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content-based instruction - based on a topic or subject matter. the students learn about this subject
while also acquiring academic English
Role of Teacher: Engage students in learning other subject matter and tasks or in problem solving
around other issues in their lives.
integrated learning activities - allow a learner to use multiple skills. take notes on a video and use
notes to talk with their partner and give a informational speech
Sheltered English Instruction - content-area instruction with strong teacher support for English. this
method allows ELLs to access the content matter while developong their L2 skills.
Lesson delivery many be adapted according to the ELl's language proficiency level.
Differentiated Instruction - meet the needs of a diverse group of learners
Proficiency assessment - Designed to measure people's ability in a language, when teachers need to
place students into particular pprograms. to assess a student's level of proficiency. determine where
to put the student.
Diagnostic Assessment - Used to identify learners' strengths and weaknesses
Portfolio Assessment - A selective collection of student work, teacher observations, and self-
assessment that is used to show progress over time with regard to specific criteria.
Authentic Assessment - the measurement of "intellectual accomplishments that are worthwhile,
significant and meaningful" multiple choice, incorporate student voice. rubric-based, and might
include discussions, presentations, role-plays, projects, and journals
important because it can provide info to ELL students on how they are doing, provide opportunities
to respond in other ways
Achievement test - use to asssess a student's understanding or skill level in a particular skill or
content area.
Discrete point testing - refers to testing one element at a time, item by item
, integrative testing - combines many language elements in the completion of a task
Norm-referenced testing - one student's score to the other students' scores who took the same test.
We are not told directly what the student can do in the language. establish reliability
Criterion-referenced testing - testing which classifies people according to whether or not they are
able to perform some task or set of tasks satisfactorily.
Performance Assessment - Assessment tasks that require students to construct a response, create a
product, or demonstrate applications of knowledge.
Placement Assessment - Intended to provide information that will help to place a student at the
stage or place in a program most appropriate to the student's abilities.
Self-Assessment - Allows students to construct their own knowledge by enabling them to see
possibilities for reflection, redirection, and confirmation of their own learning. A key to successful
portfolio assessment. reflection journals can be sources of students
Informal Assessment - Assessment that results from a teacher's spontaneous, day-to-day
observations of how students behave and perform in class. not interfere with classroom instruction.
reflection journals can be sources of teacher
Scaffolding - providing contextual supports for meaning during instruction or assessment, such as
visual displays, classified lists, or tables or graphs.
standardized test - A test with uniform procedures for administration and scoring. campare the
relative performance of individual students or group of studnets. such as a multiple- choice test given
to all the eight-grade students in a particular state. monitoring annual growth in skills.
English-delivered test -
Validity - the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to. teacher measures
listening skills and uses an exam that focuse on writing skills.