The Language Acquisition post will look at different language related topics.
What’s the most important thing I should know about the ELL/English B students I teach?
Who they are! It is essential to know which of the non-native students in your class are ELL/English B students and what level they are at. This will give you some idea how much English they know and will help you to have realistic expectations of what they will be able to understand and do in your lessons.
Making a list of the ELL/English B students (with their respective level) is a good way to identify these students. It is also useful to note the name of the ELL/English B teacher . This can facilitate the liaison that is a very important aspect of our joint effort to support ELL/English B students as effectively as possible.
At the right hand side of the Teacher Portal page of Veracross there is a link “My Students- ELL and English B”
In grades 1 to 5 students who are beginner English language learners are placed in “ELL”
In the MYP programme students are in either EngBP3,4 or 6 (details of each level will follow)
In the DP programme, weaker English language learners are in EngB HL, more competent ones Eng A Lang/Lit.