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English Proficiency / Fluent English Proficient Students, Susan R. Adams
English Proficiency / Fluent English Proficient Students, Susan R. Adams
Susan Adams
K-12 students whose first language is not English are identified upon enrollment in U.S. schools through a home language survey and are immediately assessed to determine whether English as a second language (ESL) services are required. Students who do not pass this initial screening assessment are classified as English Language Learners (ELLs), or as limited English proficiency (LEP) students, and are identified to receive school-provided English language development (ELD) and accommodations. Students who pass the initial screener or who demonstrate English proficiency two years in a row on state-mandated annual assessments are deemed fluent or fully English proficient (FEP) students …
Secondary Esl Round Table: Excavating Our Common Core Subject Standards Hopes And Fears, Revealing New Literacy Possibilities For Ells, Susan Adams, Kathryn Brooks
Secondary Esl Round Table: Excavating Our Common Core Subject Standards Hopes And Fears, Revealing New Literacy Possibilities For Ells, Susan Adams, Kathryn Brooks
Susan Adams
Presentation at the 2012 Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL) Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, October 6, 2012.
Secondary Esl Round Table: Excavating Our Ccss Hopes And Fears, Revealing New Literacy Possibilities For Ells, Susan Adams
Secondary Esl Round Table: Excavating Our Ccss Hopes And Fears, Revealing New Literacy Possibilities For Ells, Susan Adams
Susan Adams
Presentation at the 2012 Literocity Conference, Indianapolis, IN, July 9, 2012.
Deepening Our Understanding And Advocacy For Ells: K-12 And University Partnerships As Hopeful Sites Of Advocacy For Ells, Susan Adams, Kathryn Brooks, Trish Mullaney
Deepening Our Understanding And Advocacy For Ells: K-12 And University Partnerships As Hopeful Sites Of Advocacy For Ells, Susan Adams, Kathryn Brooks, Trish Mullaney
Susan Adams
Workshop presented at the 2011 Indiana University Southeast English as a New Language Conference, New Albany, IN, November 12, 2011.
Assess Without Distress, Susan Adams, Trish Mullaney
Assess Without Distress, Susan Adams, Trish Mullaney
Susan Adams
Workshop presented at the 2011 Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 16-19, 2011.
Being The Change We Want To See: Esl Teachers Author Their Own Identities, Susan Adams, Sarah Steele
Being The Change We Want To See: Esl Teachers Author Their Own Identities, Susan Adams, Sarah Steele
Susan Adams
Workshop presented at the 2010 Indiana English Learners State Conference, Indianapolis, IN, November 3, 2010.
Reading Comprehension Sub-Skills: Teachers' Perceptions Of Content In An Eap Test, Tom Lumley
Reading Comprehension Sub-Skills: Teachers' Perceptions Of Content In An Eap Test, Tom Lumley
Dr Tom Lumley
This study examines the place of sub skills in English as second language (ESL) syllabus and test design, with particular attention to the enduring influence of Munby (1978). Rasch analysis of item difficulty and the use of Rasch Item Response Theory (IRT) are discussed.