Hi. My name is David Pitts. I am a public school educator who has worked with Emergent Bilingual, ESL or EL students for seventeen years. I want to share information for parents to understand how schools support English Learner students and how you can be the best advocate for your child. I also have interests in language, philosophy and legal precedent as it relates to language and education in the United States. All of these important topics have direct impact on the education of the earliest of learners. In summary, good language education leads to peace. Follow along.
In this video I discuss Chomsky's Revolutionary linguistic concept of Universal Grammar. Specifically, I discuss, the Language Acquisition Device, Generative Language and Phrase Structure Syntax and Recursion.
9 Dec 2024
Into Linguistics University
Linguistics University founder and expert Dr. John McWhorter introduces the fundamentals of linguistics and its applications in educational instruction, empowering educators to enhance their teaching methods.
31 Oct 2024
Marzano's Vocabulary Instruction GPT Interview
In this episode I interview ChatGPT about Marzano's vocabulary instruction. We discuss the six steps as well as how to implement or support the steps with Comprehensible Input.
9 May 2024
Comprehension Hypothesis and Profit
This is a short follow up to the previous episode where I review Stephen Krashen's Article on SIOP claims. In this interview on YouTube, link below, Krashen claims that if we are serious about the Comprehension Hypothesis it could have a significant financial impact on the publishing industry. These conversations have forced me to pause and reconsider information I share with teachers regarding efficacy of instructional strategies. Here is link to full interview this short clip comes from.
https://youtu.be/_VYfpL6lcjE?si=i8lrpLnlKeINBc23 (https://youtu.be/_VYfpL6lcjE?si=i8lrpLnlKeINBc23)
7 May 2024
Krashen on SIOP
I was trained in the SIOP method and have used it as a foundation for an instructional paradigm for 17 years. This short article by Stephen Krashen,
https://www.sdkrashen.com/content/articles/2013_siop_research_support_claims.pdf (https://www.sdkrashen.com/content/articles/2013_siop_research_support_claims.pdf)
made me take pause and think more carefully about SIOP claims as well as what aspects of SIOP may or may not be useful in regards to language acquisition.
30 Mar 2024
Phonemes and Language Strucrures
In this episode I share how understanding what phonemes and phonemic structures are help dual language students more clearly understand and articluate a new language.
17 Jan 2024
Series Part 3 : Answer Question of How
In this episode I will continue the series on Language, What, Why and How. We will discuss how to write Language Objectives as well as Marzano's Six Steps to Academic Vocabulary development.
27 Nov 2023
Series Part 2: Answering the Question of Why.
In this episode, I will begin to answer the question of "Why" are there supportive services for Emergent Bilingual or English Learners in the United States. We will review the Supreme Court Case Lau vs Nichols that established the legal foundation for Language Support services in public education in the United States.
12 Nov 2023
Series: What, Why and How of Language in Schools...Part 1, What is Language...
I recently provided some professional development at my campus. I was asked to provide details regarding implementing academic vocabulary instruction. In order to understand vocabulary instruction I thought it would be helpful to answer a few more questions, What is Language, Why school focus on it and How we implement language rich instruction, related to academic vocabulary.
9 Nov 2023
What is an LPAC Committee...
In this episode we will briefly discuss the role of an LPAC, Language Proficiency Assessment Committee, in public schools. We review the role of an identification LPAC, Assessment and End of Year as well as the role of a parent representative on the committee.
28 Oct 2023
ESL and Bilingual Program Services Models
In this episode, I will describe two of the most common forms of ESL service models, Pull Out and Content Based. I will also describe the difference between Transitional and Maintenance Bilingual Models as well as the distinction between One Way and Two Way Bilingual education.
If you have a student who is an Emergent Bilingual, it is important to understand the service model your school employs so you can understand the structure and goals of the model and how it may or may not benefit your student.
23 Oct 2023
What Options Parents Have with EB Status
In this episode, I will go over the options parents have in regards to language services when a student is identified as an Emergent Bilingual.
19 Oct 2023
How Students Exit EB (Emergent Bilingual) Status
In this episode I briefly discuss the criteria required to exit Emergent Bilingual Status. It requires a combination of assessments and scores, Advanced High composite TELPAS score combined with either IOWA or STAAR Reading proficienct score.
12 Oct 2023
How Students Obtain EB Status
In this episode, I will discuss how students obtained EB status. EB status is also known as ESL, EL, or ELL. Students who receive this status as classified as "language learners" and are entitled under federal law to receive supports. This episode discusses the process how this occurs. I also detail the assessments that are used to help schools and the LPAC (Language Proficiency Assessment Committee) make decisions about students language status.
I will give details about PreLas as well as Las Links. The assessments that are used to make this determination.
4 Oct 2023
Who are EB's (Emergent Bilinguals) and Why They Matter.
In this 1st episode of the Language Lab, I give a short description of who I am and what I want to accomplish for this podcast. I discuss who EB (Emergent Bilingual) also know as EL (English Learner) or ESL (English as Second Language) students are in public schools and why it matters we classify students in this category. I will discuss two landmark United States Supreme Court rulings that have set the foundation for the work I do and the service your students may or may not receive. I want to educate parents on exactly what and why is going on with Language Learners in public schools so they, the parents can be the best advocate they can be for their students.
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