Referral Process and Meeting ELLs' Needs Assignment
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Referral Process and Meeting ELLs' Needs Assignment
The referral process in texas is almost the same as it is in the module. When a student joins the
public school system, a home language survey is conducted. Then within 4 calendar weeks
after enrolments, the English language proficiency test has to be administered to see if the
student qualifies for bilingual classes or ESL.
For pre-k through 1st grade, only the listening and speaking components of the state test
are taken; for 2nd through 12, listening, speaking, reading, and writing are tested. The main
difference between the module and the Texas Administration Code of education is that the test
is administered in the students' primary language for elementary. If the district does not have the
ability to administer it in the primary language, then the district uses an informal oral
assessment test to assess English proficiency. If a student scores underneath what is
acceptable to be in regular classes, then they are identified as emergent bilingual by the
language proficiency assessment committee (LPAC) and the admission, review, and dismissal
(ARD) committee. The LPAC and the ARD decide if the student will be placed in the bilingual
classes or the ESL program, or both. A student cannot be considered English proficient till the
end of the school year.
My content area is physical education. While PE may present some challenges for
bilingual students, I believe it is a lot more easily accessible for emergent bilingual students than
other subjects. Consistency would be a big factor in a successful bilingual PE class. Even
though a student may not always understand every word that is spoken, if there is already an
established routine, that will go a long way to helping them understand. If I had ESL students in
my class I would make sure to follow each class with the same pattern, for example starting the
class with stretches, then exercising, followed by a game. That way everybody, including the
bilingual students would know exactly what to expect everyday.
Research shows that there is a link between movement and learning. That could
definitely apply to language as well. Because PE involves movement you could use lots of
physical directions to communicate, in addition to verbal directions. I would also take advantage
of teaching vocabulary, by trying to connect words to different movements, and exercises.
Work Cited
Olsson, A., Tbena, A., Siddha, C., & Nolan, S. (n.d.).
Physically oriented
learning meets vocabulary acquisition and motivation: how the ESL
classroom can combine with PE through cross-curricular
collaboration
. Diva-portal.org. Retrieved November 28, 2023, from
https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1731436/FULLTEXT02
Texas Administrative Code
. (n.d.). State.Tx.Us. Retrieved November 28,
2023, from https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.TacPage?
sl=R&app=9&p_dir=&p_rloc=&p_tloc=&p_ploc=&pg=1&p_tac=&ti
=19&pt=2&ch=89&rl=1226
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