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Prescribing a Course of Study for Primary-aged Emergent ESOL Through Diagnostic Testing
October 10 @ 12:10 pm - 1:00 pm
Teachers specialising in the education of primary-aged emergent English language learners are tasked with identifying the learner’s competencies as well as the areas the individual requires more support with. The steps needed to successfully accelerate ESOL learners to the social and academic English level of their peers are then organised and articulated in a prescriptive course of study. This presentation will unpack and analyze an oral fluency diagnostic test that was developed for English language institutions abroad and has since been adapted to align with the English Language Learning Progressions framework. The diagnostic test systematically progresses through the foundation structures of the English language to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the learner’s oral fluency. The presentation will also provide insights on how to connect an ESOL learner’s academic competency to mainstream learning. This process is designed to help answer some of the more common questions a teacher may ask themselves about a new English language learner. For instance, where do I start? How much English does this student know? What is the next teaching step? How do I build confidence in the learner to accelerate learning?