Over the past two years, I have been working towards my National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification in English as a New Language – Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood.
Electronic Portfolio SubMISSION: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
At 6:34 am on this Memorial Day Saturday, I completed my electronic submission. Yay, Me!
- Entry 1: Assessment: 14 page essay + 20 pages of student work
- Entry 2: Scaffolding: 14 page essay + 15 minute video
- Entry 3: Interaction: 14 page essay + 15 minute video (passed in 2012 through Take One!)
- Entry 4: Professional Accomplishment: 25 pages of writing and documentation + 2 page reflective summary
The Examination
Well, I just have a 6-essays-in-3-hours assessment center exam to complete on Saturday, June 29 that will test my knowledge of: “the relationship of language domains in the English Language”;
Domains of English Language Development
the linguisitic structure of English (phonology, vocabulary, grammar, and discourse) in planning instruction;
Hook Model of Processes Involved in Reading and Writing, including phonology, vocabulary, grammar (which encompasses morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics, and pragmatics), and discourse
factors influencing second language acquisition and strategies that can enhance second language acquistion“; “academic language associated with concepts common to curriculum”; “description of performance objectives designed to develop students’ knowledge of academic language”, adaptation of text and identification of content goals and supplemental resources for text; and definitions of terms related to English as a New Language and their instructional implications.
Lightbown, P. M., Spada, N., Ranta, L., & Rand, J. (2006). How languages are learned (Vol. 2). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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