Assessment of English Language Learners

Dr. Lorraine Valdez Pierce discusses effective classroom strategies for assessing English language learners.
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[@naaz4746]

Dr. Pierce is a very knowledgeable and educated professor in every aspect of assessing language learners. She is the author of many books and articles related to English learners Literacy assessment. I personally am very lucky to have her as my professor. Thank you Dr. Pierce🥰🥰🥰

[@aprendainglesozinho]

Wow so good. My favorite part? If we differentiate teaching, we should also differentiate testing.

[@thomassides3578]

Yes I agree with you. She is describing the challenges EL's face in learning English in terms of "distance" from English. I believe the point she's making is that when you examine various components of language such as alphabet, syntax, structure, etc., English is "easier" to learn if your native language is a romance language than if it's Arabic, or Chinese, or Russian, etc. Romance languages are "closer" to English than these other languages in that they share numerous similarities in their alphabets, syntax, structures, etc. She is NOT saying that English is a romance language.

[@aneiraurieta622]

Excellent Review and practical information to help ESL teacher to conduct assessment and consider cultural background in the elaboration and implementation of instruction!

[@kristenmahoney5131]

Thank you for posting such a informative information for the students still in school getting their teaching crediential. Thai information is very informative .

[@naaz4746]

FYI, for those who commented out of their lack of knowledge, Dr. Pierce is perfectly right. “Latin and Greek were the official languages of the Roman Empire. Latin was the original language of the Romans and remained the language of imperial administration, legislation, and the military throughout the classical period”. You ARE TGE ONE WHO SHOULD GO BACK TO SCHOOL DUDE👇

[@mathieubyron2038]

Although English borrows lexically from the Romance family, it is technically classified in the Germanic language family

[@abdullahalshehri9128]

Thanks for sharing this video

[@jessicaglass2308]

Well said Dr.

[@mariadepalma608]

I agree that assessments should be used to drive and direct instruction, not only to assess progress. Therefore assessment should be ongoing, not just at the end of instruction.

[@tomsides]

RE: "She says English is a romance language...untrue." If you review the video at 2:40, Dr. Pierce actually says, "..What we know is, the closer the language is to English, such as a Romance language, um, the easier it would be for that child to acquire the language. But, the more distance between their language (such as Russian, or Arabic or Turkish) ... the more distance there is between the written language and the spoken language and English, the more challenge there might be in learning the English language." So, what is she saying here? It appears that students who are literate in a Romance language (e.g., Spanish, Portugese, Italian) as their primary language might acquire English more readily than students who are literate in a non-romance language such as Russian, Arabic Turkish, because those languages share fewer similarities with English in terms of their alphabetic symbols, cognates, syntax, etc. She is not calling English a Romance language.

[@lld104]

+Tom Sides what she said is that a romance language is close to English than a language like Russian or Arabic or Turkish. I don't think she meant that English is a romance language.

[@ieltswithrohanwelikumbura3854]

Tom Sides she says that english is closer to romance languages

[@ignodan]

Extremely informative...Thank you!

[@juliesunnydaze]

Thanks for posting this

[@claudiavela6990]

Those who commented about English being a romance language, which she didn't say, go back and listen carefully.

[@Arkwith0]

Love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@mariasaenz8364]

The English Learners video was well presented and explained. Some of the topics were inappropriate assessment, cultural background and bias, classroom-based assessment and assessing children with disabilities.

[@elsayedeldedamony6251]

شكرا لكم تحياتي

[@bhansen418]

English is not a romance language, Dr. Valdez

[@BirgitDeubner]

She says that English is closer to Romance languages, not that it is a Romance language.

[@amoslai2000]

Depends....

[@CaptainB007]

Madam, Russian is part of the Indo-European family of languages. English is not Roman, but it is a Germanic language. Go back to school and take a refresher course. LOL!

[@BirgitDeubner]

Listen carefully to what she actually says: She says that English is closer to Romance languages, not that it is a Romance language. ;)

[@b3makinn]

She has a big face and skinny arms...