About this course: In this course you will learn how to design lesson plans around the needs of your ELL students and their language level through the analysis of content language and cognitive demands. You will learn how to align language objectives to the adopted standards of your school and content area. You will learn how to modify existing course materials as well as develop graphic organizers and languages frames to support ELLs’ access to content. Analysis of second language acquisition theories will be applied to lesson planning. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: * Conceptualize theories of second language acquisition as they apply to the planning of lessons through annotation * Assess the linguistic needs of your students using BICS and CALP * Identify content specific vocabulary, grammatical structures, and language functions necessary for a student to succeed in your classroom * Write language learning outcomes that align to your student’s linguistic and cognitive ability and your school’s adopted standards * Adapt a lesson plan that accomplishes the learning outcomes outlined in the lesson objectives * Modify materials to support ELLs’ access to content * Use a wide variety of graphic organizer templates and language frames to support ELLs’ access to content * Develop activity types appropriate to the cognitive and linguistic abilities of ELLs * Incorporate community and culture into lesson planning
Created by: Arizona State University
Taught by: Ellen Manos, Senior International Educator
Arizona State University
Taught by: Claire McLaughlin, Senior International Educator
Arizona State University
| Basic Info | Course 1 of 4 in the ELL Success in the Content Classroom: Teacher Toolbox Series Specialization |
| Commitment | 2-4 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
ELL Language and Communication Skills Across the Curriculum
Welcome to week 1! This module is very important as it introduces you to the basics of second language acquisition. By the end of this module, you will be able to: conceptualize theories of SLA as they apply to ELL students in your mainstream classrooms, assess your student’s language skills and abilities using BICS and CALP, classify vocabulary types specific to your content, identify grammar structures specific to your content, identify language functions specific to your content and strategically pre-plan vocabulary and language functions necessary for lessons in your mainstream classroom. Lots to learn! Let's get started!
11 videos, 6 readings, 3 practice quizzes
- Video: Introduction
- Video: Theories of Second Language Acquisition
- Practice Quiz: Second Language Acquisition Theory
- Reading: Bonus Reading: Why educating ELLs means success for everyone
- Video: BICS & CALP
- Video: BICS & CALP Scenarios
- Reading: Bonus Reading: Teaching academic language
- Video: Vocabulary for ELLs
- Video: Classroom Application-Vocabulary for ELLs
- Practice Quiz: Vocabulary
- Reading: Bonus Reading: Introducing academic vocabulary to students
- Video: Grammatical Structures and Language Functions
- Video: Classroom Application-Grammar & Language Functions
- Practice Quiz: Grammar and Language Structure
- Reading: Bonus Reading: Grammar and vocabulary: seven ways to help students enjoy grammar
- Reading: Lesson Plan Template
- Video: Lesson Annotation
- Video: Summary
- Video: Interview: Developing Literacy Skills with the ELL in Mind
- Reading: Bonus Video: A language immersion story
Graded: Module 1 Assessment
WEEK 2
ELL Cognitive and Learning SKills Across the Curriculum
Welcome to week 2! This week you will continue to work through pre-planning stages of lesson design as you keep in mind your ELLs. By the end of this module, you will be able to engage cognitive skills of ELLs through the learning of content, develop ELL autonomy by teaching students how to learn, evaluate the affective filter of your ELL students, strategically design classroom environment to reduce affective filter and strategically pre-plan cognitive and learning skills necessary for lessons in your mainstream classroom.
10 videos, 5 readings, 3 practice quizzes
- Reading: Greetings!
- Video: Introduction
- Video: Developing Cognitive Skills
- Video: Classroom Application-Cognitive Skills
- Practice Quiz: Cognitive Skills
- Video: Developing Learning Skills
- Video: Classroom Application-Learning Skills
- Practice Quiz: Learning Skills
- Reading: Bonus Reading: What is learner autonomy and how can it be fostered?
- Video: Affective Filter
- Video: Classroom Application-Affective Filter
- Practice Quiz: Affective Filter
- Reading: Bonus Reading: One teacher's quest to build language skills and confidence
- Reading: Lesson Plan Template
- Video: Lesson Annotation
- Video: Summary
- Video: Interview: Developing Learner Autonomy & Creating a Welcoming Environment with the ELL in Mind
- Reading: Bonus Reading: Struggling with English from kindergarten to high school
Graded: Module 2 Assessement
WEEK 3
Lesson Planning with the ELL in Mind
Welcome to week 3! We are excited to begin writing and creating the lesson plan and activities to support our students' learning of content and development of language. By the end of this module, you will be able to write language learning outcomes to support your content learning outcomes, plan/adapt lesson activities that support cognitive and linguistic access for ELLs, identify language demands of existing activities, lessons, textbooks and content and strategically plan lesson objectives and activities in your mainstream classroom with your ELL in mind. Happy Lesson Planning!
10 videos, 6 readings, 3 practice quizzes
- Reading: Greetings!
- Video: Introduction
- Video: Language Genres by Content
- Video: Classroom Application-Language Genres
- Practice Quiz: Language Genres
- Video: Writing Learning Outcomes
- Video: Aligning Learning Outcome to Standards
- Practice Quiz: Learning Outcomes
- Reading: Bonus Reference: English language development standards
- Reading: Bonus Reference: PreK-12 English language proficiency standards
- Video: Designing Activities with the ELL in Mind
- Video: Classroom Application-Activities
- Practice Quiz: Activities
- Reading: Bonus Reading: Fostering student questions: strategies for inquiry-based learning
- Reading: Lesson Plan Template
- Video: Lesson Annotation
- Video: Summary
- Video: Interview: Strengthening Lesson Planning with the ELL in Mind
- Reading: Bonus Reading: New education standards widen achievement gap for English language learners?
Graded: Module 3 Assessment
WEEK 4
Materials and Lesson Delivery
Welcome to week 4! Now that you have created your lesson, it is time to start thinking about the materials you will need to make sure that the lesson is successful. By the end of this module, you will be able to apply thoughtful criteria for selecting materials in your mainstream classroom (meet input and cognition demands), adapt materials for ELLs using a word level, sentence level and text level analysis, modify existing text to provide linguistic access to your ELLs, create materials to provide linguistic access to your ELLs and strategically select and adapt materials in lesson planning with your ELL in mind. Let's get started!
10 videos, 4 readings, 3 practice quizzes
- Reading: Greetings!
- Video: Introduction
- Video: Material Selection
- Practice Quiz: Material Selection
- Video: Material Adaptation
- Video: Classroom Application-Material Adaptation
- Video: Adapted Text
- Practice Quiz: Material Adaptation
- Video: Activity Types
- Reading: Lesson Plan Template
- Video: Lesson Delivery
- Practice Quiz: Activities and Lesson Delivery
- Reading: Bonus Reading: Scaffolding academic language for second language learners
- Reading: Lesson Plan Template
- Video: Lesson Plan Annotation
- Video: Summary
- Video: Interview: Best Classroom Practices with the ELL in Mind
Graded: Module 4 Assessment
WEEK 5
ELL Lesson Planning in Action
Welcome to week 5! This is a unique module in that you will have a chance to see some lesson plans in action. We will share 3 lesson plans fully developed with the ELL in mind. By the end of this module, you will be able to: identify key aspects of Second Language Acquisition in 3 fully developed lesson plans, analyze ways to select vocabulary, grammatical structures, language functions, cognitive skills, and learning skills within these 3 model lessons, recognize alignment of learning outcomes to state standards within these 3 model lessons, identify modified texts and materials for ELLs and apply these same concepts to your own lessons, objectives, and materials.
6 videos, 4 readings
- Reading: Greetings!
- Video: Introduction
- Reading: Lesson Plan Template
- Video: Social Studies Lesson Plan Annotation
- Reading: Lesson Plan Template
- Video: Language Arts Lesson Plan Annotation
- Reading: Lesson Plan Template
- Video: Mathematics Lesson Plan Annotation
- Video: Summary
- Video: Interview: Scaffolding and Lesson Delivery with the ELL in Mind
WEEK 6
Assessment
Welcome to week 6! Congratulations and well done. It is now time to apply the many strategies for lesson planning with the ELL in mind to your own teaching context. By the end of this module, you will be able to synthesize course material, complete the final exam and complete the optional peer review. Good luck!
1 video, 2 readings
- Reading: Greetings!
- Video: Final Review
- Reading: Works Cited for Course
- Peer Review: Content Materials Adapted for ELLs
Graded: Final Assessment
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Ratings and Reviews
Very interesting. The lecturers did a good job making the course engaging with review exercises after every one or two video clips. The clips are short enough that you don't fall asleep and the resources for additional reading are relevant . I like the practical tips on how to adapt a text and how to scaffold to make a task more achievable for learners. The bit sized chunks with regular reviews means you can take a few days off and come back to the course when you have free time. My only gripe is the MCQ tests. Some of the questions are ambiguous and it would be helpful if we could have the model answers with explanations so that we could learn from our mistakes. After 3 failed attempts you can't retake the test for 7 or so hours. It's been the toughest MOOC I've done so far but I managed to get through it.
Thank you so much for the instruction, such a good job, very informative.
Ana Pelayo.
A very informative, helpful, well-thought, very well-structured course, providing with knowledge, very good supplemental materials, visuals, examples. Thank you very much for such interesting and useful course. It was such a pleasure for me to go through it! Thank you very much!!!
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