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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Lesson Planning with the ELL in Mind by Arizona State University

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About the Course

In this course you will learn how to design lesson plans around the needs of your ELL students and their language level through the analysis of content language and cognitive demands. You will learn how to align language objectives to the adopted standards of your school and content area.  You will learn how to modify existing course materials as well as develop graphic organizers and languages frames to support ELLs’ access to content.  Analysis of second language acquisition theories will be applied to lesson planning. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: * Conceptualize theories of second language acquisition as they apply to the planning of lessons through annotation * Assess the linguistic needs of your students using BICS and CALP * Identify content specific vocabulary, grammatical structures, and language functions necessary for a student to succeed in your classroom * Write language learning outcomes that align to your student’s linguistic and cognitive ability and your school’s adopted standards * Adapt a lesson plan that accomplishes the learning outcomes outlined in the lesson objectives * Modify materials to support ELLs’ access to content * Use a wide variety of graphic organizer templates and language frames to support ELLs’ access to content * Develop activity types appropriate to the cognitive and linguistic abilities of ELLs * Incorporate community and culture into lesson planning...

Top reviews

DN

May 11, 2018

This course was excellent professional development. As a Science teacher, it helped me understand how I can incorporate English language instruction into my lesson plans.

MM

Feb 8, 2019

I had a lot of realizations regarding the construction in lesson planning. I think I need to reflect on how to somehow adapt this in teaching my learners.

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By Hanna S

Dec 28, 2021

Thank you! It helped a lot! Now I know where to start.

By Prasolova S I

Jan 27, 2016

Very interesting! I am enjoying taking this course!

By Anari E D

Aug 13, 2016

Highly recommended. I really enjoy this course

By Sóstenes F d S

Feb 23, 2016

oh my God this course it is verry good!

By Rafael M C D

Dec 3, 2015

Marvellous course! Highly recommended!

By Yingjie Y

Dec 11, 2015

Very clear presentation by Ellen

By Abdelhak E O

Nov 22, 2019

very good, highly recommended

By Vu T

Jan 6, 2016

This is an excellent course!

By Phạm Đ T

Nov 3, 2021

Such an amazing course!

By JAVERIA R

Jun 10, 2022

Excellent resources!!!

By Evgeniya L

Jan 7, 2016

really worth studing

By ebrahim d

Nov 11, 2023

Great and Thank You

By Susan D

Dec 4, 2015

Fantastic Course!

By Salah M A A

Nov 17, 2022

great course

By Kendra H

Aug 28, 2022

Exceptional!

By Tetiana V

May 5, 2016

Very useful!

By lissette G

Mar 2, 2020

I LOVE IT!

By pilar

May 10, 2016

excellent!

By Andrés F A L

Dec 2, 2020

Excellent

By Veda M

Mar 8, 2016

Fantastic

By Zakaria G

Apr 3, 2018

super

By gayathri g

Oct 31, 2020

good

By Christopher M

Jun 15, 2017

Very interesting. The lecturers did a good job making the course engaging with review exercises after every one or two video clips. The clips are short enough that you don't fall asleep and the resources for additional reading are relevant . I like the practical tips on how to adapt a text and how to scaffold to make a task more achievable for learners. The bit sized chunks with regular reviews means you can take a few days off and come back to the course when you have free time. My only gripe is the MCQ tests. Some of the questions are ambiguous and it would be helpful if we could have the model answers with explanations so that we could learn from our mistakes. After 3 failed attempts you can't retake the test for 7 or so hours. It's been the toughest MOOC I've done so far but I managed to get through it.

By Vanessa R

Jul 2, 2020

This is a great course, but I would've liked to have seen discussion prompts. Also, the optional assignment should be a required assignment; no one's ever reviewed mine, while I haven't been able to review anyone else's since nobody's posting. It's this experience that makes me think students taking this class are just in it for the certificate, not any actual learning; for me, it's all about learning, but, with learning, one needs feedback. As a result, I feel less prepared if I ever do get the chance to teach.

By Tawny L

Dec 6, 2021

There are quite a few broken links within this course and the volume levels are bad at times, but there are some useful, practical tips to help ELL students within the classroom.