Domain I – Language Concepts and Language Acquisition
Domain II – ESL Instruction and Assessment
Domain III – Foundations of ESL Education, Cultural Awareness, and Family and Community Involvement
Domain I – Linguistic
Competency 1 – Concepts
Competency 2 – Acquisiton
Domain II – Cognitive
Competency 3 – Methods
Competency 4 – Communications
Competency 5 – Literacy
Competency 6 – Content
Competency 7 – Assessment
Domain III – Affective
Competency 8 – Foundation
Competency 9 – Multicultural
Competency 10 – Involvement
Language
Language is systematic and generative; it’s a set of arbitrary vocal or visual symbol that have conventioalized meaning; it’s used for communication; it operates in a speech community or culture; it’s essentially human and has universal characteristics.
(Adapted from Douglas Brown, 1987)
ESL CONNECTION
Teachers’ understanding of language features and use
will deteremine to a large extent
the teaching of a second language.
ESL CONNECTION#2
An English language learner has to combine
Grammatical Competence with the knowledge of
how to use grammatical structures appropriately
in the second language.
Registers
e.g. , functions and use of social and academic language
Language proficiency
listening, speaking, reading, and writing
Structure of language
e.g., word formation, grammar, and sentence structure
