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Proficiency StandardsOn March 19, 2008, the Virginia Board of Education adopted as the English language proficiency (ELP) standards developed by the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium as the statewide ELP standard for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Floyd County ESL teacher uses the WIDA ELP Standards as a basis for providing services to ELLs.The WIDA Consortium has developed the following English language proficiency (ELP) standards for LEP students in PreK-12:The 2020 Edition presents a new supporting organization for the WIDA ELD Standard Statements, along with additional resources.Visit the WIDA website for additional information about the WIDA ELP Standards.
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Visual Supports/Dictionary Translators
ESOL HELP - Online picture dictionary
Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon - Authentic images for language learning
English Page - Free online English lessons & ESL resources
Word Reference - Virtual dictionaries for non-English language pairs
Forvo - Pronunciation of all the words in the world
2Lingual - Get Google search results in two languages
ESL Teacher Blog - Sentence starters and other instructional resources for teachers of ELs
Reading in Dual Languages
MisCostias - Resources for teaching and learning English
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Assisted Writing
Pic-lits - Utilizes photography and keyworkds to improve literacy skills via writing