GOALS FOR ESL LEARNERS

Goal 1: To Use English to Communicate in Social Settings (Standards for Goal 1)

Students will:
1. Use English to participate in social interaction
2. Interact in, through, and with spoken and written English for personal expression and enjoyment
3. Use learning strategies to extend their communicative competence

Goal 2: To Use English to Achieve Academically in all Content Areas (Standards for Goal 2)
Students will:
1. Use English to interact in the classroom
2. Use English to obtain, process, construct, and provide subject matter information in spoken and written
form
3. Use appropriate learning strategies to construct and apply academic knowledge

Goal 3: To Use English in Socially and Culturally Appropriate Ways (Standards for Goal 3)
Student will:
1. Use the appropriate language variety, register, and genre according to audience, purpose, and setting
2. Use nonverbal and communication appropriate to audience, purpose, and setting
3. Use appropriate learning strategies to extend their sociolinguistic and sociocultural competence

NEW STANDARDS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS---ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

E1. Reading
E1a Read at least twenty-five books of the quality and complexity illustrated in the simple reading list.
E1b Read and comprehend at least four books on the same subject, or by the same author, or in the same
genre.
E1c Read and comprehend informational materials.
E1d Read aloud fluently.

E2. Writing
E2a Produce a report of information.
E2b Produce a response to literature.
E2c Produce a narrative account (fictional or autobiographical).
E2d Produce a narrative procedure.

E3. Speaking, Listening, and Viewing

E3a Participate in one-to-one conferences with the teacher.
E3b Participate in group meetings.
E3c Prepare and deliver an individual presentation.
E3d Make informed judgments about TV, radio, and film.

E4. Conventions, Grammar, Usage of the English Language

E4a Demonstrate a basic understanding of rules of the English language in written and oral work.
E4b Analyze and subsequently revise work to improve its clarity and effectiveness.

E5. Literature
E5a Respond to non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and drama using interpretive and critical processes.
E5b Produce work in at least one literary genre that follow the conventions of the genre.