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All my genious thoughts…
Posted in Uncategorized on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The End of the Road
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It seems that my academic semester has come to a close as quickly as it began 15 weeks ago, and it is time for me to conclude this blog on my future ELL classroom; however, that is not to say that this marks the end of my journey of research and study in the world [...]
Closing the Language Gap
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I stumbled across an interesting article, entitled, “Can Roaring Fork Schools close the achievement gap?” that explains the steps taken at a Colorado School District to help merge the gap between their Anglo and Latino students. They had recorded a significant gap; although never stated exactly what percentage. This reminded me of performance scores that [...]
Is Korea the Future of ESL?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So far, I have really explored different techniques and issues that will be present in my future classroom as an ELL teacher. However, ESL is not just taught her in West Michigan, or even the expanded United States. No. Rather, English has become a global language to many–including Korea. Korea has a native language: Korean. [...]
Out on the Job: An ELL Director Gives Me Some Pointers
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sad to say that my busy life kept me from attending the MTCE conference. It sounded like an experience that would have given my teaching dreams a jump start toward the future. Instead, I found myself watching Dora the Explorer with my almost-3-year-old after a long day at work.
Happily, I had the opportunity [...]
Beyond the Classroom and Into the Streets
Posted in Uncategorized on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Although as a future ELL teacher, I will mostly encounter students who need to learn English. They have an origin, and for many of them that origin does not speak English either. Most ELL’s come from families who migrated to the U.S. mere days before entering the classroom. That being said, their studies aren’t the [...]
Language is Power, Power is White
Posted in Uncategorized on October 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Every time I see a fat ‘C’ on my Spanish test, I’m reminded how much easier it would have come to me if I was 5, and not 23. I joke to my classmates that my 2-year-old daughter has retained more Spanish by watching Dora, than I have in two years of Spanish classes. While [...]
How they got here: Reclassification and the ELL losers
Posted in Uncategorized on October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Having grown up in Zeeland, MI, neighboring city to the famous Dutch Dancers of Holland, I was very sheltered from the ELL epidemic when attending grade school. Therefore, when I began to see the number of enrolled ELL students in the past 5 years—since my graduating high school, I was eager to learn how to [...]
Read-alouds show success in the ELL Classroom:
Posted in Uncategorized on September 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When ESL students are given the opportunity to sit back and listen to a piece of English literature read aloud—with the intended “intonation and pauses”—students have shown a greater understanding of the literature presented to them. Alejandra Varela, an ESL teacher in New Jersey, decided to read “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe to her [...]
Service Learning: A MUST-HAVE ESL Technique
Posted in Uncategorized on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
First, I feel I should define service learning—as even I was unaware of this technique. Service learning “refers to a teaching method that seeks to enrich learning by “engaging students in meaningful service to their schools and communities” which Natalie found “link the task to self-reflection, self-discovery” (1).
Basically, Natalie gave her students the opportunity [...]
