Course No. ELL-ED-138: Forums

Learning forums

Section	Forum	Description	Discussions
Module 1	Introductions: Tell Us About Yourself!	Share a little bit about yourself professionally and personally: what grades and subjects you teach presently, previously, educational and/or other career background...any pets, favorite movies, favorite ice-cream. Let's get to know who our colleagues are in this course. B-) Share your response ...	96
	Module 1 Discussion: The Stages of Language Progression	What surprised you about the Stages of Language progression? What are the implications for teaching all students, and for teaching ELLs? Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. Type it into the window and then click "Post to forum."	93
	Module 1: Goals for This Course and Thoughts About Article	Set two or three of your own goals or learning objectives for this course. We'll revisit them at the end. Articulate your thoughts in response to the Teaching Tolerance article on racism in schools housed in this module. Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. ...	94

Module 2	Module 2 Discussion: Theories of Language Learning	What theory of language and learning introduced in this module make the most sense to you? Which would you say fit within your own pedagogy? Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. Type it into the window and then click "Post to forum."	89
	Scenario Response 1	Think of a subject area and a lesson topic. Locate a text either recently taught, or one you plan to teach with, to use in the lesson. Develop one comprehension question and change/alter it for each of the language development stages: Preproduction Early production Speech emergence Interme...	88

Module 3	Module 3 Discussion: Moving Students Into a New Culture	Think about a time when you experienced culture shock, either by visiting another country for a period of time, another region, or even by changing jobs or schools (corporate or academic culture). Culture has many colors. Describe your experience, and how you felt. Describe how you were able ...	85
	Scenario Response 2	Your mainstream classroom has a family of new students from a country with very divergent cultural beliefs. What methods can you use to alleviate cultural miscommunications for the student that has been placed in your classroom? If you are in an administrative role, what wil you do to prepare ...	87

Module 4	Scenario Response 3	Respond to the following scenario: Your new students have different backgrounds. One studied extensively in her homeland, and another was uprooted from school when a civil war broke out. What differences do you think these students will encounter? Name some steps you will take to address ...	86
	Module 4 Discussion: Home Language Survey	Think about the Home Language Survey, and the samples placed in this module: Home Language Survey - Escambia, FL and Home Language Survey - Idaho. What are the most important questions you would need to ask your students, or your students' parents in order to best meet their academic and ...	87

Module 5	Module 5 Discussion: Language Acquisition in Content Areas	What language activities can be consistently worked into a cross curricular curriculum to reinforce morphological awareness and other linguistic skills, while deepening understanding of content at the same time? Feel free to share practices you have used successfully in the past. Share your ...	84
	Scenario Response 4	Respond to the following scenario: Your ELL students' parents want to know how they can support their child's language development at home. The parents however, do not speak English, and/or very little if any at all. Suggest some literacy skills and strategies that their parents can reinforce at ...	86

Module 6	Module 6 Discussion: Language and Learning	Why is important to integrate language into content areas? Think also about the role of vocabulary. Name a strategy from the content book in this module: Language and Literacy in All Content Areas. Describe the strategy as it relates to a specific content area, and/or the content in which ...	85
	Scenario Response 5	Write a TPR script for beginning-level ELLs. Detail how you will incorporate the TPR approach, such as using visuals, role playing, writing the commands out, or having students take on the role of teacher. Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. Type it into the ...	85

Module 7	Scenario Response 6	Respond to the following scenario: You have a new student, Jin Wu, who seems to focus as you give instructions, particularly for the writing test he is about to take. In class he is making good progress as a new language learner, in both content and in building his language skills. Classroom ...	82
	Module 7 Video Discussion	Respond to the video(s) housed in this module. Discuss how the teaching and learning apply to your own work with students and/or teachers. Consider how you might use the same or similar approach moving forward. Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. Type it into the ...	81
	Module 7: Strategy Reflection	Select one of the 6 Scaffolding Strategies and describe its application in your classroom. What might you do to modify it for your own students? Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. Type it into the window and then click "Post to forum."	77

Module 8	Module 8 Discussion: Early Literacy and My ELLs	Name several early literacy strategies appropriate for an inclusive classroom. While you may only have one or two ELLs, select those that can be easily differentiated for the ELL, and indicate how. Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. Type it into the window and ...	80
	Module 8 Video Response	Respond to the video(s) housed in this module. Discuss how the teaching and learning apply to your own work with students and/or teachers. Consider how you might use the same or similar approach moving forward. Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. Type it into the ...	79

Module 9	Scenario Response 7	Respond to the following scenario: Your students need practice with some contextualized speaking and listening opportunities, evidenced by lack of response in class discussions, and lack of growth in language development. Some of your ELLs are still in the Pre-Production stage, but should be in ...	81
	Module 9 Video Response	Respond to the video(s) housed in this module. Discuss how the teaching and learning apply to your own work with students and/or teachers. Consider how you might use the same or similar approach moving forward. Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. Type it into the ...	78

Module 11	Module 11 Discussion: What Fascinates You Most?	What fascinates you the most about cognition and language learning? Name one or two ideas that apply to your own teaching, and/or your own views about pedagogy. Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. Type it into the window and then click "Post to forum."	76
	Scenario Response 8	Your students have completed their final projects, and it is time to offer feedback to them, as well as teach them how to give and receive feedback on their own work. Describe the project, and describe the type of feedback you would offer and teach (see selections below). Use quotation marks to ...	79

Module 12	Module 12 Discussion: SIOP	Having watched the SIOP Video, and reviewed the SIOP Guide housed in this module, summarize in your own words what the context of the Sheltered Instruction is, and what SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) is all about. Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" ...	75

Module 13	Scenario Response 9	Respond to the following scenario: Your students haven't been scoring well on state assessments in reading and reading comprehension. Your assessments in oral reading have also been low, and results indicate that sight vocabulary is also low. Your building principal has assigned you to turnkey ...	79

Module 14	Module 14 Discussion: What Has Changed?	Having read the article in this module's book (that dates back to 1995), what has changed about high quality language instruction? What has remained the same? Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. Type it into the window and then click "Post to forum."	76
	Scenario Response 10	Respond to the following scenario: Research what high quality language instruction is, and establish your own list of titled, "Top 10 High Quality Language Practices", and share them in this forum. What was your criteria for selection? What is the criteria that establishes your selection as ...	79

Module 15	Module 15 Discussion: Engaging Families	What are some practical and possible, effective ways to engage the families of your students? Feel free to share previous practices, and successes or challenges. What role did homework play? Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. Type it into the window and then...	77

Module 16	Module 16 Discussion: Reading and the Second Language Learner	How must reading instruction change for second language learners? Let's say you have your own class of average performing students, and one ELL. What instructional and/or differentiation strategies would you adopt to facilitate the comprehension and the advanced reading/phonological skills for ...	76

Module 17	Module 17 Discussion: Select a Writing Approach	Describe a reading and writing strategy approach for each of the following, where the writing is in response to, or support of, the reading: 90-minute literacy block for grade 1 90-minute literacy block for grade 3 60-minute literacy block for grade 6 60-minute literacy block for grade 9 3...	75

Module 18	Scenario Response 11	Respond to the following scenario: You have a classic field-dependent learner in your classroom, with several others that teerer somewhere between field-dependent and field-independent. You want to move all of the students to become more field-independent. Name an instructional approach for ...	79
	Module 18 Video/Resource Discussion	Respond to the video(s) housed in this module. Discuss how the teaching and learning apply to your own work with students and/or teachers. Consider how you might use the same or similar approach moving forward. Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. Type it into the ...	72

Module 19	Scenario Response 12	Respond to the following scenario: Considering the scenario from Module 18: You have a classic field-dependent learner in your classroom, with several others that teeter somewhere between field-dependent and field-independent. You want to move all of the students to become more field-independent....	77
	Module 19 Video/Resource Response	Respond to the video(s) and resource(s) housed in this module. Discuss how the teaching and learning apply to your own work with students and/or teachers. Consider how you might use the same or similar approach moving forward. Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. ...	74

Module 20	Module 20 Revisiting Our Goals for This Course	Share how your goals were met, and/or exceeded, in this course. Share anything else you'd like to learn about language acquisition for second language learners, and what might need further research. Share your response by clicking "Add a new discussion topic" below. Type it into the window and ...	75