AND ELA TEACHER PRACTICES

DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION

AND ELA TEACHER PRACTICES

Lafayette Parish Schools

February 19, 2015

Agenda

WHO ARE WE?

What is our aim?

What are the benefits of biliteracy?

How do we prepare for, advance, and support language

learning?

What do the levels of language proficiency entail?

What about language transfer?

How can we use balanced literacy to maximize all aspects of language instruction?

We are all language teachers!

Additive Bilingualism

Collaboration!

“When I learn a new word in Arabic or French, a word that doesn’t exist in English, I learn a new concept.

I learn a new way …a second or third language lets me see the world in a way I wouldn’t have seen it otherwise…”

Lafayette High school immersion student

Academic vocabulary en français

analyser

comparer

décriver

déterminer

distinguer

évaluer

citer

For further information:

Transfer of Skills

Terri Hammatt

Louisiana Department of Education

Terri.Hammatt@la.gov

Cognitive and linguistic skills needed to

Read

Write

Speak

Comprehend

View

in a second language support literacy development in a student’s first language!

Cognitive and linguistic skills needed to

Read

Write

Speak

Comprehend

View

in a first language support literacy development in a second language!

Benefits of Biliteracy

How does knowing and using more than one language affect the brain?

Profound effect on content

Increase in short-term working memory

Enables brain to hold information longer while thinking processes are engaged.

DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION

AND ELA TEACHER PRACTICES

Lafayette Parish Schools

February 19, 2015

Gage the Proficiency Level

Benefits of Biliteracy

http://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/guidelines/EN-02-Jesus.mov

http://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/guidelines/EN-16-Sung.mov

Enhances problem-solving capacity

Enhances abstract thinking skills

Facilitates higher concept formation skills

Augments creativity

Strengthens capacity to identify, understand, and solve problems

Mental Flexibility

Opens multiple neural pathways

Opens access to different avenues of thought

Increases speed and accuracy of decision making

LITERACY MODEL

COMPREHENSION

Cognitive Retroactive Transfer

Preparing for Student Learning

Advancing Student Learning

How do I establish a supportive language learning environment for and with my students?

Support for the immersion language?

Support for English?

How do my practices maximize my students’ language growth?

CRT of Language Skills among Trilingual Arabic, Hebrew and English Learners

Does helping poor readers improve their language skills in English (L3) bring about improvement in those same skills in Arabic (L1) and Hebrew (L2)?

Writing Workshop

Modeled Writing

Grammar

Guided Writing

Independent Writing

Reading Workshop

Interactive Read Aloud

Shared Reading

Guided Reading

Independent Reading

ASSESSMENT

MANAGEMENT

Word Study

Phonics

Spelling

High Frequency Words

Word Parts

Supporting Student Learning

Common Core ELA

and

Immersion LA:

How does my professional growth support my students’ language learning?

How does my collaboration with stakeholders support student language learning?

Making the Match

Mission of Immersion

Language Teacher

Gage the Proficiency Level

http://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/guidelines/EN-08-Luis.mov

Increase proficiency level

Novice

Intermediate

Advanced