ESOL
English for Speakers of Other Languages
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SIS ESOL Department Connects to… |
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Students Our primary goal is to create equal access to SIS’s curriculum to all English Language Learners (ELL). In order to achieve this goal, teaching methods, materials and student tasks are differentiated to meet students at their level. All students, however, are expected to reach the same standards and benchmarks in the curriculum. In other words, all learning expectations are the same for ELL; however, they might reach the benchmark in a different way. |
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Teachers In
the sheltered immersion model (SIM) is when students learn English through studying
content areas along with their peers in the classroom. Practicing this model
requires ESOL teachers and classroom teachers to work closely in the planning
of instruction as well as the delivery of content and assessing of student
learning. |
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Parents Moms,
dads, sisters and brothers were essential in teaching children their first
language- we are all language teachers by nature. When students come to us
they can speak and read already, just maybe not in English. However, they
have strategies and knowledge of how to learn a language that transfers from
their home language to English. Already the stage has been set for the
school-home partnership. Through direct and frequent communication, the ESOL
department hopes to continue that essential partnership to foster successful
students. |
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Experts As evidence of SIS’s commitment to excellence in education, the school continues to bring in experts in both English language learning and literacy. In this school year already, two top international educational experts have visited and shared strategies with the staff, Carrie Ekey and Virginia Rojas. SIS is exceptional in the opportunities for professional development that it creates for its staff and all students are benefiting from this life-long learning process that teachers are engaged in. |
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