Definition-
“Students who are learning the language of
instruction (English) at the same time as they are learning the curriculum and
developing a full range of literacy skills”.
Who are they?
-Children who left their home countries due to a catastrophe or war and
come to Canada.
-Children separated from their parents
-No access to education in their home country
-Students who come on an international visa
-Students who come for school.
-Students who come for school.
·
Almost
29 per cent of elementary school students served by the Peel District School
Board need help with their English despite being born in Canada
·
The
board serves 87,807 elementary students in Peel region, west of Toronto. Of
those, the numbers suggest 39,062 need extra English
instruction.
·
50% of ELL students are in
grade 1
·
50
per cent of students are in ELL in Grade 1, that number drops to less than 39
per cent by the time they reach Grade 6 and 27 per cent by Grade 8.
· In Ontario schools, over
25 per cent of students are identified as English language learners, a
percentage according to Statistics Canada that will continue to increase in
years to come.
Canadian born English Language Learners
·
Students who are born in
Canada, but speak in languages other than English as their main language.
·
Hearing spoken language and
responding in English language
·
Students speak their native
language at home and in school, but then enroll into an English language
school.
Newcomers to Canada from other countries-
·
People who come from other
parts of the world, and who are in different stages of their education have different abilities in their academics.
· Between 2006 and 2011, around 1,162,900 foreign-born people immigrated to Canada.
· Three quarters (74.5%) of the foreign-born population were able to conduct a conversation in more than one language.
· Between 2006 and 2011, around 1,162,900 foreign-born people immigrated to Canada.
· Three quarters (74.5%) of the foreign-born population were able to conduct a conversation in more than one language.
I think it is a great idea to offer EA support to ELL. Especially in such a multicultural country like Canada. When my husband arrived here from Lebanon at age 9 he attended summer school for ESL and that was it. He went to school and was expected to pick up English and was laughed at, and put back a grade. I wonder what the drop out rate was for ESL students back then??
ReplyDeleteWe have come a long way in Canada in our approach to newcomers and how to support people who are English language learners. I have a friend whose parents are immigrants from Italy. When she was born 55 years ago, the nursing staff at the hospital didn't understand what her mom and dad were trying to say re: her name. So, they filled out the paperwork with the name they thought best for her. Her parents wanted to name her Genevieve and the nurses 'Canadianized' it to 'Jennie'. That is what was then put on her birth certificate and is the name that she has been called ever since.
ReplyDeleteThank you Elise and Melody for your first entry. I think that you did a great job identifying the prevalence of English language learners and some of the reasons why there are more English language learners in Ontario schools than ever before.
ReplyDeleteElise and Melody, I like the videos you included and how colourful the entry is. Lots of very important information is included for our benefit. great job guys!
ReplyDelete@Angela: totally agree with you! English Language Learners need a lot of support to succeed and each student's needs are unique due to the differences in life experiences. EA's to the rescue!!!!
ReplyDelete@Sandy: Genevieve is such a beautiful name! Language barrier is a very sad and frustrating experience.
Very informative ladies, nicely done. The complexity of the english language with words sounding the same and spelled differently, or spelled the same and sounding different and silent letters can be all too confusing. I give credit to any ELL student.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy watching all 3 videos!
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