Often, Ell or ESL students are often forgotten about in the
classroom. When I was in the sixth
grade, there was this one student who did not struggle in math, but struggled
in social studies, reading, and language.
He struggled because English was his second language. Many of my teachers did not try to find ways
to help him succeed in those areas. They
would let him sleep in class or not explain the material to him at all. Having a student in the classroom who does
not speak English seems horrifying, but there are ways to help the student be
successful. In one of my education
classes, I learned that as teachers we can read the information out a loud to
the student, provide vocabulary, use visuals, and more. Below are links to help
an ell or ESL student in the classroom.
This is a great, great post. I really enjoyed reading your thoughts and I totally agree with you. Sometimes it is easier for teachers to simply overlook or ignore the needs of the ELL students. It takes more time and effort to plan accordingly for their needs. The strategies you listed are effective and would make a big difference in the learning of students whose first language is not English.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post and I agree. Last semester I took Teaching English as a Second Language. This class really helped me to see that there are many ways to help ELL students in the classroom. I was able to work with ELL students for field experience in this class. I really enjoyed putting to practice what I had learned. The different ideas that you included in your post really do help ELL students succeed in the general education classroom. However, it amazed me how many of the teachers had no idea how to help their ELL students! So we as future teachers need to take these resources and put them to practice to help all the students in our class succeed.
ReplyDeleteWhat a relevant post, Jalissa! Thank you for sharing these quality web links about strategies for reaching ELL students. They are an increasing population in our schools today and can bring such a richness to our classroom by sharing of their culture. It's of utmost importance that we do all we can to differentiate to make the content accessible to them.
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