SCRIPT QUESTION BANK DETAILED RESPONSES
◉ Structured English Immersion.
Answer: ELLs are taught subject matter in English by a content
licensed teacher who is also licensed in ESL or bilingual education.
The teacher is proficient in the first language of the student.
Students may use their native language for clarification, but the
teacher uses only English. NO ESL instruction is provided in this
model.
◉ Civil Rights Act.
Answer: No person based on national origin is denied the benefit of
federal funded programs
◉ Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Answer: -Various grants targeting specific populations called "titles".
-Title 3 is for language instruction for LEP and immigrant students.
◉ Equal Education Opportunities Act.
Answer: prohibits denying of equal educational opportunities based
on race, color, sex, or national origin.
, ◉ Lau V. Nichols.
Answer: ~Equal treatment doesn't mean providing students with
same facilities, textbooks, teachers and curriculums
~Equal learning opportunities means different enhanced/modified
approaches, materials, learning environment to meet learners needs
~Teach in English but 1st language is allowed
◉ Castaneda V. Pickard.
Answer: ~Texas school wasn't providing "Adequate instruction",
meaning ESL services based on research, evidence theory and
pedagogy, services implemented by trained teachers and
appropriate resources, and regular monitoring of program
effectiveness with action to modify programs if found ineffective
◉ Office of Civil Rights.
Answer: ~issued specific guidelines and mandates:
1 Qualified ESL teachers and evaluations of them
2 Criteria to exit students from ESL services
3 ESL students who qualify for sped
4ESL students who qualify for gt and other specialized programs.
◉ Plyler v. Doe.
Answer: Supreme court ruled that regardless of documentation and
citizen status, all children deserve free public education