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Sonst. Personen | DelliCarpini, Margo (Hrsg.) |
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Titel | Success with ELLs: Authentic Assessment for ELLs in the ELA Classroom |
Quelle | In: English Journal, 98 (2009) 5, S.116-119 (4 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0013-8274 |
Schlagwörter | Stellungnahme; Educational Strategies; Performance Based Assessment; Language Teachers; English (Second Language); English Instruction; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Evaluation Methods; Student Evaluation; Mainstreaming; Student Diversity |
Abstract | Several issues make standardized assessment of ELLs a challenge and the information provided by these assessments unreliable. However, as educators, they do need to know how students are doing, what gains they are making, where gaps in their understanding exist, and what types of instructional strategies and topics need to be introduced to facilitate learning. Assessing ELLs in mainstream English classrooms can be a challenge, but there are ways that English teachers can move toward a more accurate way of learning about their ELLs. Perhaps one of the most motivating things English teachers can do for their ELLs is to provide opportunities for them to see the immediate connections between their lives and the curriculum, an important component for success. Authentic activities can include a variety of presentation formats that connect a work of literature, a poem, a quote, a piece of art, or song lyrics to the students' lives, either their lives in the United States or their past experiences in their native countries. When English teachers include performance-based, nontraditional assessments for ELLs as a supplement to the traditional assessments, a clearer picture of the ELLs emerges and allows English teachers to develop learning experiences that meet their diverse needs. In addition, ELLs are more likely to develop real knowledge surrounding the topics under investigation in the English classroom through the use of authentic assessments. (ERIC). |
Anmerkungen | National Council of Teachers of English. 1111 West Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096. Tel: 877-369-6283; Tel: 217-328-3870; Web site: http://www.ncte.org/journals |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2017/4/10 |