1. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching

2. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Your Presenter Jennifer Kobrin Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning ESOL Specialist

3. About Foundations, Inc. In Schools, Afterschool & in the Community Grounded in Practice Capacity Building

4. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Webinar Technology

5. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching More Than Just Talk Activities boosting language skills Theory and research Supporting families

6. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Today’s Objectives Tailor programming to meet the needs of your ELs Take away ideas for activities that boost academic language Gain ideas for building a positive environment for language learning

7. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching El Vocabulario de Hoy Zapato Correr Verde

8. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Understanding How much did you understand? How did you feel? What helped or hindered?    

9. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching What Do Language Learners Need to Improve? Lots of time to talk! A positive environment for language learning Engaging activities and projects at the right level

10. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Poll Name and location of your program % of EL students who regularly attend Major languages spoken

11. English Learners in California Recent statisticsCaliforniaUSA Children (5-17) speaking a language other than English at home 44%21% Children of immigrants who live in low income families 60% % of all students enrolled that are LEP, K-12 24% 8.5% First languages spoken85% Spanish 2% Vietnamese 93% Spanish 2% Vietnamese

12. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Why Does This Matter? Students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds often experience: Lower achievement High absenteeism Overrepresentation in special education High suspension and expulsion rates

13. Full Fluency: Up to 7 Years Academic Skills 5-7 Years Everyday Talk 1-3 Years

14. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Language Learning is NOT Linear Pre-production Native Speaker-like

15. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Chatbox Challenge What is the biggest challenge you face when working with your EL students? Cultural barriers? Understanding? Participation?

16. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Afterschool is an ideal environment for ELs – Relationship oriented – Mixed groups of kids – Engaging activities – Flexibility in materials, time, space

17. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Know What You Know! Language is a code, or system of: Sounds Words Sentences Social norms

18. Chatbox Challenge! Type students’ name, stage, and 1 idea of how to support.

19. Skills: Speaking Listening Reading Writing

20. Describe and Draw Get a piece of paper and a pencil/pen Listen to the description Draw what you hear

21. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Ratchet Up Modify the rules (must sit back-to-back) Use more challenging starters (picture from magazine) Have students make predictions Keep it Growing! Ratchet Down Modify the rules (can use gestures) Simplify the starting point or structure Use fewer items

22. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Academic Language: What Is It? Classroom register (“teacher-ese”) –Specific instructions (assignments, group work, etc.) –General prompts and commands Content-specific terms (“science- speak”) –Academic texts, homework, etc. –Bricks + mortar

23. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Academic Discourse Patterns Each discipline or subject has its own associated terms –Social Studies: one “speculates” –Science: one “hypothesizes” –Math: one “estimates” –English: one “infers” or “guesses”

24. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Difference of Altogether Parts Cut up Math No Problem

25. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Chatbox Challenge How would you modify for students in your program?

26. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Ratchet Up Students use the cards to create word problems Use harder vocabulary and operations Keep it Growing! Ratchet Down Use fewer terms Work through example problems until students understand

27. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Building a Positive Environment Assign group roles for activities Group higher and lower level students together (buddy mentors) Use a familiar routine

28. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching –Facilitator –Recorder –Spokesperson –Checker –Timekeeper –Designer Chatbox Challenge! How do you encourage ELs to participate in activities?

29. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Establish clear policies Reflect students’ languages and cultures in your space Remember that helping ELs helps everyone! Building a Positive Environment

30. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Chatbox Challenge What have you tried to build a positive environment for ELs? Teach words in their language Decorate physical space Policies Staff training

31. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Learn and use key words in other languages in the classrooms or hallways “…the language rich diet of an ELL group can turn out to be nourishing for the whole mainstream class. It can help all the children use language for learning in ways which were not previously available to them.” -(Clegg, 1996, pg. 12) Building a Positive Environment

32. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Today’s Objectives Tailor programming to meet the needs of your ELs Take away ideas for activities that boost academic language Gain ideas for building a positive environment for language learning

33. www.afterschooled.org Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc. More Than Just Talk: Everyday English Language Teaching Chatbox Challenge Please share something you learned today. What is one thing you plan to use?

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