Instruction
Integrated Instruction in Disciplinary Language and Content: Instruction occurs in a mixed setting of ELs and Non-Els. Elementary master schedules include 60 minutes per day/300 minutes per week of Integrated English Language Delivery (ELD) time for all EL students. Secondary master schedules include 50 minutes per day/250 minutes per week of Integrated ELD time for all EL students. Academic language includes the oral and written language components necessary for success in school. Teachers can support students to develop discipline-specific academic language by focusing on the text types typically used in that content area along with the register choices that professionals in the field make when they speak and write. In order to develop formal academic English and disciplinary literacy, students need to understand and use content-specific language practices. Therefore, teachers need to make the language of their content more transparent for students by planning for instruction that integrates language and literacy development with content learning. As such, educators use content standards and materials along with the English Language Proficiency Standards to teach disciplinary language. When designing instruction, teachers will need to take into consideration the English language proficiency level of their EL students and include differentiated linguistic supports dependent on the students’ proficiency levels.
Targeted and Explicit Language Instruction: Targeted English Language Delivery (ELD) refers to instruction that specifically focuses on the language skills, knowledge, and abilities of a group of EL students ONLY, based on proficiency level, that will allow those students to engage in content learning in English. Specifically, Targeted ELD is an opportunity to support EL students to develop the discourse practices, grammatical structures, and vocabulary necessary for successful participation in academic tasks across the content areas. Elementary master schedules include 60 minutes per day/300 minutes per week of targeted ELD time for all EL students. Secondary master schedules include 50 minutes per day/250 minutes per week of Targeted ELD time for all EL students Effective targeted ELD instruction builds into and from content area instruction and can serve to maintain the rigor of content instruction and build EL students’ confidence as they learn content in English. As a result of high-quality targeted ELD instruction, EL students will make connections and transfer language skills into core classes. Targeted ELD instruction should be designed by language proficiency level in order to meet each student's individual strengths and needs. Targeted ELD instruction cannot replace any core instruction (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies).
