Which of the following methods of second-language instruction would be most appropriate to use with middle school English language learners who are at the expanding level of English language proficiency?
  1. Sheltered content teaching.
  2. Natural Approach.
  3. Readers theatre.
  4. Total Physical Response.
Explanation
Correct Response: A. Expanding-level English language learners have already developed a strong base of language skills and have acquired some academic language related to the content areas with a need for further development of technical language. Thus, expanding-level English language learners at the middle school level would benefit most from sheltered content instruction in which academic language development is embedded in content instruction. B and D are incorrect because the Natural Approach and Total Physical Response are methods typically used with learners at less advanced levels of language development. C is incorrect because readers theatre, an activity in which students develop a script for a narrative text and practice reading it aloud and acting it out, is a strategy primarily designed for improving reading fluency and would not be the best method for promoting academic content and language learning among expanding-level middle school students.
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