English Language Development

English Language Development (ELD)

Students may read proficiently in their primary language, while others may have gaps in their primary language foundational skills. All students, however, can draw upon the knowledge of language and literacy they have in their primary language (ie: oral language skills, cognition, reading comprehension skills, fluent decoding abilities) to inform their English language learning. Students with established native language literacy and knowledge can transfer these skills and knowledge to English with appropriate instructional support.

Goals for ELD high school students:

Building students' abilities to engage in a variety of collaborative discussions about academic content and texts.
Developing students' academic vocabularies and grammatical understandings.

Building students' metalinguistic awareness in order to support close reading and writing of different text types.
Building students' ability to write coherent and cohesive academic texts in English.