ELL Student Development: ELL Program

ELL Student Development

ELL Program

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

The English Language Learner Program, should serve as a bridge, that allows students, who are identified as ELL, to merge successfully with their English fluent classmates, as they transition into a new school setting and learn the language.  A good ELL program should have a balance of language and culture understanding, and should serve, not just the student, but the family as well.  It should facilitate the involvement and participation of families in school.  In addition, a good ELL program is fully supported by the school and the district.

The responsibilities of the ELL program are not limited to the students and their families, but expand from classroom instruction and faculty training, to district policy implementation.  To an ELL student, the ELL program may be only a temporary transition in their educational path, but it has an effect that transcends learning English.  A successful ELL program can provide a school with an influx of students that add to the diversity of the school and can help the school prepare them to become successful in their academic pursuits.

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ELL Student Development: Initial Assessment

ELL Student Development

Initial Assessment

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

The first step in the development of English Language Learner (ELL) students is the initial assessment of their English language level.  The student's English language level assessment should measure the students ability to speak, read, and write the English language.  The results of the student's initial assessment will vary between students, and will change over time.  An ELL student is merging into a main stream student population that has an English language level that, not only has the ability, but has developed the skills, that allow main stream students to speak, read, and write.

Measuring the ELL student's ability to speak, read, and write English in an initial assessment provides for us the foundation for developing that student's merging into main stream education.  Establishing a solid foundation on which the student can develop and grow is an important step to take toward helping the student develop in a positive way.  If we can help the student merge, in a positive way, into main stream education, the ELL student should be able to succeed just as main stream students do.  The ELL student that is properly assessed initially should have a greater chance of successfully become a Fluent English Learner (FEL) than one who is not properly assessed and is wrongfully placed in the merging path toward English language fluency.

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ELL Student Development

ELL Student Development

Preview

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

This week, MRCR Education, takes a look at English Language Learner student development. The topics for these theme are: 

1. Initial Assessment.  
2. English Language Learner Program.  
3. Final Assessment.  
4. Developing English Language Learner Students.

Each day MRCR Education takes a look at each of these topics to give an analysis on how each topic helps ELL students develop into main stream learners that are capable of being successful amongst their classmates.  Each topic will be addressed as follows:

• Initial Assessment
• English Language Level:
• Speak.
• Read.
• Write

• ELL Program
• Prior Education.
• New Education.
• Transition.

• Final Assessment
• Language Age Level.
• Language Grade Level.
• ELL Exit

• Developing ELL Students
• Time.
• Diversity.
• Culture.
• Potential

MRCR Education looks forward to your participation in our weekly theme, and we encourage you to read our posts throughout this week.

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