5 PRINCIPLES FOR SUCCEEDING WITH ADOLESCENT ENGLISH LEARNER

5 PRINCIPLES FOR SUCCEEDING WITH ADOLESCENT ENGLISH LEARNER

1. 1. Sustain academic rigor

   • Promote deep disciplinary knowledge
   • Engage students in generative disciplinary concepts and skills
   • Engage students in generative cognitive skills (H.O.T.)

2. 2. Hold hight expectations

   • Engage students in tasks that provide high challenge and high support
   • Engage students (and teachers) in the development of their own expertise
   • Make criteria for quality work clear to all

3. 3. Engage students in quality interactions

   • Engage students in sustained interactions with teacher and peers
   • Focus interactions on the construction of knowledge

4. 4. Sustain a language focus

   • Promote language learning in meaningful contexts
   • Promote disciplinary language use
   • Amplify rather tan simplipy communications
   • Address specific language issues judiciously

5. 5. Develop quality curriculum

   • Structure opportunities to scaffold learning, incorporating all the goals.

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