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ESL
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Elementary
School ESL Program
Middle
School ESL Program
High
School ESL Program
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Our ESL students
are at all stages of learning English, and have varying educational backgrounds
in their first languages. While the broad objectives of English programs
will ultimately be the same for all students, those learning English as
a second language need time, support and exposure to English before being
expected to reach the learning outcomes described in the English framework,
and will come to this achievement via a range of pathways. We teachers
try to devise appropriate teaching and assessment practices for these students.
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RELATED
LINKS
ESL
Companion
OCPS
core curriculum: ESOL
Language
Arts through ESOL: A guide for ESOL teachers
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Goals of the ESL Programs:
The broad goals of the ESL programs at ACS
are to support students to:
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develop a level of competency and confidence in
using English that allows them to fully participate in social and school
based contexts
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continue their conceptual development while developing
English language skills appropriate to their grade
level
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develop an understanding of the learning styles
and expectations of ACS schooling system.
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integrate as soon as
possible into the mainstream of school.
More specifically, the ESL curriculum aims to
develop students' competence in English in the following areas:
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ability to use and understand English in a variety
of contexts
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control over the structures and grammatical features
of English
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ability to use strategies that facilitate the
acquisition of English, and to negotiate communication in English.
How to identify ESL students?
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English is not their first language.
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They are struggling academically & socially
because of a lack of English skills.
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They have little or no exposure to English outside
of school.
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English, or Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills (BICS), within two
years, but school language, or Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
Skills (CALPS), may take 5 to 7 years, or even longer (Collier, 1987; Cummins,
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American
Community School (ACS)- Beirut- Lebanon
http://www.acs.edu.lb
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Webmasters:
Kathleen Kabbani & Nada AbiSamra
Page created:
Nov. 10, 2000 | Last updated: June 8, 2002
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