3 Domains

Domain I - Language Concepts and Language Acquisition

Domain II - ESL Instruction and Assessment

Domain III - Foundations of ESL Education, Cultural Awareness, and Family and Community Involvement

Domain I - Linguistic

Competency 1 - Concepts

Competency 2 - Acquisiton

Domain II - Cognitive

Competency 3 - Methods

Competency 4 - Communications

Competency 5 - Literacy

Competency 6 - Content

Competency 7 - Assessment

Domain III - Affective

Competency 8 - Foundation

Competency 9 - Multicultural

Competency 10 - Involvement

Language

Language is systematic and generative; it's a set of arbitrary vocal or visual symbol that have conventioalized meaning; it's used for communication; it operates in a speech community or culture; it's essentially human and has universal characteristics.

(Adapted from  Douglas Brown, 1987)

ESL CONNECTION

Teachers' understanding of language features and use

will deteremine to a large extent

the teaching of a second language.

ESL CONNECTION #2

An English language learner has to combine

Grammatical Competence with the knowledge of

how to use grammatical structures appropriately

in the second language.

Registers

e.g. , functions and use of social and academic language

Language proficiency

listening, speaking, reading, and writing

Structure of language

e.g., word formation, grammar, and sentence structure

Language competence

e.g., linguistic, social, communicative competence