ccording to the data from the National Center for Educational Statistics, in the 2002-2003 school year there was an estimate of 4.1 million ELL students (NCES, 2015). However, this number has increase throughout the years. In the 2012-2013 school year there was an estimate of 4.4 million ELLs (NCES, 2015).In addition, Texas is one of the six states that has “10.0% or more of public school students” that are English language learners (NCES, 2015). Since there are a growing number of ELLs, it is vital for me to be aware of the instructional programs school districts are using to help these students become proficient in the English language.
Bilingual Education Program A bilingual education program is one instructional program elementary schools …show more content…
The amount of instruction a student receives depends on their English level. Schools used this program when they do not have a high enrollment of ELL student. I was unaware that ESL and ELL are two different concepts. While ELL is the individual itself, ESL is the program. I also learned that there are different ESL formats, but the most common ones are “pull-out” or “push-in”. Pull-out and pull-in. As the name implies, the “pull-out” ESL program is when a student is taken out of the classroom and the ESL specialist follows a curriculum that targets the students’ specific language and academic needs (Honigsfeld, 2009). In the “push-in” approach the ESL specialist is in the classroom with the ELL student. In this approach, there is more flexibility in what the ESL specialist can do. For example, an ESL specialist can work with just the ELL students in a “stand-alone ESL curriculum”, pull the ELL student aside and help with the material the teacher is assigning, or the ESL specialist and teacher can co-teach the learning material (Honigsfeld, 2009, p.169). Schools decide on what type of ESL program they should adopt based on their students’
Bilingual Education Program A bilingual education program is one instructional program elementary schools …show more content…
The amount of instruction a student receives depends on their English level. Schools used this program when they do not have a high enrollment of ELL student. I was unaware that ESL and ELL are two different concepts. While ELL is the individual itself, ESL is the program. I also learned that there are different ESL formats, but the most common ones are “pull-out” or “push-in”. Pull-out and pull-in. As the name implies, the “pull-out” ESL program is when a student is taken out of the classroom and the ESL specialist follows a curriculum that targets the students’ specific language and academic needs (Honigsfeld, 2009). In the “push-in” approach the ESL specialist is in the classroom with the ELL student. In this approach, there is more flexibility in what the ESL specialist can do. For example, an ESL specialist can work with just the ELL students in a “stand-alone ESL curriculum”, pull the ELL student aside and help with the material the teacher is assigning, or the ESL specialist and teacher can co-teach the learning material (Honigsfeld, 2009, p.169). Schools decide on what type of ESL program they should adopt based on their students’