Canadian-born English Language Learners by Manmeet Gd https://padlet.com/gd_manmeet/60rti1ee52mw Summary en-us 2017-01-25 02:06:21 UTC 2017-01-25 02:12:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png What should an educator know about this issue before working with ELLs? gd_manmeet https://padlet.com/gd_manmeet/60rti1ee52mw/wish/149209126 -Of the 25 % of students that are ELLs in Ontario, most are Canadian-born and these students often are not performing academically as well as those who newly arrived immigrants or English-speaking classmates. 
-While many of these Canadian-born ELLs may speak adequate enough social English, this proficiency may be hiding inadequacies in their literary skills

]]> 2017-01-25 02:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gd_manmeet/60rti1ee52mw/wish/149209126 Underlying Theories gd_manmeet https://padlet.com/gd_manmeet/60rti1ee52mw/wish/149209194 -Canadian-born ELLs or often exposed to English prior to school, which leads to “Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills” or BICS. This is like social language
-Academic English requires “Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency” or CALP – this could take 5-7 years to develop. Despite the students oral proficiency (BICS), teachers are encouraged to develop strategies to support academic language development

]]> 2017-01-25 02:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gd_manmeet/60rti1ee52mw/wish/149209194 Practical Strategies that will benefit ELLs gd_manmeet https://padlet.com/gd_manmeet/60rti1ee52mw/wish/149209253 -“Provide Authentic and Cognitively Challenging Learning Tasks” – this will push for teachers to improve their instructional strategies and scaffolding techniques to enable ELLs to fully participate in the curriculum. 
-When providing instructions for daily lessons or tasks, present the message in multiple ways (VARK)
-Encourage classroom dialogue to create a culture of support in the classroom and to build confidence in developing language skills
-Allow for extra response time for “opportunities to think in a first language and compose a response in English”
 
 

]]> 2017-01-25 02:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gd_manmeet/60rti1ee52mw/wish/149209253 Questions educators could ask themselves to ensure they are addressing the area gd_manmeet https://padlet.com/gd_manmeet/60rti1ee52mw/wish/149209305 -How well do I know my students and who are the Canadian-born ELLs?
-How proficient are they in their first language?
-Am I supporting my students by building on their strengths?
-Am I using the cultural and language experiences of my students to enhance learning in the classroom?

]]> 2017-01-25 02:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gd_manmeet/60rti1ee52mw/wish/149209305 References gd_manmeet https://padlet.com/gd_manmeet/60rti1ee52mw/wish/149209351 Capacity Building Series. “Canadian-born English Language Learners”. Retrieved from: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/CBS_CBELL.pdf

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