Narrative Case Study Narrative Essay

Case Study Narrative AK is an ELL student in Mrs. Tobin’s fourth grade classroom. AK is nine years old. He was five years old and entering Kindergarten when his family moved to the United States of America from Macedonia. This means he’s been in the country for four years and he has received all of his formal schooling here in the United States. According to his teacher, AK’s parents are very involved in his education and they seem to be very intelligent, well-educated individuals. AK’s mother only speaks English to AK at home, but she has a very distinct accent, which does affect some of her pronunciation of English words. AK’s grandmother also live with him, and she only speaks Macedonian. This allows AK to maintain his native language, while still learning and using the English language at home. I believe his family has found a balance between the languages used in his home that will greatly benefit AK in the long run. Although AK is able to have conversions with his grandmother in his native language, he has never learned to read or write

In the listening/speaking portion of the CELLA, AK scored 684 on a scale of 560 to 805. Out of a possible 22 points in listening skills he scored 16 points, and 15 out of 24 possible points in English speaking skills. In the Reading portion he scored 707 on a scale of 590 to 810. He got 19 out of 30 possible points for the Reading section. In the third and last section of the CELLA: writing, he got 689 on a scale of 575 to 825. He scored 22 points out of a possible 39 points in this section. The low intermediate scores mean that AK speaks, understands spoken English, reads, and writes in English at or below grade level, and he may require some support when writing in English. AK’s current classwork and reading level does reflect these results but he is due to be retested