徐家仕What_Works_for_English_Learners[1]

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1、WhatWorksforQualifiedEnglishTeachersinSchoolsofChina:徐家仕LanguageLiteracyContentAcademicNeedsofEnglishLanguageTeachersTheFirstLearningChallengeforET:EnglishLanguageAcquisitionLearningEnglishwellisahugechallengesinceittakesanaverageof5-7yearstoacquirefull

2、proficiencyinacademicEnglish.TheSecondLearningChallengeforET:Reading&WritinginEnglishLiteracyLearning:Itisamoregradualanddifficulttasktolearntoreadinalanguageinwhichateacherisnotfullyproficient.Literacyskillsonlybegintocatchupwithorallanguageskillswhenth

3、eETreachesanearlyadvancedtoadvancedlevelofproficiency.TheThirdLearningChallengeforET:ContentKnowledgeContentknowledgecanonlybeacquiredthroughmeaningfullanguage.ThecurriculumbecomesincreasinglyabstractandcomplexasteachersmoveupthroughtheK-12grades.Thelike

4、lihoodisthatETs’languageproficiencywillnotkeeppacewiththegrowingdemandsofthecurriculum.OneSizeDoesNotFitAllK1-6EnglishLearnersaregiventhesameLanguageArts/Readingcurriculumasnative-Englishspeakers.Itisuptotheschoolstoprovideteacherswiththeexpertiseandmater

5、ialstomakeeffectivemodificationsforstudentsortosupplementthe“regular”curriculum.Materialsdonotprovidesufficientguidanceorsupport.NothingShortofaScholasticMiracleGrades4-6ELareprovidedan“intervention”programandlabeled“strugglingreaders.”Atthispoint,theyar

6、eexpectedtoachievetwoyearsofacademicgrowthperacademicyearofinstructiontocatchupwiththeirgrade-levelpeersinreadingandwritingskills.ButWhereistheContent?ThemajorityofELinK-6receiveacurriculumsofocusedonEnglishlanguageacquisitionandreadingthattheyarenotprovi

7、dedaccesstosystematiccontent-areainstruction,inparticularthroughtextbookswrittenatareadinglevelthatisbothcomprehensibleandsufficiently,butnotexcessively,challenging.Therefore,theyentersecondaryschoolwithgapsintheircontentknowledge.AndTheninMiddleSchool?EL

8、studentsareexpectedtokeeppaceincorecontentclassesdespitegapsintheircontentknowledge.Inaddition,verylittleattentionispaidtotheirlowerlevelsofreadingandwritingskills,whicharenormalbecausetheyareonlybeginningtoclosethe