Language Development + Academic Learning
*Sharing our own struggles with learning a second language to encourage English language learners. Terms to Know: BICS - Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills CALP - Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency Affective Filter - Negative emotional and motivational factors that inhibit our willingness to speak a new language. Bridging a Cultural Gap - To increase student learning and assist students to change society. One way to do this is by assigning an all about me project that includes the following: 1. Name 2. Personality/Disposition to learning 3. Learning Style 4. Issue/Disability 5. Cultural Practices 6. Historical Context 7. Assumptions Teaching Tolerance - Success in using culturally relevant instructional strategies. www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2009/relevant-beyond-the-basics Thinking about the issues of culturally relevant teaching highlighted in "Relevant Beyond the Basics," and specifically the example from the article with the failed vegetable identification; the comparison topic I would use to have English Learners sort out like and unlike objects in class would be sorting out different modes of transportation. The reason why is because most of my students need a bus pass to get to school. Some come from Tijuana and they take the trolley to school, others live by the neighborhood and walk/bike/skate to school and a few of them get here because their parents drop them off. What I have noticed is that some students are really sleepy or tired in class but, they attend school on a daily basis. Some students have to wake up as early as 4 AM in order to get to school on time at 8:30 AM. With this assignment I would like for the students to explore time differences, location, expense, risks, availability, and pollution effects. There are different factors that they can investigate and can partner with a student who has a different mode of transportation and see the difference or similarity between the two.
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