First steps in ESOL identification and language teaching strategies

ESOL

What is the first step in getting a child identified as in need of ESOL services?

The first step in identifying students with limited English proficiency is to screen all students from a non-English language background" whose main language is not English, where English is not spoken in the home as the primary language, or who speak a language other than English in most of their daily social interactions ("Step One: Identification." State of Vermont: Education, 1994).

Explain what the difference is between Deep Culture and Surface Culture. Give 3 examples of each.

Deep culture relates to "the non-tangible aspects of culture such as feelings, emotions, attitudes and rules for interaction. They are not seen at the surface level and they are not taught," while surface culture is merely "the visible aspects of culture such as food art, dress, holidays, language," or what one might call the trappings of culture and cultural difference ("ESL Terminology," ESL Terms, University of Vermont, 2007).

What are stereotypes and why are they dangerous?

Stereotypes are preconceived notions about how someone should look, think, or act based upon their membership in an ethnic, religious, racial, or other type of social group. Stereotypes have proven dangerous because they prevent communication, create barriers the mutual recognition of humanity between individuals of different groups, and have been used to justify violence, or the denial rights and opportunities to certain individuals