Key Principles for Responsive
English Language Learner (ELL) Instruction
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Workshop Agenda
DAY I
Session 1
Introduction to a professional knowledge base on EAL paradigms, programs, and practices as per current research
Session 2
Explore the dimensions of what constitutes academic language and how its differs from current language patterns of many classrooms
Session 3
Design language learning targets aligned with content objectives in order to focus on academic language development
Session 4
Explore specific strategies to develop English learners’ use of academic language in sheltered immersion
DAY II
Session 1
Using a bilingual and translanguaging framework for leveraging emergent bilinguals (beginners)’ primary languages as tools for learning
Session 2
Explore ways for EAL and classroom teachers to collaboratively plan lessons for English learners to provide access to grade-level curriculum
Session 3
Explore differentiation and scaffolding strategies to use with English learners to provide access to grade-level curriculum
Session 4
Design ELL-responsive lessons using a ‘gradual release of responsibility’ instructional model as a scaffold in and of itself
DAY III
Session 1
Explore ways for EAL and classroom teachers to collaboratively plan assessments for English learners in equitable ways
Session 2
Plan ‘proficiency descriptors’ for a summative assessment task in order to report on English learners’ progress in equitable ways
Session 3
Explore issues related to English learners who may not make as much progress as their peers (i.e. social and cultural anomie, fossilization, learning issues)
Session 4
Use a research-based self-assessment checklist to design a strategic action plan for responsive and effective learning experiences for English learners
When and Where
Course Fee
Register by March 17, 2017
Individual
USD 835/Baht 28,380 per participant
Team of 3 or more teachers from a school
USD 796/Baht 27,090 per participant
Course Leader
Virginia Rojas, Ed.D. conducts professional training on effective programs and strategies for English learners from pre-school through grade 12 for ESL and classroom teachers alike.
As an ASCD faculty member, Dr. Rojas uses the backwards design curriculum model to help teachers design high-challenge, high-support learning experiences for strengthening English learners' second language proficiency and academic achievement.
She provides professional development trainings, job-embedded coaching and demonstration lessons, and conducts linguistic audits of EAL (English as an Additional Language) program. She has worked in over 200 international schools throughout the world as well as with school districts in the US and Canada.
Dr. Rojas is the author of Strategies for Success with English Language Learners: An Action Toolkit for Classroom and ESL Teachers published by ASCD (2007) and of Educating English Language Learners: Connecting Language, Literacy, and Culture (2010), ASCD DVD Series.
Contact
Workshop Coordinator
Sonthaya Chutisacha
E-mail
Phone (Thailand)
081 701 6843
081 846 5770 (replace '0' with '66' for international calls)