Special Education

Paper Summary:

The paper gives an overview of the effective teaching strategies that can be used in providing instruction to English language learners. The paper continues by evaluating how these said teaching strategies have served Joe, a third grade English language pupil. This evaluation is conducted using both the Student Oral Language Observation Matrix and the Student Written Observation Matrix. The paper concludes with a summary of how Joe is performing where he is and with suggestions of how his performance can be improved.

Outline:
Introduction
Effective Teaching to English Language Learners
Student Oral Language Observation Matrix Evaluation
Student Written Language Observation Matrix
Whole Language Proficiency
Conclusions

From the Paper:

"In her text entitled Perspectives on Teaching K - 12 English Language Learners, author Jane M. Govoni highlights a thorough pedagogical approach to successfully teaching a complicated language to non-native speakers. In Chapter Six, which is subtitled "Making Connections", Govoni focuses on the importance of not only teaching the language, but also teaching literacy. In this chapter she stresses the importance of incorporating literature as a method of teaching language. Her belief is that language is worthless if it does not lead to literacy. According to Govoni, literacy is the ability to read and understand the meaning of the language found on a particular page. Thus, the job of the English language teacher is to teach language through literature in order to develop literacy."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Freeman, D. (2007): English Language Learners. New York: Teaching Resources.
• Gottlieb, Margo. (2006): Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges from Language Proficiency to Academic Achievement. London: SAGE Publications.
• Herrell, Adrienne. (2007): Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners. New York: Prentice Hall.
• Hill, Jane. (2006): Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners. Association for Supervision & Curriculum.
• O'Malley, Michael O. (1996): Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners: Practical Approaches for Teachers. New York: Pearson ESL.

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