Instructional Practices in DLI Settings April 24, 2015.

Instructional Practices in DLI Settings

April 24, 2015

Today’s conversation

Bilingualism ● language production ● comprehensible output

Biliteracy ● literacy in two languages

Grade Level Content ● CCSS, Science, Social Studies

Reading “floats on a sea of talk” (Britton, 1970, p. 164)

Bilingualism

Speaking

Language Production● Safe environments● Student-centered instruction● Language scaffolds● Cooperative Learning● Gradual Release of

Responsibility

Listening

Comprehensible Output● Clearly state learning

targets● Use multisensory supports● Establish and follow

instructional routines● Check for understanding● Engage in full Gradual

Release of Responsibility Cycles

● Provide Adequate Time for Task Completion

Clearly established language performance and language proficiency

benchmarks per grade level in both targeted languages!

Same, same, different!

Literacy

Spanish Literacy

Same, same…● Reading per CCSS● Writing per genre per CCSS● Attention to Speaking and

Listening per CCSS● Attention to Foundational

Skills per CCSS rigor

different!● Writing utilizing Spanish

Language rhetoric and discourse

● Listening and speaking to “writing-reading” phenomenon in Spanish.

● Systematic, targeted and sequential teaching to Spanish Foundational Skills

English Literacy

Same, same…● Reading per CCSS● Writing per genre per CCSS● Attention to Speaking and

Listening per CCSS● Attention to Foundational

Skills per CCSS rigor

different!● Writing utilizing English

Language rhetoric and discourse

● Listening and speaking to reading and then writing

● Systematic, targeted and sequential teaching to English Foundational Skills

Clearly established literacy (reading and writing) benchmarks per grade

level in both targeted languages!

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to

awaken joy in creative expression and

knowledge."

~Albert Einstein

Content

Eternal struggle for time

Integration● Science and Social Studies

thematic teaching of literacy● Targeted opportunities to

achieve science and social studies experiences

● Student-centered and self-directed learning

“Without continual growth and progress, such

words as improvement, achievement, and

success have no meaning.”

Benjamin Franklin

Assessing

Integrated Performance Assessments

Classroom Level

Interpretative ListeningInterpretative ReadingInterpersonal CommunicationsPresentational SpeakingPresentational Writing

Assessments Framework

Program Level

Language PerformanceLanguage ProficiencyLiteracyContent

Samples

Scopes for Biliteracy

Unit Plans

IPA

Assessment Framework

In summary...

Bilingualism Biliteracy Grade Level Content

Assessments

Thank you!