Tag: ELL

How are you supporting your ELLs during school closure? What social, cultural, and emotional factors impact their learning? How can you assist them? Include some of the information presented in the article.

Supporting ESOL Students During Remote Learning

Read this article, titled How to Manage ESL/ELL Students During Remote Learning by Sascha Zuger (July 2021)

Analyze how to best support ELLs during distance learning.

Create a thread on the Blackboard discussion forum and post your reflection. How are you supporting your ELLs during school closure? What social, cultural, and emotional factors impact their learning? How can you assist them? Include some of the information presented in the article.

Title your thread Social, Cultural, and Emotional Factors that Impact Second Language Learning. Watch your spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

Discuss with your mentor teacher ways in which ELL progress in the language domains is measured and the types of assessment data utilized to inform instruction.

Alignment between the learning objectives and ELP standards is achieved.

Observe at least one grade K-12 classroom with ELLs. Focus your observations on how the alignment between the learning objectives and ELP standards is achieved.

Discuss with your mentor teacher ways in which ELL progress in the language domains is measured and the types of assessment data utilized to inform instruction. Additionally, discuss with your mentor how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and English language proficiency (ELP) standards can inform instruction.

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the mentor teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

Write a 250-500 word summary of your discussion and observation, and reflect on the application of UDL to your future professional practice.

Your reflection should address the following:

How elements of UDL could inform ELL curriculum and instruction

A brief explanation regarding alignment between ELP standards and learning objectives

Examples of assessment tools used to measure and document ELL progress

Examples of at least two types of assessment data used to inform ELL instruction