CH1DiversityinUSppt：.ppt

diversity in US * Diversity in America TESOL CH 1 CH 4 Dr. Schneider diversity in US * OUTLINE Shifts in student populations Language distributions At-risk populations Ideas for teachers to nurture, celebrate and challenge ELLs Ideas for schools to enhance ELLs’ success in academics ELL characteristics diversity in US * Shifts in student populations Based on 2003-2004 results: Enrollment of ELLs in K-12 nationwide: over 5 million Equals 10% of entire student population K-12 Almost 70% increase since 1997-98 Equals a growing rate of ELLs of over 9 percent each year 25 states reported an ELL increase of 50% or more between 2004 and 1997 diversity in US * Shifts in student populations Greatest increases in the following states: NC (84%) SC (128%) Georgia (210%) Wisconsin (75%) States with largest ELL enrollments that contribute to about 75% of nationwide enrollments of ELLs: California Texas Florida New York diversity in US * Language distribution According to 2002-2003 data: Of all enrolled ELLs Spanish spoken by 76% Vietnamese spoken by 2.4% Hmong spoken by 1.8% Korean spoken by 1.2% Arabic spoken by 1.2% Haitian Creole spoken by 1.1% Chinese (mandarin other): 1% Russian spoken by 0.9% Navajo : 0.9 diversity in US * At-risk populations ELLs are at-risk for failing in the school system for various reasons: New culture and new language and now content instruction Lack of prior schooling in L1 culture Lack of parent involvement in education Ethnic peer group pressure diversity in US * At-risk populations SECONDARY ED: ELLs missed more than 2 years of schooling (Ruiz de Velasco Fix, 2002): In High school, 20% In Middle School, 12% More than 33% of all 15-17 year old Latino students are enrolled below grade level (Jamieson, Curry, Martinez, 2001) Immigrant and migrant children (in 2002: 829,00 nationwide) 50% complete high school (Ruiz de Velasco et al., 2000) diversity in US * Teacher Support for ELLs Study ELLs’ cultures Integrate cultural info related t