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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

English Language Development — Grade 8

Goal 1. Listening — Novice Low

Goal 1. Listening

The learner will comprehend spoken English in a variety of personal, social, and academic contexts.

Level: Novice Low

Students will use various forms of non-verbal communication to express ideas and demonstrate basic comprehension. They may point, touch, match, draw, act out, demonstrate an action, or play games to show their understanding. Learning objectives focus on developing awareness of English phonemes, responding appropriately to classroom directions, recognizing and pronouncing most letters of the alphabet, recognizing and repeating simple vocabulary, recognizing common greetings, developing print awareness, reading simple and predictable text, writing all letters of the alphabet, copying from printed text, labeling, writing simple sentences, and beginning to use a bilingual dictionary to aid writing and spelling.

Objective NL 1.01
Demonstrate a beginning awareness of English phonetic sounds.
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Objective NL 1.02
Respond appropriately to basic classroom procedural instructions and directions.
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Objective NL 1.03
Demonstrate comprehension of verbal cues of concrete academic concepts and informational materials through non-verbal responses such as pointing, drawing, gesturing.
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