1. English is used to communicate for a variety of purposes in social, cultural and academic settings
• Acquire knowledge
• Adapting their oral and written expression and visual images to their specific purpose (e.g., to learn, convince, analyze, entertain, and share ideas)
• Listening and viewing reflectively and critically
2. English language strategies* support academic achievement in content areas through
• Transfer knowledge (about content, language, and text structures) gained from reading, speaking, listening and/or writing to the content area
• Asking questions, examining problems and considering ideas that focus on issues and interests
• Finding, evaluating, summarizing, and synthesizing information from a variety of sources and perspectives
*(Strategies such as activating and/or building background knowledge, questioning, predicting, making connections, interacting with other readers and writers, using their awareness of graphics, text features, media techniques and genre characteristics; and employing their knowledge of sounds and letters, sentence and language structure, spelling, punctuation, and figurative language).
3. English language proficiency requires effective listening, speaking, reading, and writing
• Comprehend, interpret, evaluate, analyze and appreciate print and non-print texts
• Transfer knowledge (about content, language, and text structures) gained from reading, speaking, listening and writing
• Create print and non-print texts for different audiences and purposes
• Write effectively using the writing process: (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing and publishing)
• Seeking information from print and non-print resources, online databases, and appropriate internet sites
• Sharing the findings in presentations appropriate to the purpose and audience
• Documenting sources and respecting intellectual property
4. US schools and culture have structure, resources, procedures and acceptable behavior
• Meet personal, workplace and societal needs as critical and creative thinkers
• Develop understanding of United States and world cultures, historical and literary time periods and a variety of fiction and nonfiction genres
• Gain understanding of human experience
• Recognizing and respecting the various dialects and speech patterns used within diverse regions and cultures, ethnic and social groups. |
