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LITR 640. Day 4 July 15, 2013. Modifying Assessments for English Learners. What are BICS and CALP?. Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) are language skills needed in social situations. They support the day-to-day language needed to interact socially with other people. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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LITR 640Day 4
July 15, 2013
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Modifying Assessments for English Learners
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What are BICS and CALP?
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) are language skills needed in social situations. They support the day-to-day language needed to interact socially with other people.
CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency) refers to formal academic learning. This includes listening, speaking, reading, and writing about subject area content material. This level of language learning is essential for students to succeed in school.
(from http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/bics_calp.php)
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The Four Domains
of the English Language:
Reading and Listening
Writing and Speaking
Input
Output
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How do I modify my lessons?
Answer these questions:
What do you want them
to learn?
What vocabulary do they need to know?
What proficiency level are they?
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What do you want them to learn?
Look at your final product/assessment.
List three or four main points or tasks that will be required.
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What vocabulary do they need to know?
Make a vocabulary list.
Decide what vocabulary might be difficult for ESL students.
Include content area vocabulary as well as directions.
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What proficiency level are they?
Know the LEP level of your students. When in doubt, ask your ESL teacher.
Check to see what types of activities students will be capable of accomplishing at various LEP levels.
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What can Level 1 students do?
Level 1 students canFollow most one-step
directions.
Point, draw, highlight, underline, and gesture to show comprehension.
Use their first language to help them.
Learn simple vocabulary.
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What can Level 2 students do?
Level 2 students canRespond with increasing
ease to more varied directions.
Begin to produce some oral and written language.
Comprehend “main ideas” in their reading with the use of visuals.
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What can Level 3 students do?
Level 3 students canUnderstand and be understood in many
basic social situations (while exhibiting many errors of convention).
Produce more “complex” academic language with support.
Begin to access some grade-level texts, with support.
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What can Level 4 students do?
Level 4 students canUse English as a means for learning in other
academic areas, although some minor errors of conventions are still evident.
Have some metacognition.
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What can Level 5 students do?
Level 5 students canSpeak, understand, write, and
comprehend English without difficulty.
Display academic achievement comparable to that of native English-speaking peers, though further linguistic enhancement and refinement are necessary.
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What can I expect to ask them?
Level 1 (0-6 months): Show me...Circle the...Where is...Who has... What is...
Level 2 (6 months-1 year): Yes/No questions, Either/Or questions, One or two-word answers, Lists and Labels
Level 3 (1-3 years): Why...? How...? Explain... Phrase or short-sentence answers.
Level 4 (3-5) years: What would happen if...? Why do you think...?
Level 5 (5-7 years): Decide if... Retell...
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So how do I really do it?
Adapt by matching the students’ abilities with your learning goals for them.
Check whether your textbooks have different versions of tests already created for you.
Adapting your own material might be as easy as offering a vocabulary list, or letting LEP students use notes.
*Adapted from a presentation by Jenny Noble-Kuchera, Catherine Marchese, and Julia Copeland (2006).
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What about tests and other assessments?
Keep in mind that the content of the material is important. Progress should be assessed over time. Grade what students can do instead of what they can’t do.
Be patient with them and yourself!
*Adapted from a presentation by Jenny Noble-Kuchera, Catherine Marchese, and Julia Copeland (2006).
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Language and Content-Area Assessment
Understanding of academic subjects must be assessed in a way that allows students to demonstrate their knowledge somewhat independently of their English fluency.
1. Scaffolding assessment Allows students various ways to demonstrate
knowledge: projects, graphic organizers, labeled tables or graphs completed by students, K-W-L, content area logs, reading response logs, portfolios
Must take language proficiency levels into consideration
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Language and Content-Area Assessment
2. Differentiated scoring Score students separately on content
knowledge and on language Integrates assessment of language arts in
other content areas
LANGUAGESentence StructureKey Vocabulary
CONTENTUnderstanding of Key ConceptsAccuracy of AnswersDemonstration of Process Used to Derive Answer
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Language and Content-Area Assessment
4. Visible or explicit criteria for scoring Familiarize students with scoring criteria
before assessment is given Involve students in creating scoring
criteria Students should practice applying these
criteria to actual examples to become familiar with criteria
Source: Eastern Stream Center on Resources and Training (ESCORT).( 2003). Help! They don’t speak English Starter Kit for Primary Teachers.
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What are some strategies for
adapting assessments? Reduce response materials for content area testing
Provide a version of the test with simplified language
Simplify directions
Read test questions aloud
Supply word banks for tests
Provide matching activities
Extend time to complete the tests
Allow the student to respond orally rather than in written form
Use portfolios to authentically assess student progress
http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/judith2.php
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Differentiated Assessments
Reflective Writing
Content Objectives: Students will analyze personal experiences and/or learning experiences to decide which ones are most important in helping them grow as writers
Language Objectives: Students will discuss personal and/or learning experiences in pairs; identify cause and effect using the terms experience, leads to, growth.
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Differentiated Assessment
Preproduction•Draw a picture of a time when you read something or someone read something to you that helped you become a better reader and writer.Write the name of the book.•With bilingual support, scribe student responses about books that have helped him/her become a better writer.
Early Production•Using list of personal and learning experiences generated by class, help students at this level answer yes or no to indicate if each item applied to them (e.g. onomatopoeia, adding details, comic books to tell a story). Then list on organizer.
Speech Emergence•Complete at least two experiences and how they lead to growth on organizer.•Can work with a partner.
Intermediate Fluency•Complete organizer.
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What if I have to modify “on
the fly”? Use a highlighter/ post-it to focus on key
concepts.
Write “top three” vocabulary words on the board.
Draw, gesture, or mime the concepts while you teach.
Use a “Sharpie” to simplify/ shorten readings/ questions that are not-as-essential.
*Adapted from a presentation by Jenny Noble-Kuchera, Catherine Marchese, and Julia Copeland (2006).
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For Example…
Your 6th grade Science test has 15 matching questions, 5 short-answer questions, and 10 fill-in-the-blank.
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You could…
For a level 1 student you could write down the 5 most important vocabulary words/ concepts, and have them illustrate each word/ concept.
For a level 3 student you could: give a word bank for the fill-in-the-blank questions, ask him/her to pick 3 of the 5 short-answer questions, and underline the critical vocabulary in each of the matching questions.
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Example #2
Your 2nd grade list of spelling words has 20 words, and your ESL students don’t know what the words mean, much less how to spell them!
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You Could..
For a level 2 student you could shorten the list to 4-7 words, and ask a native speaker in the class to draw a picture next to the words to clarify their meaning.
For a level 4 student you could shorten the list to 15 words, and have them do the other 5 as “bonus” words. The student could use a dictionary to look up words he/ she doesn’t know.
*Adapted from a presentation by Jenny Noble-Kuchera, Catherine Marchese, and Julia Copeland (2006).
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Kindergarten Example