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College Readiness for English Language Learners
ELL, College Prep | 9-12
Traditional language instruction can sometimes overlook what English language learners (ELLs) really need to succeed in the classroom and in post-secondary education. For example, writing instruction might focus too much on memorizing grammar rules and not on actually practicing writing. Or reading and listening instruction might involve rote, inauthentic practice lessons rather than how to interact with real lectures and learning materials. This course focuses on equipping teachers with instructional techniques that help your ELL students learn the academic language that they need to succeed in high school and college.
In this course, you will develop strategies to enhance ELL students’ ability to read critically, discuss effectively, and cohesively present ideas in writing. You’ll be equipped with tools to aid students in achieving a balance of language skills, which allows them to perform on par with their native English-speaking peers. In addition, you’ll explore several examples of research-based lessons and assessments that you can implement in your classroom to provide your students with a framework upon which to build their language skills.
Using the tools and techniques from this course, you will be equipped to give your ELL students the practical skills they need to speak, listen to, read, and write academic content alongside their native-speaker peers.
Connections to Practice
This course provides the following classroom connections:
- Practical strategies to encourage active involvement of your ESL students
- Easy-to-implement strategies for helping with language and literacy development across the curriculum
- Ways to modify your content instruction to meet the needs of ELLs
- Strategies to use technology effectively to support and scaffold learning for ELLs
- Techniques for modifying teaching practice to address the needs of the ESL population
Course Objectives
In this course, participants will:
- Develop the personal and professional goals you hope to achieve by the end of this course.
- Evaluate best practices for teaching grammar and writing, listening and speaking, and reading and vocabulary to English language learners.
- Devise a plan to implement grammar and writing, listening and speaking, and reading and vocabulary instruction in your professional setting.
- Facilitate your ELL students’ understanding and application of academic English to prepare them for the rigors of college academic instruction.
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- Train your staff in as little as eight hours or delve deeper into complex topics in our longer courses.
- Replace in-person PD days with 100% online, self-paced training teachers can complete virtually.
- Get PD tailored to your school's unique needs with our customizable content and flexible solutions.
- Offer higher education rigor and quality designed to give your teachers targeted, relevant training they can apply immediately.
- Increase buy-in and morale by providing teacher choice while maintaining school/district oversight and strategic alignment.
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We intentionally plan and build our course offerings to solve real problems in education. We regularly update our existing catalog and develop new courses based on schools’ needs, trends in K–12 education, and continual feedback from educators. Depending on your needs, you can train your staff in as little as eight hours with our short courses, or delve into complex topics in our longer ones.
Our course writers are content experts with extensive subject matter credentials and classroom experience. They work closely with our development team to build an experience that is relevant, highly practical, and aligned with industry standards. Courses are not just filled with innovative techniques, but also illustrate how to apply these tools in practice. With each course, teachers develop tangible products such as lesson plans or assessments that they can use immediately in their classrooms.
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