Zusammenfassung der Ressource
ESL Approaches and Methods
- Integrated Content-Based (ICB)
- Content-based instruction using thematic units
- Through a central theme, various subject
material such as language arts and math may be
incorporated at the same time.
- Benefits for ELLs
- Provides meaningful context
- Integrates sociocultural, cognitive, academic, and linguistic
- By working with content and
language objectives at the
same time, students are
developing BICS and CALP
- Ideal in settings where program is
transitioning from grammar-based to
content based
- ESL certified or endorsed teacher typically provides the instruction
- Sheltered Instruction (SIOP)
- Benefits to ELLs
- Comprehensible, relevant, motivating
- Targets multiple learning styles,
cooperative learning reduces affective
filter, guarded vocab makes instruction
comprehensible, visuals assist in
comprehension
- Includes lots of scaffolding
- Uses the full scope and sequence of the curriculum
- Typically delivered by a subject area certified teacher
- Strategies
- Hands-On Activities
Cooperative Learning
Guarded Vocabulary
Visuals
- CALLA, Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach
- Students begin learning academic content
while acquiring English; literacy across the
content curriculum
- 3 components: topics from the major content
areas, development of academic language and
literacy, and explicit instruction in learning
strategies for both content and 2nd language
acquisition
- Combined cognitive and social model
- Benefits for ELLs
- They are immediately instructed in the
curriculum and introduced to academic
vocabulary so that they do not so quickly fall
behind grade level
- Includes focus on listening, speaking, reading, writing
- Teaches strategy so that the students can help themselves
- Segregated Skills Instruction
- Focus on isolated skill
- May be teacher with no ESL training
- ESL Pull-Out
- Delivered by an ESL teacher
- Shown to be the least effective model for L2 development