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* From Teaching to Learning
CALLAIntegrating Strategies
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*Academic Needs of English Language Learners
•Develop academic vocabulary
•Read to acquire new information
•Understand information presented orally
•Participate in classroom discussions
•Write to communicate their knowledge and ideas
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*My students say….
*that the best way to improve English is by :
* listening to the language from different contexts
* reading from different sources
*talking about topics that they can relate to
*searching for answers to their concerns
*reacting to different learning situations from
their own perspective.
*sharing with others their talents and interests6/28/2012
“Shifting the focus from teaching to learning”
* Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach
(CALLA)
The Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA) is an instructional model for second and foreign language learners based on cognitive theory and research. CALLA
integrates instruction in priority topics from the
content curriculum develops the language skills needed for
learning in school focuses on explicit instruction using learning strategies for academic tasks.
The goals of CALLA are for students to learn essential academic content and language and to become independent and self-regulated learners through their increasing command over a variety of strategies for learning in school.
CALLA can be used in ESL, EFL, bilingual, foreign language, and general education classrooms.
CALLA
The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success p. 16 ©2005 Chamot & Robbins
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• Developing abilities to work successfully with others in a social context
• Learning through hands-on, inquiry-based, and cooperative learning tasks
• Increasing motivation for academic learning and confidence in their ability to be successful in school
• Evaluating their own learning and planning how to become more effective and independent learners
• Valuing their own prior knowledge and cultural experiences
• Learning the content knowledge and the language skills
• Developing language awareness and critical literacy
• Selecting and using appropriate learning strategies and study skills
CALLA's principal objectives are to assist students in:
Dr E. Lugo Morales 6 6/28/2012The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success p. 16 ©2005 Chamot & Robbins
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* The Cognitive Academic Language Learning ApproachThe CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success p. 16 ©2005 Chamot & RobbinsCognitive-Social
Learning
Authentic Learning
Academic Language
Learning Strategies
Social context and interaction
Linked to student’s prior experiential and cultural knowledge
Language development
through content across
all curriculum areas
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* Integrating Content, Language, and Learning Strategies
PREPARATION
PRESENTATION
PRACTI CE
EVALUATI ON
EXPANSI ON
CALLA’S FI VE PHASES
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success p. 16 ©2005 Chamot & Robbins
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*Preparation
• Provide overview and objectives
• Elicit students’ prior knowledge
• Develop vocabulary
• Help students make connections
• Remind students to use the learning strategies they know
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success p. 16 ©2005 Chamot & Robbins
Dr E. Lugo Morales
The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL
Student Success p. 16 ©2005 Chamot &
Robbins
*Presentation
• Address different learning preferences
• Model reading and writing processes explicitly
• Explain learning strategies
• Discuss connections to students’ prior knowledge
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success p. 16 ©2005 Chamot & Robbins
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*Practice
• Use interactive activities
• Use authentic content and language tasks
• Ask students to use learning strategies
6/28/2012The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success p. 16 ©2005 Chamot & Robbins
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*Evaluation
• Student metacognition
• Self-assessment
• Teachers evaluate students’ achievement
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The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success p. 16 ©2005 Chamot & Robbins
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*Expansion
• Students apply what they have learned to their own lives
• Students extend their understanding to other content areas
• Students relate new information to their own experience
6/28/2012The CALLA Model: Strategies for ELL Student Success p. 16 ©2005 Chamot & Robbins
