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Overview of the ESL Program: Supporting English Language Learners in Education

The English as a Second Language (ESL) program is a dedicated language arts initiative specifically tailored for English Language Learners (ELLs). Unlike support services, ESL teachers are specialized language development experts who focus on key areas such as reading, writing, speaking, listening, and cultural comprehension, as well as academic vocabulary. The program follows structured progression levels and mandates assessment requirements to ensure effective learning. Parents play a critical role in nurturing their children's language skills by promoting reading and establishing supportive home routines.

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Overview of the ESL Program: Supporting English Language Learners in Education

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  1. 2013-14 ESL PROGRAM OVERVIEW

  2. What is ESL? • An English as a Second Language program is a free-standing language arts program for English Language Learners. (not a support service) • ESL teachers are Language Development Experts who teach reading, writing, listening , speaking, culture plus content-area vocabulary and key concepts. They are experts in academic vocabulary, scaffolding, co-teaching strategies and community resources for ELLs. • If you think of the variety of Foreign Language teachers and ELA teachers, you can compare them most closely to the ESL teacher. • One of the differences between a teacher of a foreign language and an ESL teacher is that most students taking foreign language, at least in the US, share the common language of English. ELLs don’t necessarily share a common language.

  3. ESL Student Identification • http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/pub/LEPproc.pdfELLIdentification Chart • When a new ESL student enters a school district: • The parents complete a “Home Language Questionnaire” and ESL teacher administers Informal Interview Questions: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/pub/hlq.html • The student is tested by the ESL teacher using a NYSITELL Exam (beginning / February 1, 2014), if indicated. http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/nysitell

  4. Parent Letters & Conferences • Principals mail parent letters home each September telling parents that their child is enrolled in an ESL program. • Sample Parent Letter http://www.ocmboces.org/tfiles/folder732/Sample%20Parent%20Letter%20-%20154%20new.pdf • ESL parents participate in a Fall ESL Parent Orientation and parent conferences held during the year.

  5. Update-ESL Progression Levels http://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-bilingual-common-core-initiative Currently 4 Progression Levels: • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Proficient 5 New Proposed Progression Levels: • Entering, Emerging, Transitioning Expanding, and Commanding • http://www.regents.nysed.gov/meetings/2013Meetings/February2013/213p12d3.pdf

  6. NYS Assessments • All ESL students must take and pass the *ELA, Math, and Science assessments-with accommodations. • *NYS now requires ESL students with more than one year in US schools by April 1, to take both the ELA assessment-with accommodations, and the NYSESLAT. • All students must take the Regents exams-with accommodations. • http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/schedules/home.html2013-14 Exam Dates

  7. State Assessments & Regents Accommodations For Students • Extended time (1 ½ time) • Use of bilingual glossaries or electronic translators • Tests translated into Chinese, Haitian, Creole, Russian, and Spanish (by NYSED) • Allowing simultaneous use of English and native language versions of the test *(if desired by student). • Test translated by an interpreter, if it is a rare language. • http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/ac-general/archive/flep-accommodations10-08.pdf

  8. NYSED Bilingual Glossaries • Developed by NYSED in several languages for use in state exams and in classrooms. • Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Bosnian, French, Korean, Polish, Bengali, Serbo-Croatian • http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/bilingual_glossaries.htm

  9. Foreign Language Credit • ESL students can earn up to five (5) units of credit for schooling in their home language from age 11. Students must produce a transcript/grades that show they were attending school from the age of 10 + and be passing: • 3 units at age 11 • 4 units at age 12 • 5 units at age 13 or older • www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/lote/documents/lote-qa.pdfSee item #31

  10. Credit for ESL Class • High School ESL students can earn graduation credits for ESL class. • Each district can decide the specifics regarding ESL credits earned. • http://www.monroe2boces.org/files/2271/granting%20esl%20and%20lote%20credit%20for%20ells.pdf

  11. Annual NYSESLAT Exam • http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/nyseslat/2013 NYSESLAT Guide • Includes testing in Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening taken over a 4 day period. • Six testing levels: K, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-12 • Exams are given in April & May. • The scores arrive in July. • Test results are used to determine the required minutes of ESL per week: • http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/LAPtable12-09.pdfESL Time Requirements

  12. Threefold Challenge of ESL Students • Grasping knowledge, skills, and attitudes specific to the subject areas • A better command of the English language • An ability to interact with others and function within the social environment of the school

  13. How Can Parents Help? • Make reading part of the child’s daily routine. Read to children in either English or in his/her native language. • Take your child to the library and encourage the child to borrow books. • Schedule time every day for the child to do homework and provide a quiet place. • http://www.colorincolorado.org/guides/readingtips/Reading Tip Sheets for Parents • http://www.colorincolorado.org/guides/teachertips/Teacher Tip Sheets

  14. BICS • Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) • Can be acquired in fewer than two years. • If only an oral assessment is done, the student may appear as commanding the English language. • http://www.unco.edu/doit/Model%20Courses/EDI%20112_Introduction%20to%20BICS.pdfIntroduction to BICS and CALP

  15. CALP • Cognitive/Academic Language Proficiency Skills (CALP) • Skills needed to succeed in areas such as reading, writing, math, science, & social studies • CALP will often require five-ten years for ESL student to perform at grade level

  16. How Long Can a Student Receive ESL Services? • Up to three years unless; • An annual extension is requested from the Commissioner for up to six years. Then student become a Long-Term LEP. • If a student scores as Commanding on the NYSESLAT, he/she exits ESL and performance is monitored for two years.

  17. Comprehensible Inputhttp://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/comprehensible_input_output_70140.php • Understandable messages, called comprehensible input, are not communicated by words alone. • Use multisensory input: visuals, realia, drawings, gestures, role-plays, graphic organizers. • Model, demonstrate, restate and simplify language; introduce key vocabulary before the lesson.

  18. ESL Resources

  19. ESL Resources (cont.) • For Teachers & Students http://www.monroe2boces.org/professionalDev.cfm?subpage=2266 • Academic Vocabulary http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/divdept/sscience/Vocabulary/EnglishVocabulary.pdf • NYSUT Parent Guides http://www.nysut.org/files/research_110412_R337_11_ELL_brochure.pdf • Helping Your Child Succeed in School http://www2.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/hyc.html • Parent Guide to the NYSESLAT http://www.p12.nysed.gov/apda/nyseslat/brochure/home.html • Parent Guide to the Common Core http://www.pta.org/4446.htm • 10 Ways-Promoting Reading at Home http://www.ocmboces.org/tfiles/folder732/10%20Ways0001.pdf

  20. Thank-you!

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