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    Sayyidah Cahyani Bilandari (18716251041) PBI-B (Graduate Program)

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    This article proposes implementing a functional ESL curriculum in elementary schools to help non-English speaking students learn academic English. Currently, ESL programs only teach social English and do not address the language needed to understand school subjects taught in English. The proposed curriculum would teach students the vocabulary and language concepts used in core content areas at their grade level. This would help close the gap between ESL students' English proficiency and that of native English speakers. The article provides suggestions for teachers on incorporating academic language practices into their ESL lessons, such as using content area vocabulary in exercises and ensuring activities mirror assignments in mainstream classrooms. While this functional curriculum approach could enhance ESL education, the article does not provide clear examples of how it

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    This article proposes implementing a functional ESL curriculum in elementary schools to help non-English speaking students learn academic English. Currently, ESL programs only teach social English and do not address the language needed to understand school subjects taught in English. The proposed curriculum would teach students the vocabulary and language concepts used in core content areas at their grade level. This would help close the gap between ESL students' English proficiency and that of native English speakers. The article provides suggestions for teachers on incorporating academic language practices into their ESL lessons, such as using content area vocabulary in exercises and ensuring activities mirror assignments in mainstream classrooms. While this functional curriculum approach could enhance ESL education, the article does not provide clear examples of how it

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    This article proposes implementing a functional ESL curriculum in elementary schools to help non-English speaking students learn academic English. Currently, ESL programs only teach social English and do not address the language needed to understand school subjects taught in English. The proposed curriculum would teach students the vocabulary and language concepts used in core content areas at their grade level. This would help close the gap between ESL students' English proficiency and that of native English speakers. The article provides suggestions for teachers on incorporating academic language practices into their ESL lessons, such as using content area vocabulary in exercises and ensuring activities mirror assignments in mainstream classrooms. While this functional curriculum approach could enhance ESL education, the article does not provide clear examples of how it

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    Sayyidah Cahyani Bilandari (18716251041)

    PBI-B (Graduate Program)

    Article Review 1

    Cammot, A. H. (1983). Toward a functional ESL curriculum in the elementary school. TESOL
    QUARTERLY, 17(3), 459-471.

    Identification

    The title of the article is “Toward a Functional ESL Curriculum in the Elementary School”
    written by Anna Uhl Chamot. The article was published within the TESOL QUARTERLY
    journal on 1983. The article discusses about the needs of non English speaking students in the
    United States to learn English as their second language as a means to help them not only
    communicate socially, but also to help them learn and understand the learning materials at
    schools.

    Introduction

    The writer argues that a functional ESL curriculum for elementary schools is the one that is
    able to address the need for students to understand the school subjects that are taught in English.
    The curriculum should be able to help students learn new materials or earn new information.
    Thus far, the Council of Europe has implemented such type of syllabus. However, it is only for a
    higher level of education. Therefore, this article proposes the idea of implementing the functional
    syllabus for elementary schools.

    Summary

    The paper starts by explaining children’s second language learning model. There are six
    cognitive levels explained by the writer, which includes knowledge, comprehension, application,
    analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Elementary ESL students’ language level is around the first
    three levels. However, the three higher levels are the levels of students from regular elementary
    classroom. Therefore, the question is whether the ESL students would be able to also show
    success within the three higher levels. According to the writer, this gap may be covered by
    teaching more academic language skill to the ESL learners and including it within the
    curriculum.

    Within the ESL classrooms, students whose native language is not English were only
    taught how to use English in their daily life, without being taught the English that is used in
    classrooms. For example is during math lessons, students will face several English terms that are
    only used in mathematics. Therefore, there is a high possibility that they will fail to understand
    the lesson because they do not understand the language. This new proposed curriculum wishes to
    teach ESL students the English that they use in regular classrooms to help them with their study.
    The curriculum will not be implemented successfully without the help of the teachers. The
    writer has provided several suggestions for the teachers to help them in managing the classroom
    activities. Those suggestions include: (1) use the vocabulary and concepts from content areas at
    appropriate grade levels as you devise ESL drills and exercises, (2) when planning activities that
    practice different language skills, keep the realities of the regular classroom in mind, (3) content
    area instruction can be initiated in English in linguistically less demanding areas such as art and
    physical education, (4) because in the regular curriculum information is acquired more and more
    through reading in subjects such as social studies, science, and language arts, comprehension
    should be the priority in teaching ESL reading, (5) to develop classroom speaking skills, children
    need opportunities to participate in small group discussions, to present oral reports, and to
    respond adequately to teacher questioning. (6) ESL writing activities can also parallel the types
    of writing assignments required in the regular classroom.

    Critique

    Teachers and schools in the United States that wish to enhance the quality of their ESL
    students would certainly find this article very helpful because it offers a new insight in how they
    can manage their curriculum so that it covers all the students. The explanation given by the
    writer regarding the curriculum that he proposes is very convincing because the writer also
    provides explanation on the types of the students. This helps the schools and students to see how
    their students would fit within the curriculum if they were to adapt or adopt it.

    However, the article does not provide a clear example of the application of such curriculum
    in elementary school level. The only example provided is a brief one regarding its application in
    higher level of education. Schools and teachers who wish to find tips on how well this suggested
    curriculum will improve the quality of their students would

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