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GRDG626: Language, Literacy, and Diversity
Multilingual Learners Dr. Gloria E. Jacobs
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Agenda Sharing Small Group Discussion Student Lead Discussion Break
Minilecture on ELL Next Week
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Sharing Complete sharing what you learned from school analysis
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Review discussion For white teachers in predominantly African American schools, given what we know about the values of communities of color as expressed through community cultural capital as well as our growing knowledge of AAE, how should we structure classrooms to build on that what students bring to the classroom? What should the classroom environment look like? How should students be assessed? How should curriculum be designed? How should instruction be delivered?
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Small Group Discussion
Random groups After free discussion, prepare to lead a whole group discussion by creating one substantive, open ended question to pose to the class.
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Break
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Minilecture Issues in bilingual education
Strengths and needs of multilingual learners Instructional strategies
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Next Week:Using Linguistic Analysis to Inform Instruction
Adger, C.T., Wolfram, W., & Christian, D. (2007). Dialects in Schools and Communities. Chapters 1 and 2 (wiki) Freeman, D. & Freeman, Y. (2004). Essential Linguistics: What You Need to Know to Teach Reading, ESL, Spelling, Phonics, and Grammar. Chapter 3 English Phonology (wiki) NPR Interview with William Labov Writing Due: Classroom Interaction Analysis
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Teaching Multilingual Learners adapted from Educating English Language Learners by NCLR
G. Jacobs, Ph.D.
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Issues Additive versus Subtractive multilingualism
Multiple languages, backgrounds, experience with language and literacy English Language Learner Limited English Proficiency English as a New Language English as a Second Language Bilingual Multilingual
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Acquiring an Additional Language
A new language represents a new culture and a new way of thinking, feeling, acting.
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Acquisition versus Learning
Krashen Acquisition v learning Fluency acquired through meaningful exposure not study of grammar and rules Focus on receptive language
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Expressive & Receptive Language
Ellis & Yedlin Language input must be adjusted in response to learner’s proficiency, prior knowledge, interests Draw learner’s attention to linguistic features Expressive language just as important as receptive language
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Importance of Social Interaction
Swain Learners must pay attention to language structures Importance of social interaction Wong-Fillmore Interact with fluent speakers Direct feedback
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Interacting with English Language Learners
Chaudron, Ellis & Goldenberg Adjust speech to learner’s comprehension Ask questions Paraphrase Clarify
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Balance between acquisition and learning
Acquisition without learning explicit rules may result in “fossilization” of errors (Wong-Fillmore & Snow) Learning without acquisition may result in halting, awkward speech (or silencing) (Krashen)
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Role of Emotions Krashen’s Affective Filter
Learning and acquisition cannot occur if negative emotional states block input into the brain Boredom Anxiety Disinterest
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What Learners Need Provide learners with opportunities to
Listen Interact Speak in a nonthreatening environment Acknowledgement and use of student’s home language and world knowledge (Dutro & Moran) Build on students’ prior knowledge of language and content Create meaningful contexts for functional use of language Provide comprehensible input and model forms of language in a variety of ways Establish a positive environment for feedback Reflect on the forms on language and process of learning
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What Transfers from 1 Language to Another (Diaz-Rico & Weed)
Print has meaning Various purposes of reading and writing Concepts of print Book orientation Directionality Letter/symbols represent sounds Word are composed of letters Knowledge of text structure Semantic and syntactic knowledge Use of cues to predict meaning Reading strategies Identity as a literate person
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Stages of Language Proficiency
Entering – pictoral representations, words & phrases Beginnning – General language, phrases & short sentences, oral & written language contain phonological, syntactic, semantic errors that impede understanding Developing – General and some specific content area language, expanded sentences, errors may impede understanding Expanding – specific and technical content language, variety of sentence lengths of varying complexity, minimal errors that do not impede understanding Bridging – technical language of the content area, vareity of sentence lengths, varying complexity, multiple paragraphs, errors similar to those of native speakers
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Culturally Responsive Teaching
Positive perspective on parents and families Communicate High Expectations Learning with context of culture Student centered instruction Culturally-mediated instruction Reshape curriculum Teacher as facilitator
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Basic Sequence of Instruction
Provide a meaningful experience Record the experience Model the expectations Group students with other learners Pairs & small groups Consider cultural differences in context Monitor and support comprehension Elaborate on short answers
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Specific Strategies Instructional conversations Dialogue journals
Students & teacher pick a topic to discuss Teacher acts as facilitator Dialogue journals Learning logs Literature circles Pattern books and repetitive songs Language Experience Approach Graphic organizers Mixer (one sentence /sticky note, students organize into a paragraph) Dictoglos Book buddies Detective Inferences, Evidence, What Actually Happened Draw then write Letter writing
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