Academic and Other Specific Purposes Resource Page

This page complements the book, The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners: Academic and Other Specific Purposes. Organized by book chapter, these additional materials and resources can help you learn more about the 6 Principles and how to implement them in your classroom, program, or school. For the purposes of a book study group or self-reflection, discussion questions for each chapter are also provided.

For additional resources and information on The 6 Principles, please visit The Principles and Products pages.

From the Foreword

Chapter 1. Teaching English for Specific Purposes with The 6 Principles

Learn about TESOL’s PK-12 Teacher Education Program Standards and the associated CAEP (Commission for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation) Standards:

• TESOL/CAEP Standards for P-12 Teacher Education Programs
• The CAEP Standards

The 6 Principles Quick Overview:

 Discussion Questions for Chapter 1

Chapter 2. What Teachers Should Know about English Language Development to Plan Instruction

Video on the Three-Part Challenge:
 


TESOL Pre-K-12 English Language Proficiency Standards:

View the framework for the standards HERE and learn more about TESOL’s PreK-12 standards HERE.

Video on Proficiency in a New Language:
 


 The Types of Words to Learn:

• High frequency words
• Sight words
• General academic words
• Content vocabulary commonly used in the elementary grades

Video on Translanguaging:
 

Discussion Questions for Chapter 2

Chapter 3. Teaching with The 6 Principles for Academic and Other Specific Purposes

The following links are resources mentioned in Chapter 3 that can help with implementing the 6 Principles in the classroom.

• Colorín Colorado
• English Learner Tool Kit
• Home Language Survey Data Quality Self-Assessment
• The GO TO Strategies: Scaffolding Options for Teachers of English Language Learners, K-12
  
  

  Discussion Questions for Chapter 3

Chapter 4. Establishing a Culture of Shared Responsibility

The following links are resources mentioned in the chapter that can help teachers incorporate the 6 Principles in their roles outside the classroom.

• Seal of Biliteracy
• Special Education and ELLs: Recommended Resources
• Engaging ELL Families: 20 Strategies for School Leaders
• Federal regulations regarding the obligations of school districts to provide interpretation and translations
• Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS)
  
  

This Colorín Colorado guide gives educators strategies and resources for supporting immigrant English learners and their families.

 Discussion Questions for Chapter 4

Chapter 5. The 6 Principles in Different EAP, EPP, and EOP Program Contexts

The following links are resources mentioned in Chapter 5.

School Principals and Assistant Principals

How You Can Help to Fulfill Principle 1: Know Your Learners

• Making Your First ELL Home Visit: A Guide for Classroom Teachers

How You Can Help Your School to Fulfill Principle 2: Create Conditions for Learning

• Talking Points
• Seal of Biliteracy
• ELL Laws & Regulations
• Know Your ELLs’ Rights: A Quick Federal Law Review
• Schools' Civil Rights Obligations to English Learner Students and Limited English Proficient Parents
• Empowering English Learners as Assets

Best Practices in Working with Translators and Interpreters

• Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services (BRYCS), Interpretation/Translation in the Schools (n.d.)
• Minnesota Department of Education, Working with Interpreters and Translators (2009) - (PDF Download)
• Australian Psychological Association, Working with Interpreters: A Practice Guide for Psychologists (2013)
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Collaborating with Interpreters

How You Can Help Your School to Fulfill Principle 5: Monitor and Assess Student Language Development

• Using Informal Assessments for English Language Learners

District Curriculum Directors

How You Can Help Your District to Fulfill Principle 1: Know Your Learners

• How to Support ELL Students with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFEs)
• Supporting English Language Learners with Limited Prior Schooling

How You Can Help Your District to Fulfill Principle 3: Design High Quality Lessons for Language Development

• Language Objectives: The Key to Effective Content Area Instruction for English Learners
• See video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VLJ6lzi0s for how to identify language objectives.
• See video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgbUFtQZtLs for how to write language objectives.

Special Education Directors and Gifted and Talented Program Directors

How You Can Help Your District to Fulfill Principle 1: Know Your Learners

• Developing a Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Approach to Response to Instruction & Intervention (RtI²) for English Language Learners

How You Can Help Your District to Fulfill Principle 5: Monitor and Assess Student Language Development

• The Over- and Under-Identification of ELLs in Special Education
• Addressing ELLs’ Language Learning and Special Education Needs: Questions and Considerations
• Tools and Resources For Addressing English Learners With Disabilities

Reading Specialists or Instructional Coaches How You Can Help Your District or School Fulfill

How You Can Help Your District or School Fulfill Principle 2: Create Conditions for Learning

• The Multiliteracy Project
• Identity Texts
• Identity Texts and Academic Achievement: Connecting the Dots in Multilingual School Contexts
• Lee & Low Books
• Del Sol Books

How You Can Help Your District or School Fulfill Principle 3: Design High Quality Lessons for Language Development

• The Home Language: An English Language Learner's Most Valuable Resource
• Teaching for Cross-Language Transfer in Dual Language Education: Possibilities and Pitfalls
• Empowering ELL Parents & Families at Home
• See all segments of the “Original Interview” by Pat Mora Videos on Colorin Colorado at meet Pat Mora, especially the segments “missing heritage”; “a vein of gold”, “partnering with Latino parents” and “Reaching out to Latino families”. Also available at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoU659hwTdDZtR24qbg8nGkwqW4oBfsXG

How You Can Help Your District or School Fulfill Principle 4: Adapt Lesson Delivery as Needed to Topic or Learner

• Bridges Program
• Bridges New ELA: Supporting SIFE with Low Literacy in the Home Language

How You Can Help Your District or School Fulfill Principle 6: Engage and Collaborate Within a Community of Practice

• Improving Education for English Learners: Research-Based Approaches

Librarians and Media Specialists

How You Can Help Your District or School Fulfill Principle 1: Know Your Learners

• The Importance of Diversity in Library Programs and Material Collections for Children
• Librarians

Guidance Counselors, Social Workers, and School Psychologists School Principals and Assistant Principals

How You Can Help Your District or School Fulfill Principle 1: Know Your Learners

• Communicating Cross-Culturally: What Teachers Should Know

Resources to Support Undocumented Families and DACA Youth

• ACLU of Arizona
• Harvard Graduate School of Education
• National Immigration Law Center
• Teaching Tolerance

 Discussion Questions for Chapter 5

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Appendix A

  Self-Assessment: The 6 Principles Checklist for Teachers  

Additional Content & Resources

  Glossary

 References and Further Reading


FREE Session Recording: The 6 Principles in Action
Presenters: Deborah Short; Helene Becker; Andrea Hellman; Nancy Cloud; Linda New Levine
Recorded at the TESOL 2018 International Convention & English Language Expo in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
 The 6 Principles in Action Presentation Slides


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