Afie MirshahNayar 3013531364

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• Afie Mirshah-Nayar 301-353-1364
• Dr. Sandra Duval 301-353-1363
• Office of Organizational Development
• ESOL Content Instructional Specialists

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• We are continually faced with a series of great
  opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble
  problems."
• --John W. Gardner  

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Outcomes

• We will be able to
• Review BICS and CALPS (second language
  acquisition theories)
• Identify the three principles for engaging ELLs
  (English Language Learners)
• Describe instructional strategies that increase
  comprehensibility for ELLs
• Identify classroom accommodations for ELLs

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Outcome Activity - Expectation
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Please watch the following lesson

• Answer the following questions
• 1.      What is the content of this class?
• 2.      What is the topic?
• 3.      What are some key vocabulary words
  being used in this lesson?
• 4.      Summarize the enduring understanding
  and/or essential questions of this lesson.
• 5.      Is the instructor using the past,
  present, or future time/tense?

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Building comprehensibility

• What would have helped you to better comprehend
  the lesson?

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ELL Iceberg
COGNITIVE PROCESS
LANGUAGE PROCESS
Vocabulary Pronunciation
Grammar
Comprehension Application Knowledge
BICS Basic Interpersonal
Communication Skills
Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
Semantic meaning Functional meaning
CALPS Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
Skills

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BICS

• Pre-production (Silent Period)
• 500 words (0-1year)
• Early production
• 1000 receptive/active words (0-1 year)
• Speech Emergence
• 3000 active words (1-2 years)

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CALPS

• Intermediate fluency
• 6000 words (1-5 years)
• Advanced and Continuing Language Development
• content area/academic language (5-7 years)

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Principles for Engaging ELLs
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Principles for Engaging ELLs
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Please watch the following lesson

• Answer the following questions
• 1.      What is the content of this class?
• 2.      What is the topic?
• 3.      What are some key vocabulary words
  being used in this lesson?
• 4.      Summarize the enduring understanding
  and/or essential questions of this lesson.
• 5.      Is the instructor using the past,
  present, or future time/tense?

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Accommodating ELLs
Testing Accommodations
Additional Suggestions
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Expectation What can you do with this
information at your school?
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• We are continually faced with a series of great
  opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble
  problems."
• --John W. Gardner