NYSTCE BEA questions and answers 2023 update

NYSTCE BEA questions and answers 2023 updateLEP Limited English Proficient SLL Second Language Learner ELL English Language Learner CLD Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Title VII of the Improving America's School Act of 1994 definition of LEP student The LEP individual is defined as someone who has sufficient difficulty speaking, reading, writing or understanding the English language and whose difficulties may deny such individual the opportunity to learn successfully in classrooms where the language of instruction is in English or to participate fully in our society. LEP student's ability to participate may be hindered by... 1. not being born in the US or whose native language is not English 2. is Native American or Alaska Native or a native resident of the Outlying Areas and who's native language is not English 3. is migratory and whose native language is other than English and comes from an environment where a language other than English is dominant. The 3 types of LEP students that exist in the US 1. Variations in degrees of proficiency across both languages 2.Sequential vs. simultaneous bilingualism 3.Elective vs. circumstantial bilingualism The 5 levels of language proficiency negligible very limited limited fluent advanced The Woodcock- Munoz Language Survey Provides information on a student's language skills across oral language, listening and reading/ writing domains in both English and Spanish The Woodcock- Munoz Language Survey can be used to assess variations in degrees of proficiency across both languages in domains such as: oral language and reading/ writing Sequential Bilingualism an individual who initially was a monolingual speaker in his or her native language and was subsequently exposed to an additional language at a later time in his or her development is considered to have sequential bilingual ability Sequential Bilingualism may develop in a student who recently immigrated to the United States or who came from a non English- speaking home and is now entering public school Simultaneous bilingualism tends to occur when someone comes from a home where 2 languages are used, or when a child is in a situation in which he or she was exposed to 2 languages at the same time at an early age. Sequential Bilingualism may develop in households where parents are bilingual one parent may speak to the child in one language whereas the other parent may speak to the child in another. Circumstantial Bilingualism children who typically home from families who have recently immigrated to this country or who live in homes where parents/ family members have primarily, if not exclusively, conversed in their native language Elective Bilingualism occurs when individuals have selected to learn an additional language (ie english speaking child enrolled in a bilingual program) The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 This law required that students be assessed in their native language when feasible and in a nondiscriminatory manner