ELL 240 AU Teaching Observation Learning Styles Discussion

Question Description

In this assignment, you will combine all of the information you have learned this week to evaluate a teaching scenario. For each learning context, you will be observing a teacher in the classroom. After watching the video, answer the questions, based on your context, using the information from the week as your guide. Respond to either the K-12 or adult learning questions, but not both.

To structure your writing,

Your audience will be another group of colleagues and/or a teaching supervisor. You are reporting on how the teaching/ideas are best-practice based on what you have learned so far.
Your role is that of someone who is observing teaching practices of an ELL teacher.
The format will be an essay.
The purpose is to evaluate the teaching practices for best-practices, according to research (class content you have learned so far)

Children or Students in a K-12 Learning Context

Adult Learning Context

Watch Differentiated instruction and the English language learner

Sections:

Comprehensible Input
Teachers Incorporate Comprehensible Input
Affective Filter Theory
Tools, Tools, Tools
Summary: Differentiated Instruction and the English Language Learner

Watch Westergaards 2015 video, ESL Beginner Lesson Demo (Chris Westergaard) (Links to an external site.)

Address the following items in your paper:

Thinking of all of the information we have learned related to planning for ELLs,

Describe how the teachers use comprehensible input hypothesis and what can be done to include more comprehensible input.
Explain if and how the teachers are using communicative language teaching.
Evaluate how students might vary in their interactions during lessons based on their proficiency with basic interpersonal communication skills (BICS) and cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP).
Determine what language objectives might be important for ELLs to be successful in this lesson? Determine what language objectives might be important for ELLs to be successful in this lesson?

Address the following items in your paper:

Thinking of all of the information we have learned related to planning for ELLs,

Describe the competencies this teacher is using.
Explain if and how the teacher is using contextualized learning and communicative competence.
Evaluate how students might vary in their interaction during the lesson based on their proficiency with basic interpersonal communication skills (BICS) and cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP).
Determine what language objectives might be important for ELLs to be successful in this lesson?

The Teaching Observation paper

Must be two to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Centers APA Style (Links to an external site.)
Must include a separate title page with the following:
- Title of paper
- Students name
- Course name and number
- Instructors name
- Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).

Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
- For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.
Must use at least one scholarly source in addition to the course text.
- The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Centers Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.
When submitting the weekly paper, please format submission indicating if you are answering questions from the K-12 or adult perspective by using the following format for your file upload: LastNameAssignmentTitleLevel (e.g., RobinsonTeacherObservationAdult or RobinsonTeacherObservationK12).

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.