The activity descriptions provided in this summary of ESOL infused activities or assignments are intended to provide you with information about how you meet the requirements to earn the ESOL endorsement as part of your initial certification degree. It thus concentrates on the ESOL component of the activity or assignment, and may not reflect all portions of each class assignment or activity. Carefully read through the entire assignment description in the associated course's syllabus to ensure that you fulfill all assignment requirements. If the Electronic Portfolio Assessment row indicates Yes, this means that you will upload this graded assignment to your online assessment account in LiveText/Via/Watermark/Student Learning and Licensure, etc.
| ESOL Endorsement Standards | 2.1, 2.3 |
| Activity Objective | To give candidates an opportunity to explore part of speeches in English. |
| Activity Description | Candidates will diagram and identify the parts of speech at the sentence level and complete two parts of speech exercises on ESL-focused websites. |
| ESOL-specific Reading(s) | Grabe, W. (2004). Research on teaching reading. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 24. doi: 10.1017/S0267190504000030 |
| Generic Syllabus URL | N/A |
| Detailed Assignment Description URL | N/A |
| Electronic Portfolio Assessment | NO |
| ESOL Endorsement Standards | 2.1, 2.3 |
| Activity Objective | To identify the errors in spoken English. |
| Activity Description | Transcribe each sentence from recording. Then identify any error that you have noticed. Be specific about what is wrong and correct the sentence replacing the error with the correct structure. |
| ESOL-specific Reading(s) | Grabe, W. (2004). Research on teaching reading. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 24. doi: 10.1017/S0267190504000030 |
| Generic Syllabus URL | N/A |
| Detailed Assignment Description URL | N/A |
| Electronic Portfolio Assessment | YES |
| ESOL Endorsement Standards | 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 |
| Activity Objective | To identify prescriptive and descriptive language. |
| Activity Description | To identify standard English and non-standard English. |
| ESOL-specific Reading(s) | Grabe, W. (2004). Research on teaching reading. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 24. doi: 10.1017/S0267190504000030 |
| Generic Syllabus URL | N/A |
| Detailed Assignment Description URL | N/A |
| Electronic Portfolio Assessment | NO |
| ESOL Endorsement Standards | 2.1, 2.3 |
| Activity Objective | To give candidates an opportunity to explore phrasal verbs in English. |
| Activity Description | Candidates will learn what constitutes a phrasal verb, why it is a difficult grammar item for ELLs, and write a dialogue using common phrasal verbs. |
| ESOL-specific Reading(s) | N/A |
| Generic Syllabus URL | N/A |
| Detailed Assignment Description URL | N/A |
| Electronic Portfolio Assessment | YES |
| ESOL Endorsement Standards | 2.1, 2.3 |
| Activity Objective | The objective is to use minimal pairs to help ELLs recognize and distinguish between two similar sounds. |
| Activity Description | Choose the sounds that you want to contrast. Any pair of sounds can be contrasted, but it¡¯s better to choose sounds that are similar in a way that makes them potentially troublesome for learners.For each pair of contrasting sounds, choose 2 example pairs that focus on those sounds. |
| ESOL-specific Reading(s) | N/A |
| Generic Syllabus URL | N/A |
| Detailed Assignment Description URL | N/A |
| Electronic Portfolio Assessment | NO |
| ESOL Endorsement Standards | 2.3 |
| Activity Objective | To give candidates an opportunity to use phonetics/phonology principles in the analysis of English language samples. |
| Activity Description | Task 1a: Use IPA symbols to identify the initial sound in the following words. After that, identify the manner of articulation for each initial sound. Task 1b: Use IPA symbols to identify the final sound in the following words. After that, identify the place of articulation for each final sound. Task 2a: Transcribe the following words/sentence from English into IPA. Task 2b: Transcribe the following sentences from IPA into English. |
| ESOL-specific Reading(s) | http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/american-english/ |
| Generic Syllabus URL | N/A |
| Detailed Assignment Description URL | N/A |
| Electronic Portfolio Assessment | NO |
| ESOL Endorsement Standards | 2.3 |
| Activity Objective | Candidates will become familiar with and apply research related to literacy development for ELLs. |
| Activity Description | Students will complete one article review on literacy development related to ELL students. The article will be provided by your instructor and posted on our website for your convenience. If you work in pairs, please make sure you discuss each topic with your partner for this assignment, which will enrich your views and allow for a better exchange of ideas. |
| ESOL-specific Reading(s) | N/A |
| Generic Syllabus URL | N/A |
| Detailed Assignment Description URL | N/A |
| Electronic Portfolio Assessment | NO |
| ESOL Endorsement Standards | 2.1, 2.3 |
| Activity Objective | To give candidates an opportunity to identify and analyze various types of reading and writing processes employed in authentic literacy materials. |
| Activity Description | Candidates will review two different textbooks for this assignment. Four books will be provided and will be available on the course website. Candidates should select two books for review from the four provided. For each book, candidates should provide the following information: Title, Author/s, Publisher, Date of publication, and your reaction to the textbook. In the reaction to the book, candidates explain why they like or dislike the book. If the books reviewed are READING books, determine if a Top-down or Bottom-up approach is used. If the books are WRITING books, determine if it uses a Product or Process approach. Candidates will write a 1-3 sentence explanation for EACH book, giving just the name of the book and why they think it uses that approach. |
| ESOL-specific Reading(s) | N/A |
| Generic Syllabus URL | N/A |
| Detailed Assignment Description URL | N/A |
| Electronic Portfolio Assessment | YES |