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LEP
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Limited English Proficient
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Consent Decree
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Aug 1990
Fla State Brd of Educ vs META identify/provide svcs to non English speaking students |
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META
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Multi-Cultural Education Training & Advocacy
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Consent Decree Issues
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identification/assessment
equal access to programming personnel monitoring/outcome measures |
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Home Language Surveys
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must be given to all students - collected and retained by district
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Who makes up a LEP Committee?
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ESOL teacher, Home Language teacher, administrator, parent, guidance counselor
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What info is kept on a LEP student plan?
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name, date of identification, data used to classify/reclassify, schedule of svcs or amount of instruction
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How is English language assessed?
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listening compr, speaking, reading, writing AND in basic subjects
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What are the basic subjects reviewed in a LEP student plan?
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math, science, social studies, computer literacy
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How long can students receive services?
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up to 6 years or until reclassified as English Proficient
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Does lack of funding relieve the school system of their obligation to provide services?
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NO!!!!
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What is the post-classification review schedule for students who have exited the program?
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1st report card
semi-annual for 1st year end of 2nd year |
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Are there FCAT exemptions for LEP students?
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4th and 7th graders who have been in the program for less than 2 years (alternate assessment must be offered)
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What happens to 10th graders in the LEP program who fail the FCAT?
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13th year of high school must be provided.
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What does the district LEP plan detail to ensure equal access to programming?
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standards for entry/exit/monitoring
instructional & categorical services staffing details evidence of consult with parent council |
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Plyer vs Doe
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1982 Supreme Court ruling regarding students w/ immigrant status
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Prohibitions of Plyer vs Doe
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inquiring into immigration status
maintaining lists of alien students reporting students to fed agencies requiring social security #s |
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What are the requirements for oral/written communication with the families of LEP students?
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must be in home language
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What is required for TESOL endorsement?
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300 master plan points
or 15 semester hours in methods of teaching, curric development, cross cult communic/understanding; applied linguisitics, testing/evaluation |
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Exemptions for teachers holding endorsements prior to 1990
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only need to take ESOL Issues & Strategies. Home language tchrs have to take Home Language Strategies; special area teachers & guidance workers have to take Issues/Strategies for LEP students
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Rank characteristics of assessment results in order of importance
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validity - reliability - usability
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Define RELIABILITY of an assessment
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consistency (would same score be achieved a week prior or later?)
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Under what conditions should results be RELIABLE?
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different occasions, raters, samples of the same performance domain
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Give examples of extraneous factors that introduce measurement error in ALL assessment results
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subjective nature of essays
intervening learning exp's changes in health/anxiety guessing |
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What does RELIABILITY refer to: assessment results or instrument
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RESULTS!!!
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Why aren't assessment results reliable in general?
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An estimate of reliability always refers to a PARTICULAR TYPE of consistency (over different periods of time, different raters, etc.)
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Low RELIABILITY indicates a low degree of validity. Does high RELIABILITY indicate high degree of validity?
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No - it can be consistently (reliably) wrong!
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How is reliability assessed? How is it NOT assessed?
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Correlation and Validity coefficients.
NOT logical analysis |
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Explain a Correlation Coefficient in regard to RELIABILITY
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a statistic that indicates the degree of relationship between any two sets of scores obtained from the same group of individuals
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Explain a Validity Coefficient in regard to RELIABILITY
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A correlation coefficient that indicates degree to which a measurement predicts performance on an outside criterion
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What number would represent a perfect positive relationship CORRELATION COEFFICIENT?
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1.0
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What number would represent no relationship in a CORRELATION COEFFICIENT?
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0.00
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Give examples of Correlation Methods used to determine RELIABILITY
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Test-Retest
Equivalent Forms Split-Half Coefficient Alpha Interrater Consistency |
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Which is the only method of estimating RELIABILITY that takes into account all 3 types of consistency?
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Equivalent Forms method
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What are the 3 types of CONSISTENCY in measuring reliability?
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-constancy of testing procedure
-constancy of student charact. -consistency over different samples |
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Differentiate between 'bottom up' and 'top down' strategies
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Top Down system - constructivist approach - whole language. Bottom up - emphasis on skills for identifying words & patterns, not creating meaning
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Define Semiotics
List 3 kinds |
studies the ways in which humans use signs to make meaning - symbols, icons, indexes
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What is the role of the brain in learning language?
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Learning is the brain's primary function. Thought, emotions, imagination, and the senses interact w/environment
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C.A.L.L.
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Computer Assisted Language Learning
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3G
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3rd Generation - refers to multimedia content accessible thru handheld devices
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4G
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data rates will be 100x faster. Delivery platform of broadband content will shift from computer to personal devices
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Contrast Literacy 2.0 to 1.0
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1.0 refers to reading and writing based on the invention of the printing press. 2.0 multi-modal, on-deman, flexible - beyond the classrooom walls
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Explain the term 'postliterate'
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functionally illiterate people will be able to be skillful in the info tech world due to VIVO
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VIVO
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Voice In Voice Out
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3 levels of CALL implementation
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modest - passive listening
higher levels - research |
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technological literacy
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ability to adopt, adapt, or invent proper technological tools to positively affect indiv life, community, and environment
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importance of TESOL standards?
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provide teachers with specific behaviors and goals to help them work w/ English learners
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Facts about listening
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receptive but NOT passive
role of teacher - provide sense of purpose |
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3 categories of listening
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listening to repeat, to understand, to communicate
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Listen to Repeat strategies
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minimal pair pattern practice (listen/repeat phrases that differ by only one phoneme)
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Listen to Understand strategies
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TPR - after becoming comfortable w/oral clues, they can be transferred to reading and writing
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what 4 things does oral text include?
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form, meaning, purpose, and function
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Pronunciation involves ...
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articulation, stress, and pitch
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True or False: the goal of teaching pronunciation is to make L2 speakers sounds like native speakers
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FALSE! Focus on progress, not perfection to avoid stifling enthusiasm
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What are the 3 categories of oral activities?
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guided practice
communicative practice free conversation |
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How many words does a typical kindergarten student know?
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5000-7000
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TRUE or FALSE: ELD standards are designed to move all students regardless of their instructional program, into the mainstream Engl L.A. curriculum
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TRUE
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what developmental processes do students go through to learn to read?
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sound-symbol relationships
syntax (word order/grammar) semantics (meaning) background knowledge |
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Principles for working with students who lack L1 proficiency
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Literacy introduced in a meaningful way
Natural link between oral/print opportunity to ENJOY reading and writing |
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what should a balanced reading program include?
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balance of oral and written language
includes phonemic awareness, phonics, and decoding skills ongoing diagnosis early intervention |
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What is "Reading First"?
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$1 billion/year program. park of NCLB
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4 Facets of learning to read
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skill with print
decoding text utilizing prior knowledge comprehension |
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Language Experience Approach (LEA)
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student tells story
teacher writes story student reads story |
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DR-TA (Directed Reading-Thinking Activity)
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predictions during reading. Correctness is not as important as plausibility
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