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Purdue English Language Learner Language Portraits
Purdue English Language Learner Language Portraits (ELLLPS) aims to provide pre-service and in-service teachers and administrators with resources and tools to practice assessing the English language proficiency of students classified as English language learners (ELLs).
Overview
Welcome to the Purdue English Language Learner Language Portraits (Purdue ELLLPs)! The purpose of this site is to provide pre-service and in-service teachers and administrators with resources and tools to practice assessing the English language proficiency of students classified as English language learners (ELLs), and analyzing the results to inform effective language and content-area instruction. A “language portrait” for each of the ELL-classified students featured on this site includes a brief introduction and the following language samples in the domains of listening, speaking, reading and writing:
- A video excerpt of an oral presentation
- A video excerpt of an interview
- A video excerpt of a read aloud of one or more texts
- Students’ answers to reading comprehension questions for each text
- One or more writing samples (unedited)
ELL Language Portraits
Student Anonymity
All students featured in the Purdue ELLLPs are real students classified as ELLs. However, to help protect and maintain student anonymity, names have been changed, school and district names are not used, and some minor details about the students have been changed.
Assessment Tools
Assessment Tools
The following tools are provided for users to assess and analyze the students’ English language proficiency. These forms may be downloaded, completed, and saved or printed:
- Student Oral Language Observation Matrix-Revised (SOLOM-R) and Evaluation Form
- Analytic Writing Rubric and Evaluation Form
- Running Record and Evaluation Form (reading assessment)
Users are also welcome to use rubrics, tools, or forms that are used within their own schools and states to assess ELL students’ English language proficiency.
Project Growth
Ongoing Development
The Purdue ELLLPs will continue to grow as additional ELL Language Portraits are collected and added to the site. We hope to build up this site to be inclusive of the wide range of ELL-classified students in terms of gender, age, grade level, English language proficiency level, ethnicities, and home languages, as well as different types of ELLs including newcomers, long-term ELLs, students with interrupted formal education (SIFE), refugee students, gifted and talented, special education, international exchange students, etc. We also plan on providing video examples of effective instruction with ELLs. If you are willing to assist in contributing ELL Language Portraits to the Purdue ELLLPs, please let us know!
Our Team
The Purdue ELLLPs is made possible through the support of the English Language Learning (ELL) program and the Learning Design and Technology (LDT) program in the Department of Curriculum & Instructions in the College of Education at Purdue University.
- Videography and Website Development: Rudy Rico and Jieun Lim (LDT Program)
- Content and Website Development: Marquetta Strait and Rudy Rico (LDT Program)
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