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McFarland Staff Development - Presenters: Carol Mehochko and Jill Hamilton-Bunch Web resources: http://kcsos.kern.org/LMS/. How would we make sense of this English?. Let us ponder …. … we defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now,
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McFarland Staff Development - Presenters: Carol Mehochko and Jill Hamilton-BunchWeb resources: http://kcsos.kern.org/LMS/
How would we make sense of this English? Let us ponder … … we defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all:
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Historical Perspective ABSTRACT REPRESENTATION RAW RESOURCES Agrarian Land, Children Deeds, capitalize on land Industrial Timber, Money Children Stocks ??? Business Mind, Intellectual Capital
Points of Consideration • In 1990-1991, the U.S. had 2.1 million English Language Learners enrolled in the classroom. • In 1999-2000, the enrollment of English Language Learners in U.S. classrooms increased to 3.7 million.
English Learners in California Source: 2004 Language Census
English Learners by Grade Level Source: 2004 Language Census
Language Proficiency Categories of California Students Source: 2004 Language Census
Information from the Language Census • There are 56 major language groups • In 2003, 2,531,481 students reported as speaking a language other than English at homes. (Includes EL’s and FEP’s) This represents over 40% of public school enrollment.
Does Kern County have the greatest population of EL’s in CA?
English Learner County Enrollments Source: 2004 Language Census
ELL’s in Kern County - Districts with %’s greater than 50 • 1. Belridge • 2. Delano • 3. Lost Hills • 4. Arvin • 5. Lamont • 6. Buttonwillow • 7. Vineland
EL’s in McFarland • During the 2003-04 school year, 2966 students were enrolled in MUSD schools. • 2453 (82.7%) students were designated as EL, FEP or R-FEP
How do we meet the needs of our EL’s? ** A refresher course in CLAD preparation 101**
Language Acquisition - Stephen Krashen (1982) • Language is a “natural thing”; young children acquire first language without formal teaching. • Language acquisition is a gradual process based on receiving and understanding messages, building a listening vocabulary, and slowly attempting verbal production of language in a supportive environment.
Language Acquisition - Jim Cummins (1986) • Differentiated between social language (BICS = Basic Interpersonal CommunicationSkills) and academic language (CALP = Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency) • While students acquireBICSthrough playground and basic conversation, CALP needs academic support of development.
What does the law say we must do to meet the needs of ELL students? • Daily EL instruction (CA Ed Code) • Access to the core curriculum (OCR) • English developed (Lau) • Self esteem (Lau) • Effective program (Casteneda)