How to Use the SEL Linguistic Screener

BackgroundTheSELLinguisticScreenerisaninformalteacherobservationtoolthatisusedbytheAcademicEnglishMasteryProgramtoidentifytheuseofhomelanguagebystudents.TheScreenerdoesnotcontainanexhaustivelistofhomelanguagefeaturesbutitdoeslisthigh-frequencyfeaturesthatareoftenfoundinthespeechorwritingofSELsinLosAngeles.ItisverynaturalforeachStandardEnglishLearnertoexhibittheuseofdifferentfeaturestovaryingdegrees.ThepurposeofthescreeneristoidentifythepresenceofhomelanguagefluencywhichsignalsthatastudentwouldparticularlybenefitfromMainstreamEnglishLanguageDevelopment.HowtousetheSELLinguisticScreenerForstudentsinK-1administertheIndividualSentenceRetelling.Administerbothoptionstostudentsingrades2-12.IndividualSentenceRetelling(K-12)

Directions:Readthesentencealoudtoyourstudent.Havethestudentrepeatthesentencetoyouorally.IfthestudentrepeatsthesentenceusingaHomeLanguagefeaturelistedinthepossibleresponses,checktheboxandhighlightwhichlinguisticfeaturetheyusedforthepurposesofassessmentandinstruction.

WholeGroupDictationTest(Grades2--12)

Directions:Readeachsentencealoudtoyourstudents.Havethestudentswritedowneachsentenceasitisread.Youmayrepeatthesentencesforthestudentsasneeded.RevieweachdictationtesttoidentifytheuseofHomeLanguagefeatures.Checktheboxandhighlightwhichlinguisticfeaturetheyusedforthepurposesofassessmentandinstruction.

HowtoUsetheSELLinguisticScreener

Student’sName_______________________Grade/Subject_________________________

StandardEnglish Possible(AAL)Responses

LinguisticFeatures(Explicit)

1. Shespent35cents. 35cent PluralMarker 2. Carolismysister. C’al,sista The/R/Sound 3. Ashantihasanumbrella. aumbrella IndefiniteArticle 4. Hedrovehimselftothe

hospital.hisself ReflexivePronoun

5. Wewereintheclassroom. was PastTenseAuxiliaryVerb 6. Thecatisinthetree. Thecatinthetree. Copula(linking)Verb 7. Iputmytestonthedesk. tes,des ConsonantCluster

8. Milesswimseveryday. swim ThirdPersonSingular 9. It’scold. col ConsonantClusterand/L/

Sound

10. Hedoesn’thaveanyfriends. don’t,no MultipleNegation 11. Thereheis. go Useof“go”ascopula

verb

12. Myteethhurt. teef “th/f”sound 13. Mymotherisusuallyat

home.be Habitualbe—meaning

customarily

14. That’sCarla’scar. Carla PossessiveMarker 15. Iseethosechildren. themordem DemonstrativePronoun 16. Mymothercookeddinner

lastnight.cook PastTenseMarker“ed”

17. Sheusesapentowrite. pin VowelPairs/Homophones/e//i/

18. Theyarerunningveryfast. runnin InflectionalEnding“ing” 19. Shestayedatahotel. hotel SyllableStressPatterns 20. I’mgoingtowashthecar. I’mgonna FirstPersonFuture 21. Iwonamillioninthelottery. miyon The/L/soundwhenit

precedesth/w/,/j/,or/r/sounds

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StandardEnglish

Possible(MxAL)

Responses

LinguisticFeatures(Explicit)

1. Don’tbebad. Doontbe

baaad.CircumflexIntonation

(sing-songmusicalintonation)

2. Shehasanumbrella. a IndefiniteArticle

3. Doyouhaveapen? pin VowelPairs/Homophones 4. Weweredrivingdownthe

street.was PastTenseAuxiliaryVerb

5. Miguelworeawhitehat. hwite Breath“h”Sound 6. Hedoesn’thaveanyfriends. don’t,no MultipleNegation 7. Mybrotherisgoingtothe

movies.he’s Topicalization

8. Sherunseveryday. run ThirdPersonSingular 9. Shedoesn’tmindifyoutalk. don’,mine ConsonantClusters 10. Alexissittingonthecouch. in PrepositionalVariation 11. Yesterday,hestartedselling

newspapers.start PastTenseMarker

12. ThePharaohswerethekingsofEgypt.

in PrepositionalVariation

13. Raisetheflag! race “Z”Sound 14. Thefiremensavedmanylives. lifes “V”Sound 15. Thisgameisnew,itjustcame

out.barely LexicalItem“barely’replacesthe

colloquialuseoftimelinessorscarcity.

16. Theapple. thuh Pronunciationof“the”as“thee”beforeawordthatstartswitha

vowel

17. Hejumpsropetogetintoshape. jump ThirdPersonSingular 18. There’sabigtreewithleaveson

it.them PrepositionalVariation

19. Heiswashinghishair. …iswashingthehair

PronounUsage

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How to Use the SEL Linguistic Screener