ESOL Department

Courses

 

Elementary School ESOL Program

 

 

In the elementary school, the ESOL program is a modified version of the classroom Language Arts program; consequently, ESOL students attend the ESOL class during their Language Arts block. The elementary ESOL program is organized into three English proficiency levels: beginning, intermediate, and advanced. The overall goal is to give students the language skills necessary to interact with their peers and teachers and to prepare them for a smooth transition into the mainstream classroom. This year, in-class support is provided to 4th and 5th grade ESOL students during the Social Studies block.

Besides, ESOL students participate every other Wednesday in the Morning Announcements presentations, they organize activities that are related to the English language, the culture in some English speaking countries and some topics studied in class.

Recommendations for parents:

• Read to your child in his/her mother tongue.
• Help your child with his/her homework.
• Ask your child about his/her day at school.
• Seek for language assistance if needed.

 

Click here to download a presentation about
ESOL deparment on Elementary School.

 

Elementary In-Class Support

 

 

 

 

Secondary School ESOL Program

MS and HS Beginning (Novice) Shelter Program-IBMYP English B (Grades 6-8)

This program is a one year long, intensive, sheltered English course offered to students entering secondary school with low English proficiency. The objective of this course is to give students the English language skills necessary to be successful in the mainstream courses while providing them with academic instruction at their language proficiency level. This course provides students with modified ESOL/Math, ESOL/Science, and ESOL/ Humanities courses as well as at least eighty minutes of Beginning English language instruction everyday. Students enrolled in this course are integrated for electives such as Art, Drama, and PE as well as study period. Also, students in this especial program are encouraged to participate in after school activities in order to continue developing their language skills. After one year, students are assessed and placed at a grade level appropriate to their ability and age (Note that students in this program are required to attend summer ESOL School after completing the one-year course).

 

Middle School Intermediate/Advanced ESOL - IBMYP ENGLISH B (Grades 6-8)

The emphasis of the MS INT/ADV ESOL course is on communication with the goal of preparing students to understand and use the language appropriately in a range of situations and contexts, and within the cultures where English is spoken. Therefore, students continue developing their listening and speaking English skills, but especial attention is given to increasing reading and writing abilities. Using a communicative language teaching approach, this class centers on literature and the writing process to teach skills that are essential in the middle school Language Arts program. Grammar is embedded in every lesson; however, specific class time is devoted to this area when necessary. Some of the activities required for this class are: discussions, debates, oral presentations, reading analysis, writing short narratives and poetry. Also, students create portfolios in order to demonstrate their progress. MS INT/ADV ESOL prepares students for the transition into the regular 7th , 8th or 9th grade Language Arts program.

High School Intermediate/Advanced ESOL - IBMYP ENGLISH B (Grades 9-10)

HS Advanced ESOL is offered to 9th and 10th grade students with an advanced proficiency level in the English language. For ESOL students to succeed in the mainstream program, they must be able to use English to achieve their academic goals. Students must use spoken and written English to learn academic content and to demonstrate their academic progress. Using a thematic approach, this class uses literature and the writing process to teach skills that are essential in the high school Language Arts program. Speaking and listening skills as well as grammatical structures are integrated into this approach. HS Advanced ESOL students develop their oral skills through discussion, debating and oral presentations. They read, analyze, and write short stories and poetry. Students learn to organize and write various types of essays as well as research papers. They use pre-writing, outlines with thesis statements and topic sentences, self-editing and peer editing. Students create writing portfolios that demonstrate their progress. HS Advanced ESOL students will be prepared for either English 10, or IB English B in 11th grade. Some students, who have achieved very high levels of English language proficiency, may enroll in IB English A.

 

IB English Language B
(Two year course for Grades 11 and 12)

 The IB English Language B course is designed to meet the needs of students in Grades 11 and 12 whose first language is other than English. These students will have studied English language and literature formally "for between two and five years immediately prior to the beginning of their IB course."* The course content includes a range of literary texts and units of study on non-literary themes. Examples of units which could be addressed include: novel study, poetry and drama, short stories, inventions, travel and adventure, music, advertising, family.

"The major goal of the course is on language acquisition and development in the four primary language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. These language skills are to be developed through the study and use of a range of written and spoken material." (IB Diploma Guide: Language B, February, 2002)  

 

 

 

learning goals quarter II

HS Beginning ESOL

LISTENING/SPEAKING

•  Telling an anecdote

•  Consonants and consonant variants

•  Short vowels

•  Syllables, consonant blends, compound words, Y as a vowel and consonant digraph.

READING

•  Opening Night (Chapter book)

•  Sable (Chapter book)

WRITING

•  USING LANGUAGE TO NARRATE/WRITING PROCESS

•  using quotations

•  Time order in narratives

•  Focusing on points of view (writer's voice)

First and third person.

•  USING LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE

•  Writing with adjectives

•  Adjectives that compare

TOPICS

•  Parts of the body (aches and pains)

•  Clothing

•  The family (extended family)

•  Accidents

•  Parts of the house

LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS

•  Describing/giving physical descriptions

•  Describing actions in the present and past.

•  Describing family details

•  Explaining how something happened

•  Giving advice

MS Intermediate Advance ESOL

Students will continue to to improve their oral skills through weekly oral presentations

Students will to show command of the writing process in the following:

Contrast paragraphs

comparison paragraphs

persuasive paragraphs

Persuasive essays

expository essays

Students will be able to analize and understand the following

Biographies

Students will be able to write their autobiography through the use of Power Point

Students will be able to read and analyze non-fiction literature

Narrative readings

Descriptive readings

Expository readings

Persuasive readings

HS Int/Adv ESOL

1. to summarize and write responses to written texts
2. to read academic material critically, identify main ideas and support, and make inferences
3. to deliver short presentations in class and participate in group discussions
4. to use context cues to understand new vocabulary
5. to speak and write using correct and varied English sentences

IB English Language B

1. to be able to identify the composition skills to read and evaluate written texts
2. to be able to use the compositions skills to write clear, coherent, and convincing texts
3. to understand and respond appropriately to a variety of written and spoken texts
4. to communicate clearly and effectively in a range of oral situations
5. to show an awareness of and sensitivity to the culture