Assessing ELL Students | Origin: ED202
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Teaching English Language Learners --> Assessing ELL Students
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Establishing a baseline knowledge level is going to help prevent a lot of frustration both for you and the ELL student.
In one of the courses I teach, I am in the clinical setting (e.g., long-term care facility) with internationally educated registered nursing students. These students have received a nursing degree in another country and are now becoming acclimatized to our health care system in Canada. Some of these students adjust quickly as they may have worked elsewhere in the world, such as in Saudi whereby they spoke English in a health care environment. Other students seem to struggle to understand and sometimes even express themselves. I can see they know what they are doing but they might not be able to clearly express themselves. I have to take a step back and ask if what I am seeing is as was pointed out in this module, not fully grasping English.
Curious about alternative assessment strategies with ELL students being used in college programs yet when national board exams are written, no such accommodation occurs.
Materials used to assess the student's level of English proficiency should always be personalized to the student's current level of English. If not, it will not be able to acurately assess it.
For an ELL student, assessments in English are also assessments of English.
I should use a variety of evaluation methods—like observations, journals, and questionnaires—to get a fuller picture of their abilities and adjust my teaching based on their progress and needs.
This section of the module touched on the importance of assessments. As instructors, we need to make sure that we are not assessing students' English comprehension. Rather, we should determine what we are assessing and what is the goal and make sure that we provide accommodations, whether we are using a human reader, anecdotal records, or learning logs, to make sure that we are truly assessing our students abilities fairly.
Just as we use blended coursework online and in classroom, could not a test's questions be in the learner's native language and the answer in English?
Alternate assessments can provide instructors with a more complete picture of a student's abilities as he or she encounters reading materials. This provides a direct view of reading development in a variety of contexts. Alternate assessments go beyond traditional testing, as they evolve from regular classroom activities
ELL students need multiple form of evaluation.
You cn not make adjustments to all ELL students. You must individualize and make adjistments for the specific needs of a student
I Like the idea of making sure that all students are treated equally and that there are ways to help those that Are ELL students in a way that helps them achieve their goals.
Several different assesment factors are needed to accurately address the student's progress
This was a good module as the prior. I already incorporate these strategies. It is quite enjoyable to see the light bulb goes off. It takes patience on the instructor to be familiar with the challenges and incorporate strategic strategies that would lead to success. I often use myself as an example with English proficiency. I am not the best speaker, therefore you can accomplish this. I purposely mis speak where appropriate to demonstrate to them I still make mistakes. This seems to relax the mood. Lastly, I agree for all students it is important to create a safe environment for communication. I let the students know I am not here to grade their English grammar, but here to make sure they can understand the communication in order to know what to ask the patient who also may be an ESL individual.
I would like to see ESL students in nursing connected with each other, have a mentor from their same culture where they can hear similar stories and stories of successes.
What is a "conferring" assessment?
ELL students at times will need more time to comprehend the assignments, quizzes, and exams that are given to them. We need to remember that English is their second language.
The importance of a well balanced assessment throughout a course is a much fairer way to grade.
ASSESSMENT MATERIALS SHOULD MATCH PROFICIENCY LEVELS AND WE SHOULD UTILIZE TRANSLATION APPS AS NECESSARY.
ELL students testing should always be adjusted to the level of English proficiency. You will need to make accommodations for the student. Remember that it will take them more time to comprehend their assessment.
