Shared Ownership & Collective

Responsibility:
Responding to the Needs of Our
English Learners

Professional Development Presentation

EBE & BCA: February 10, 2017
BCS: February 24, 2017
Language Domains
Levels of Language Proficiency
-Phrases/short
sentences

-Retelling and some

original language

-Words -Content language with

-Simple sentences visual/graphic support
-Gestures -Technically correct
-First language use -Some first language and complex
-Social language language usage in
-Variety of social and content
sentence lengths language areas
-Longer phrases/ in a variety of
topics -Accurate use of
sentences - more
idioms and nuanced
original language
-Detailed language
-More detailed explanations and
questioning -Oral and written
explanations -
language is
paragraph level
-Idiomatic phrasing approaching
discourse
comparable to
-Technically peers
-Describe thinking
and content related correct usage of
information language
Language Demand
Criteria for Performance Definitions
Criteria for Performance Definitions
Vocabulary Usage: Expectations of the students use of appropriate
vocabulary for grade level and proficiency level; refer to language quality
(WORD LEVEL)
Linguistic Complexity: Expectations of the quantity and organization of
the students verbal response
(SENTENCE LEVEL)
Language Control: Expectations of the students control of English
grammar, word choice in context, and the English sound system; refers to
language quality
(DISCOURSE LEVEL)
Language Domains
EL Research on Talk
Only 4% of their school day is spent engaging in student
talk.
Only 2% of their day is spent discussing lesson content
& academic vocabulary.
Teachers perform 76% of classroom talk.
What should it be?
The student to teacher proportion for
academic speech
Teacher talk = 20-30%

Student talk = 70-80%

What it looks like

6th
grade
level 3
What it looks like 7th grade
Level
3
 What it looks like 8th
Insert 6-12 Writing Samples Here grade
Level
3
Grade 9
Level 3
Grade 9
Level 4
10th
grade
Level 2
Grade 11
Level 2