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- 1. ELL 240 Week 1 Assignment Strategies for the Four Domains To Purchase This Material Click below Link For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com instructional strategies utilized to facilitate ELD. Write a paper that includes the following: · §Identify at least five strategies · §A narrative describing each strategy
- 2. · §Assign each strategy a domain and justify why it is most effective in that domain · §Summarize when each strategy should be used: early on as an English language learner, later as a long- term English learner, or both The Four Domains. There are four domains in English Language Development (ELD): reading, writing, listening, and speaking. In this assignment, you will research the four domains and find effective --------------------------------------- ELL 240 Week 1 DQ 1 What’s Next for English Language Learners To Purchase This Material Click below Link For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
- 3. . How do you think the waiver will affect the current drop-out rate in the United States and your state of residence? How will any changes to the No Child Left Behind Act affect ELLs? What’s Next for English Language Learners? Using information from Chapter 2 and the “A Guide to No Child Left Behind” article, identify the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act that affect English language learners (ELLs). Compare the drop-out rate of students in the United States and students in the state in which you live --------------------------------------- ELL 240 Week 1 DQ 2 Long-Term Learners To Purchase This Material Click below Link
- 4. For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Chapter 1 and expounded upon in Chapter 3 of our text, address the following: 1. Describe the characteristics of an LTEL. 2. Provide suggestions on how teachers can address the challenges of LTELs to move them to a proficient level of English learning. 3. Share your opinion on how much accountability should be placed on administrators, teachers, students, and parents respectively.
- 5. Refer to and properly cite the sources from which you are basing your position. Long-Term English Language Learners. Chapter 1 of our text defines long-term English learners (LTELs) as students “who have been in United States schools for more than six years without reaching sufficient English proficiency to be reclassified for mainstream classes” (Syrja, 2011, p. 15). Using information introduced in --------------------------------------- ELL 240 Week 2 Assessment and Placement of English Language Learners To Purchase This Material Click below Link For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
- 6. Paper addressing the following items: 1. Explain the purpose assessment serves when placing English language learners in appropriate educational programming. 2. There are several challenges that emerge as we assess English language learners. Describe two of those challenges. 3. Identify and defend solutions to the challenges you described. Support your description with research-based evidence and cite your scholarly sources. Develop your ideas around what research has revealed. You paper must be two to three pages in length (double-spaced, not including the title and reference pages). Use the course text and one additional scholarly source to substantiate your claims. Your paper must be in APA format. Assessment and Placement of English Language Learners. After reading Chapters 7 and 9, write a two- to three-page Reflection
- 7. --------------------------------------- ELL 240 Week 2 DQ 1 English Language Learner Program Options To Purchase This Material Click below Link For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com . What are the student characteristics that make them amenable to a specific type of bilingual program?
- 8. English Language Learner Program Options. After reading Chapters 4 and 5 and the Linquanti article, “Fostering Academic Success for English Language Learners: What Do We Know?”, select at least four bilingual programs and describe the type of student that would benefit most from each type of bilingual program --------------------------------------- ELL 240 Week 2 DQ 2 Levels of Language Acquisition To Purchase This Material Click below Link For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
- 9. . As students progress through the five stages, what are some of the things teachers can do to assist students in this process? What are some of the things students should do to increase their own language mastery and inform teachers of some of the needs they may have? Levels of Language Acquisition. After reading Chapters 5 and 6, you should be more familiar with the five stages of oral English language acquisition as they have been identified and discussed in detail. While the order of stages is sequential, the amount of time students spend at each stage can range from a few weeks (silent period) to several years (intermediate fluency). Watch and analyze the required video segment, Stages of Language Development, along with Table 6.1 in your text. As a beginning teacher, you and your peers might have difficulty identifying the “next step” you need to take in order to move a student to the next level of English proficiency. What are the challenges faced by
- 10. teachers in moving children from one level to the next? Discuss the synergizing of teacher- student responsibilities in moving through the levels of language acquisition --------------------------------------- ELL 240 Week 3 Assignment Cultural Diversity Presentation To Purchase This Material Click below Link For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
- 11. Cultural Diversity Presentation. Chapters 11 and 12 of the text illustrate the need for schools and teachers to connect with families of English language learners. To facilitate this collaborative spirit, Design a series of three activities for parents and students at your school that honor and respect cultural diversity. Your plan should include the following: 1. Explain the purpose for each activity 2. Describe the target group you are addressing 3. Explain the activities 4. Describe the materials/resources needed to execute each activity Requirements for this assignment include: · §A demonstration of prior knowledge; the student should be able to build from previous discussion board topics or assignments to help frame this assignment. · §Original problem-solving skills will be presented via research. · §APA guidelines will be applied, and standard grammar will be observed. · §The page length will range from four to six pages. · §At least three outside scholarly sources are needed for this paper. educators must encourage parents of all cultures to become part of the school culture. Think about what you would like parents to know as they partner with you in educating their child. What could parents share about their culture that would help the classroom teacher be more effective? --------------------------------------- ELL 240 Week 3 DQ 1 Comprehensible Input, Scaffolding, and Affective Filter To Purchase This Material Click below Link For more classes visit
- 12. www.snaptutorial.com resources to answer the following questions: 1. What would you need from the teacher to make input comprehensible? 2. What could the teacher do to scaffold lessons for you? 3. How can the teacher effectively lower the affective filter for you while still creating positive anxiety? Comprehensible Input, Scaffolding, and Affective Filter. Pretend you are a new student at a school. You have been in the United States for a very
- 13. short amount of time, and no one at your new school speaks your language. After reading Chapters 10 and 15 and watching the required video presentation, Teaching Foreign Languages: Make Your Students Feel at Ease, use what you have learned from those --------------------------------------- ELL 240 Week 3 DQ 2 Community Connections To Purchase This Material Click below Link For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
- 14. Why/why not? Do you feel it is necessary to involve different community entities in your school so that cultural diversity is appreciated? Community Connections. Consider where you live and the cultural diversity that is present in that community. Who could you invite to your campus to provide positive cultural role models for your students? If your community is not culturally diverse, do you feel the need to “bring in” culturally diverse people and opinions --------------------------------------- ELL 240 Week 4 DQ 1 A Level 3 Science Lesson To Purchase This Material Click below Link For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
- 15. A Level 3 Science Lesson. Chapter 14 of your text offers a Level 3 Science Lesson. Read the lesson and answer the following questions: 1. Was this lesson appropriate for Level 3 (speech emergence)? What are the characteristics of the lesson that make it appropriate or not appropriate? 2. How many opportunities did students have to listen/speak/read/write? 3. . How does having students actively using the four domains help to increase their knowledge of the content? 4 Do you believe any of these domains should have more focus, less focus, or should they all be given equal attention?
- 16. --------------------------------------- ELL 240 Week 4 DQ 2 Quiz Your Classmate To Purchase This Material Click below Link For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Quiz Your Classmate. Chapters 16, 17, and 18 provide a cognitive progression of Sheltered Instruction and English as a Second Language Instruction as they are used to lead to effective language acquisition. In
- 17. this discussion post, read the three assigned chapters and complete each of the tasks below. 1. . Create five questions about the topic you chose. Summarize and list the questions in an organized fashion so one of your classmates can answer them 2 In your own words, summarize one of the following main ideas from the reading: § Asher’s Total Physical Response § Sheltered Instruction § English as a Second Language versus English Language Learners Be sure to include descriptions, definitions, comparisons or any other information that will help a first- time reader have a working understanding of the topic you choose to summarize. --------------------------------------- ELL 240 Week 5 DQ 1 Strategies in the Content Areas To Purchase This Material Click below Link For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
- 18. . After reading these chapters and reviewing the various strategies for teaching in the core content areas, select one strategy and explain its use. Strategies in the Content Areas. Chapters 20 through 23 provide a focused look at explicit instructional strategies that may be used in each of the core content areas --------------------------------------- ELL 240 Week 5 DQ 2 Cross-Cultural Communication To Purchase This Material Click below Link For more classes visit
- 19. www.snaptutorial.com After reading the article titled “Six Fundamental Patterns of Cultural Differences,” discuss three of the six points that you think would help teachers communicate effectively with English language learners. Give examples of how you would implement them in a social setting. Reflect on areas you may need to challenge yourself or expand your thinking. Cross-Cultural Communication. In any social setting, people of different cultures need to communicate respectfully. For teachers, this challenge may be even greater as we confront our own biases and prejudices while helping students understand and manage their own. ---------------------------------------