How to deliver effective instruction to the English Language Learner in the General Education Classroom

How To Deliver Effective Instruction To The English Language Learner In The General Education Classroom

1 . Introduction

Delivering effective instruction in the English language has been more timely than ever . Just in the United States alone , Drucker (2003 reports that as per figures released by the U .S . Census bureau , there is a foreign population of 31 .1 . million at the turn of the century . This comprise 11 .1 of the population and is actually 57 more than the figures a decade ago from 2000 . If one would survey classroom across the

br United States , one would find English Language Learners who are studying to speak , read , and write in this foreign language to them . However , the National Center for Education Statistics say that this has been a big challenge for them as 41 of the three (3 ) million public school teachers who were surveyed reported that they have limited English proficient students (LEP . Furthermore , only 12 .5 of them do receive training to empower students in their new language for at least eight hours

Actually , reading - as Drucker (2003 ) pointed out - whether it be in a first language or second language resemble one another . For one , those who are proficient reading in their first language usually apply the strategies such as skimming , guessing in context , and reading for just a general idea of what the text is all about like those who are already successful English language readers . However , she cautions that it would be incorrect to assume that there is a one-to-one correspondence between reading techniques in the first and second language . This is just one of the many intricacies of teaching an English Language Learner . In this , these intricacies will be examined and recommendations for increasing effectiveness in instruction will be covered as well

Moreover , the would also look at the following categories of teaching employed in a general education classroom and the effectiveness of such general education system based on the literature review , with particular emphasis on middle school students

Category 1 Introduction to Second Language Learning and Teaching

Category 2 Sheltering Content Instruction

Category 3 Assessment of Speaking and Listening (MELA - O

Category 4 Reading and Writing in Sheltered Content Classrooms

Practical ways by which the information gathered from the review of related literature will be integrated with the above categorization is integrated in the discussion

2 . Review of Related Literature

2 .1 The Instruction and the Instructors

One issue pointed out by Long (1983 ) regarding second language acquisition is if instructing in the second language promotes acquisition of this language . According to him , some studies show that it does not help at best . In fact , there are even studies which show that such approach could even be counter productive . Some research , on the other hand , seem to prove the opposite as their findings suggest that such method is beneficial . Thus , he suggest that in to understand such studies , there must be first two distinctions identified regarding second language instruction - its absolute effect...