TAILIEUCHUNG - Supporting English Language Learners A practical guide for Ontario educators

Your host country requested an English education project to improve opportunities for future development. English language skills provide access to information and technology from around the world. While your students are learning English, they also have an opportunity to stretch their minds in new ways. Through communicative activities, they have their ideas challenged and they are exposed to an active style of learning. And working with enthusiastic Peace Corps Volunteers like yourself, students and teachers raise their aspirations and ideas of what is possible to achieve. As educators, we believe that one of the greatest obstacles. | glêskịặ tÈâà zee -f J i A Anet yi Anglais TOngAtih HSEngete _ Sk111 A .5 c Ilnãês Bi i60i3 -vr ndjpj-A En Supporting English Language Learners A practical guide for Ontario educators Grades 1 to 8 reach every student 1 Ontario CONTENTS Introduction 2 Section 1 Understanding English language learners 5 English language learners ELLs in Ontario schools 5 Canadian-born English language learners 5 Newcomers from other countries 6 Understanding what English language learners bring to Ontario classrooms 7 Understanding the bilingual advantage 8 Successful outcomes for English language learners 10 Learning the language of school 11 Everyday English proficiency and academic English proficiency 12 Understanding successful language acquisition 14 Section 2 Working together to support English language learners 17 Building a whole-school approach 18 Roles and responsibilities in supporting English language 18 Equity and inclusion in programs for English language learners 22 Character development 23 Student success 24 Planning the registration process 25 Reception and orientation 25 Initial assessment 32 The initial interview 33 Placement and programming 37 ESL and ELD programs and delivery models 37 Monitoring and reporting to parents 40 Participation of ELLs in large-scale assessments 41 Classroom assessment and English language learners 42 Discontinuation of ESL or ELD support 42 ELLs with Special Education needs 43 Transition from the elementary to the secondary school program 46 Section 3 Adapting the Ontario curriculum for English language learners 49 Differentiating instruction for English language learners 49 Program adaptations Modifications and accommodations 50 Describing language behaviours - What students can do and are learning to do 51 Making language and content accessible for English language learners 55 Strategies to support beginning English language learners 57 On-going strategies for supporting English language learners 59 Assessment 61 Sample adapted unit

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