reading time
Focus on the content of reading selections
Focus on the vocabulary of reading selections
Give strategies to pull content from a passage or book
Use repetitive books where students will use repeated words or phrases
Use books with pictures
Use books that follow a classroom theme
Use vocabulary exercises to strengthen word knowledge/recognition
Use of word-building games/flashcards
Performance Measures
The teacher will plan appropriate lessons for the language level
The teacher will create a schedule for students to receive ESOL instruction
The teacher will use hands-on/interactive activities
The teacher will incorporate the mainstream classroom activities/topics into ESOL classes
The teacher will provide inclusion lessons for classroom teachers
The teacher will communicate with classroom teachers about student's performance and progress
The teacher will use assessments to monitor the student's language growth
The teacher will use informal assessments to monitor student's growth
The teacher will communicate the student's progress to the parents
The teacher will maintain an accurate student roster with all pertinent information