Adam's WIDA Level

While Adam engages with verbal English fairly confidently and consistently, his written skills suggest that he is at a slightly lower level with written language.  In class, we are able to actively engage in conversations that use reflection and critical analysis.  He can effectively support arguments and make connections verbally. In speaking, he is confident and uses language with very few grammatical errors. This activity suggests he is likely in the expanding stage of verbal language development.  However, his expression of ideas with written words is not as fluent.  His writing contains more errors than his spoken English. Elements such as subject verb agreement come easier for him when he speaks than when he writes. Because of this, his writing skills seems closer to the developing stage.  With this understanding, I have realized that while Adam may need more assistance in proof reading his writing, I can challenge him to engage deeper verbally in developing his ideas. Relying on his relative comfort with verbal English, I can encourage him to think more critically about his writing.