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English Language
Learners (ELLs): a person
who is learning the English
language in addition to
his/her native language.
English as a Second
Language (ESL): a program
that is designed to instruct, as
well as support ELL students.
Limited English Proficiency
(LEP): ELL students who have
not yet mastered English to the
point of meeting the standards.
Basic Interpersonal
Communication Skills (BICS):
Language skills that are
necessary for daily social
interactions.
SIOP Model: Sheltered
Instruction Observation Protocol
Model. This is an instructional
UNIVERSITY OF
SCRANTON
EDUC 359-Intro
to ELL
4 Methods of CoTeaching
Language
Acquisition
Stages of Language
Acquisition
1. Pre-Production: Basic
vocabulary development.
Students repeat words,
phrases and gestures (this is
called parroting).
2. Early Production:
Establishment of basic
vocabulary; mimicking; onetwo word answers. It is helpful
to ask yes/no questions to
students in this stage.
3. Speech Emergence: students
can speak in short phrases;
students should be asked
questions that are more
complex; students tend to
make errors in tenses and
sentence structure.
4. Intermediate Fluency:
Students can speak in
complete sentence;
grammatical errors and
Helpful Teaching
Tips:
student
Use strategies that math the
students language proficiency
Use differentiated instruction