Scenario Response 10

Focus: Research High-Quality Language Instruction

The following are ten high-quality languages practices according to the Institute of Education Sciences:

1. Teach content-specific academic vocabulary daily during content-area classes.
2. Select key words for understanding the text.
3. Use a variety of vocabulary instructional activities.
4. Teach students to use context clues, word parts, cognates, and dictionaries to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.
5. Scaffold content-area learning.
6. Small group learning opportunities.
7. Preview and review content material in home/native language.
8. Have students use their native language in conversation to interpret new content or vocabulary; provide students with definitions of key vocabulary in their native language.
9. Assess linguistic and academic progress.
10. Provide intervention to struggling English learner students. (Sciences, 2017)

The criteria that establish this selection as high-quality instruction is the following: the information is research-validated instructional practices that supports elementary English learner students in developing both English language skills and academic content. These evidence-based practices support effective instruction in the classroom (Sciences, 2017).

 Works Cited

Sciences, I. o. (2017). Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies for Elementary English Learner Students.