Leveraging Language

           STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING ELLS

 READING   LITERACY PADLET   WRITING   NEWCOMER RESOURCES   SPEAKING   MAKING CONTENT

 ACCESSIBLE  VOCABULARY  STRATEGIES  VISUALS  PICTURE SOURCES  BUILD BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

  CO-TEACHING   WELCOMING STUDENTS & FAMILIES  WELCOMING PARENTS  ABOUT WORLD

 LANGUAGES        WELCOMING STUDENTS   STUDENT AMBASSADORS   ACAD. CONVERSATIONS

 UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE ACQUISITION  UNIVERSAL ROUTINES  

PLANNING FOR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT  TECH TOOLS   ORAL LANGUAGE  ASSESSMENT  

DESIGNING YOUR TESTS  SCAFFOLDING CONTENT INSTRUCTION  LEARN MORE

CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PRACTICES         RBERN TOOLKIT 

STAGES OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION:

1. ENTERING This is the beginner ELL student who has little to no knowledge of the English language.

2. EMERGING This student speaks a few words and sentences (possibly more), but the emphasis is still on listening and absorbing the new language. There will be many errors in this stage.

3. TRANSITIONING Speech is fairly fluent in social situations with minimal errors. New contexts and academic language are challenging and the individual will struggle to express themselves due to gaps in vocabulary and appropriate phrases.

4. EXPANDING Communicating in the second language is fluent, especially in social language situations. The ELL student is able to speak almost fluently in new situations or in academic    areas, but there will be gaps in vocabulary knowledge and some unknown expressions. There   are very few errors, and the individual is able to demonstrate higher order thinking skills in the second language such as offering an opinion or analyzing a problem.

5. COMMANDING The ELL student communicates fluently in all contexts and can maneuver successfully in new contexts and when exposed to new academic information. At this stage, the individual may still have an accent and use idiomatic expressions incorrectly at times, but the individual is essentially fluent and comfortable communicating in the second language.