Effective Instruction for EBs

1. The terms Emergent Bilingual (EB) and English Learner (EL) are opposites.

• TRUE

• FALSE

2. What initiates the EB identification process is the ...

• Parent permission form

• LPAC Meeting

• Home Language Survey

• Language Proficiency Assessment

4. The Language Proficiency and Asessment Committee (LPAC) must include the following members (select 3)

• LPAC Campus Administrator

• School Nurse

• Parent Representative

• ESL or Bilingual Certified Teacher

• Diagnostician

6. In the state of Texas, TEKS are required standards for school curriculum and ELPS are highly suggested as supplemental standards for language development.

• TRUE

• FALSE

7. English Langauge Proficiency Standards (ELPS) are (select all that apply)...

• Required by the Texas Education Code

• Not grade specific

• Focused on Linguistic Skills

• Increase in difficulty level as they progress down the list.

8. Ellevation is not only utilized for LPAC meetings. Teachers can use Ellevation to gather important information about their EBs such as ELL status, linguistic accommodations, previous TELPAS scores, among other.

• TRUE

• FALSE

9. The Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLDs) describe linguistic growth of EBs across levels of English proficiency and are aligned to both the ELPS and TELPAS.

• TRUE

• FALSE