Reporting Your Child’s English Language Proficiency (K-12) 
                                         1. The ELL Language Proficiency course or ELL Language Proficiency
                                             Kindergarten course on your child’s report card tells you about your
                                             child’s English skills.
                                             Teachers report English skills in English Language Proficiency levels
                                             written as “LP level”. English language proficiency levels tell you how much
                                             English your child knows and how well your child can use that English. LP1
                                             = beginner
                                             LP2 = high beginner
                                             LP3 = intermediate
                                             LP4 = high intermediate
                                             LP5 = advanced
                                         2. Teachers grade your child’s Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing,
                                             and Overall English skills using the Alberta K-12 ESL Proficiency
                                             Benchmarks.
                                         3. LP levels can go down () when your
                                             child moves up () a grade group
                                             called a “Division”.
                                             When your child moves up () to a new
                                             Division:
                                             language demands
                                             complex English language skills
                                             challenging course content
                                         4.  It takes many years to learn academic English or English for school.
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                                                     Reporting Your Child’s English Language Proficiency (K-12) 
                                                General Descriptions of English Language Learning (ELL) Language Proficiency Levels
                                           LP Level 1                              LP Level 2                            LP Level 3                            LP Level 4                            LP Level 5 
                                             Beginner                            High Beginner                         Intermediate                       High Intermediate                           Advanced 
                                 Your child:                              Your child:                           Your child:                           Your child:                           Your child: 
                                 uses first language                     sometimes uses                       uses English to                        Uses English to                    is approaching
                                    and culture for                          first language and                    participate in most                   participate in class                  English similar to
                                    communication.                           culture for                           class activities.                     activities.                           English speaking
                                 repeats words to                           communication.                     uses English                         is developing                           classmates.
                                    participate in some                   uses words and                          language more                         independence with                  completes
                                    class activities.                        phrases to                            often socially and                    the English                           assignments using
                                                                             participate in some                   for school.                           language.                             academic or school
                                                                             class activities.                                                                                                 English.
               Your child is learning to: 
                                Listen to and understand short,          Listen to and understand               Listen to and understand main          Listen to and understand            Listen to and understand most 
                                repeated, familiar social and            repeated, familiar social and          ideas from most social and             main ideas from social and          speakers in many different 
                                classroom talk.                          classroom talk.                        some classroom interactions.           most classroom interactions.        social and academic situations. 
                                Speak using single words or              Speak using simple connected           Speak clearly on familiar              Speak using a range of              Speak fluently and 
                                simple groups of words.                  sentences.                             topics.                                correct words when talking          communicate effectively during 
                                                                                                                                                       about many subject areas.           academic conversations. 
                                Read and understand words.               Read and retell information            Read to understand new                 Read and understand more            Read and understand a variety 
                                                                         from simple sentences.                 words and phrases and                  difficult stories and information   of longer texts with unfamiliar
                                                                                                                understand main ideas and              with practice and support.          vocabulary and text structures.
                                                                                                                details of many kinds of 
                                                                                                                paragraphs. 
                                Write simple words and complete          Write simple words and simple          Write short stories and                Write longer stories and            Write correctly on a variety of 
                                sentence patterns with help.             sentences with help.                   paragraphs on a variety of             information on a variety of         longer texts on different topics.
                                                                                                                topics with help.                      topics. 
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