Implementing The Esl Standards For Pre K 12 Students Through Teacher Education

Download or read book ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students written by Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and published by Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Incorporated. This book was released on 1997 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guide outlines performance standards for each of three broad goals of English-as-a-Second-Language teaching in elementary and secondary education. The three goals include: use of English to communicate in social settings; use of English to achieve academically in all content areas; and use of English in socially and culturally appropriate ways. Within each of these three goals, three more specific performance standards are enumerated. An introductory section explains the rationale, origins, and use of these standards. Subsequent sections, one for each grade group (pre-K-3, 4-8, 9-12), detail appropriate descriptors and progress indicators for each standard for students at that level. In addition, a brief vignette illustrates their use in the classroom, and some further discussion follows. A glossary is included and supporting documentation is appended. Contains 57 references. (MSE)