This is a collaborative blog about teaching second language students English. In this blog we will provide strategies, resources, and other means of teaching English as a second language. I hope you can take something from this blog and use it with your students. If you would like more information do not hesitate to contact one of us.
Hey Nikki, great article. I absolutely agree with you that the student needs to be literate in their first language in order for them to transfer to the second language. It is important for the teacher to know that the phonemes are not the same in both languages and there can be letters that produce completed different sounds and we need to make the students aware of that. Also, I love the idea of pre-writing with graphic organizes. It is so much more helpful for the student to simplify their writing and put their ideas in order so the transition to writing a paragraph is smoother. Great job!
Nikki, I really enjoyed your post. The ideas you gave for helping ELL was not only helpful but very insightful. I liked how you pointed out valid elements and how important vocabulary is and how to build students confidence in the classroom. I also liked how you explained how students social language develops quicker than their academic language. It was also neat to see how their native language needs to connect with the current language they are learning for clear understanding. I also never before realized how accents can impact a students ability to communicate and as a future teacher I want to insure that my students are able to build on success and not feel limited by their ability to speak or communicate. In conclusion I liked how you included pre-writing organizers, what a great idea.
Hey Nikki! I enjoyed hearing about the article that you found. I think that it supports a lot of the things that we've been learning in our ESOL classes. For example, we learned in one class that students should be literate in their first language before becoming literate in their second language. We've learned a lot about pre-writing. I think that pre-writing is very important especially for ELL students. Great job!
Hey Nikki, great article. I absolutely agree with you that the student needs to be literate in their first language in order for them to transfer to the second language. It is important for the teacher to know that the phonemes are not the same in both languages and there can be letters that produce completed different sounds and we need to make the students aware of that. Also, I love the idea of pre-writing with graphic organizes. It is so much more helpful for the student to simplify their writing and put their ideas in order so the transition to writing a paragraph is smoother. Great job!
ReplyDeleteNikki, I really enjoyed your post. The ideas you gave for helping ELL was not only helpful but very insightful. I liked how you pointed out valid elements and how important vocabulary is and how to build students confidence in the classroom. I also liked how you explained how students social language develops quicker than their academic language. It was also neat to see how their native language needs to connect with the current language they are learning for clear understanding. I also never before realized how accents can impact a students ability to communicate and as a future teacher I want to insure that my students are able to build on success and not feel limited by their ability to speak or communicate. In conclusion I liked how you included pre-writing organizers, what a great idea.
ReplyDeleteHey Nikki! I enjoyed hearing about the article that you found. I think that it supports a lot of the things that we've been learning in our ESOL classes. For example, we learned in one class that students should be literate in their first language before becoming literate in their second language. We've learned a lot about pre-writing. I think that pre-writing is very important especially for ELL students. Great job!
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