I currently am working with some of our ELL students and one of them knows 4 languages and is learning English as her 5th and they only speak Russian at home. I watch as not only her but my students work so hard to explain things in English or try to say the sounds they hear but their dialect sometimes makes them difficult for them. After hearing the quote “They’re doing twice the job of everybody else in the class, even though the results looks like half as much” it matched with what I’ve experienced. These kiddos try and work so hard to learn and do the things we ask of them.
As students start out learning English and continue to grow their English, I use scaffolds for writing and pictures for reading. I find very often they know what we are talking about but need to make the connections to words through pictures. On top of that, I find it incredibly important to learn about students cultural backgrounds to better understand and connect to them.
As students start out learning English and continue to grow their English, I use scaffolds for writing and pictures for reading. I find very often they know what we are talking about but need to make the connections to words through pictures. On top of that, I find it incredibly important to learn about students cultural backgrounds to better understand and connect to them.