Word Analysis Assessments Language and word analysis assessments are important tools that educators use to help identify deficits of English language skills in ELL students. Once ELL students have been identified these assessments can be used to help determine the student’s skill level, so that they can be placed appropriately in the school. These same kinds of assessments should be readministered periodically to track the students’ language proficiency growth. Because every student comes from a different background, and brings with them their own unique set of skills and background knowledge, assessing every student is important to ensure we meet the needs of each individual child. The results of word analysis assessments provide useful
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The first assessment I administered to the ELL student (Alek) was a syllable survey. For this assessment the student was given a total of five lists, each list had ten words for a total of fifty words. I wrote the list of words on index cards so that I could give him one list at a time. I believe this made it less overwhelming for him than handing him a list of fifty words. The goal of this assessment was for the student to read the multi-syllable words on each list correctly. Any words that the student pronounced incorrectly had to be recorded as the student actually pronounced the word. One example of a mistake Alek made was instead of say prevent he said pravent. Alek made a total of five mistakes in reading …show more content…
Many things must occur in a child’s brain in order for them to read fluently. The student must understand a language’s phonics and have good phonemic awareness to develop reading skills. ELL students need to be able to process and translate these things while reading in order to comprehend and read proficiently. Cognitive problems can also slow this process which can lead to trouble with reading. Teachers need to build a student’s phonemic awareness in order to aid their reading, and using research-based strategies to differentiate and meet the student’s needs is the best way to do
The first assessment I administered to the ELL student (Alek) was a syllable survey. For this assessment the student was given a total of five lists, each list had ten words for a total of fifty words. I wrote the list of words on index cards so that I could give him one list at a time. I believe this made it less overwhelming for him than handing him a list of fifty words. The goal of this assessment was for the student to read the multi-syllable words on each list correctly. Any words that the student pronounced incorrectly had to be recorded as the student actually pronounced the word. One example of a mistake Alek made was instead of say prevent he said pravent. Alek made a total of five mistakes in reading …show more content…
Many things must occur in a child’s brain in order for them to read fluently. The student must understand a language’s phonics and have good phonemic awareness to develop reading skills. ELL students need to be able to process and translate these things while reading in order to comprehend and read proficiently. Cognitive problems can also slow this process which can lead to trouble with reading. Teachers need to build a student’s phonemic awareness in order to aid their reading, and using research-based strategies to differentiate and meet the student’s needs is the best way to do