One of my professors showed us this video in class; it's not ELL related but I think any future teacher could appreciate it...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=590PNSh6g_4
Friday, June 1, 2007
An Article from the Star Legder
This article I found was titled "Learning Their Culture Through Music" it was in the Star Ledger May 30, 2007. I found the article interesting because it had to do with culture. It was about Chinese children learning about their culture through music and dance. Most of the members of the Hwa-Yin Youth Chorale were born in the United States. They sing in the Chinese American chorus so they can learn the languages and culture of China. The Hwa-Yin Youth Chorale keeps children in touch with the cultures and languages of the country where many of their parents were born. In this case they know the English language, but are trying to learn their native language, Chinese. This choir allows them to keep in touch with their Chinese culture. I decided to write about this article, because as teachers we are going to come across diverse students. I think it is important for children to become acculuralized, they should know the American ways, but keep some of their values and traditions from their native country.
Cara
Cara
Thursday, May 31, 2007
picture dictionary for ELL students
http://k6educators.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/DictionaryA.html
I felt that this was a great tool for ELL students. By using a picture dictionary the students can look at the word and the corresponding picture to help them learn the concept and understand better. Students can learn a great deal of information in a shorter amount of time and I feel that they will understand it better because they can relate the word to the picture.
I felt that this was a great tool for ELL students. By using a picture dictionary the students can look at the word and the corresponding picture to help them learn the concept and understand better. Students can learn a great deal of information in a shorter amount of time and I feel that they will understand it better because they can relate the word to the picture.
Helping ELL students with math
http://www.nwrel.org/nwedu/11-03/report4/
This site is designed specifically for teachers of ELL students. What really stood out to me is that this service can be customized to meet a specific schools need. The information provided runs in clusters. For example kindergarten through second grade is grouped all together as well as third through fifth grade and so on. They provide various workshops, assignments, videos, and online chats. The contact information of the person in charge is provided at the bottom of the site for anyone interested in learning more. I also took notice to the comment posted by a participant of the online class forum. She said:
“What a difference [this course] has made already!” She went on to reflect, “Creative problem solving had almost been taught out of my students. Now my students understand that math can be done using various strategies and I have seen a huge improvement in comprehension and problem-solving skills from those students who were struggling at the beginning of the year.”
This site is designed specifically for teachers of ELL students. What really stood out to me is that this service can be customized to meet a specific schools need. The information provided runs in clusters. For example kindergarten through second grade is grouped all together as well as third through fifth grade and so on. They provide various workshops, assignments, videos, and online chats. The contact information of the person in charge is provided at the bottom of the site for anyone interested in learning more. I also took notice to the comment posted by a participant of the online class forum. She said:
“What a difference [this course] has made already!” She went on to reflect, “Creative problem solving had almost been taught out of my students. Now my students understand that math can be done using various strategies and I have seen a huge improvement in comprehension and problem-solving skills from those students who were struggling at the beginning of the year.”
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
More About the Nukak tribe
After reading the NYTimes article I was curious to see what people who had never been touched by civilization would look like so I found these pictures and additional information on various websites Nukak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia &
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Teaching Guidelines
http://ccsd.net/ellp/programs/teachingguidelines.html
This website provides guidelines for teachers of ELL students. This is useful because it teaches us how to meet student's needs in the areas of study skills, reading, listening, writing, speaking, and research. Student's need to learn how to organize their notes so that they can learn the information from them. The first experience students have with English is through listening. Teachers can help their students by using oral cues, written cues, a combination of both oral and written cues, physical response exercises, and multi-media support. It is extremely important that teachers create a comfortable and inviting environment to encourage early language. This is essential to help ELL students learn and develop. Some techniques include repetition drills, substitution and transformation drills, formulation exercises, dialogues, and role playing exercises. I really believe that role playing is a great way for student's to learn. It is important that they have practice and time to prepare before demonstrating it to the class. The next area is reading. Reading is a difficult skill for most students to master. The teacher can help by providing vocabulary, different exercises such as matching and recognition, and silent reading time. In my sophomore field I was placed in a kindergarten class in Perth Amboy. My cooperating teacher had the children select a book of their choice each week and take it home and read it with their parents. ELL students must also begin writing the English language as soon as possible. They can do paragraph writing and completion exercises. I think it is also a good idea to allow them to peer edit and then check it over as the teacher. This will help them to develop their skills.
This website provides guidelines for teachers of ELL students. This is useful because it teaches us how to meet student's needs in the areas of study skills, reading, listening, writing, speaking, and research. Student's need to learn how to organize their notes so that they can learn the information from them. The first experience students have with English is through listening. Teachers can help their students by using oral cues, written cues, a combination of both oral and written cues, physical response exercises, and multi-media support. It is extremely important that teachers create a comfortable and inviting environment to encourage early language. This is essential to help ELL students learn and develop. Some techniques include repetition drills, substitution and transformation drills, formulation exercises, dialogues, and role playing exercises. I really believe that role playing is a great way for student's to learn. It is important that they have practice and time to prepare before demonstrating it to the class. The next area is reading. Reading is a difficult skill for most students to master. The teacher can help by providing vocabulary, different exercises such as matching and recognition, and silent reading time. In my sophomore field I was placed in a kindergarten class in Perth Amboy. My cooperating teacher had the children select a book of their choice each week and take it home and read it with their parents. ELL students must also begin writing the English language as soon as possible. They can do paragraph writing and completion exercises. I think it is also a good idea to allow them to peer edit and then check it over as the teacher. This will help them to develop their skills.
http://teachersfirst.com/par-esl.cfm
Teachers first is a very valuable tool. I have used it in some of my early childhood classes, such as EC 2950-Technology and the child. This site that I found provides several individual links that all provide strategies and creative ways to teach ELL students. For example I opened up the first link which contained printable handouts, lesson plans, and quizzes. I was really impressed because it contained so worksheets for beginners, intermediate, and advanced ELL students in all subject areas. This is great because it helps meet the student's needs based upon the level they are currently at. Another link was titled learn english kids and it contained stories, songs, and games to help teach children. The only downfall is that it requires flash so you have to download that in order to use this site. Another link was titled teach children ESL-games. This link contained so many games that are a great tool for teachers and students. Games are good to add to lessons because children enjoy them and it makes learning fun for them. This website is a useful tool and I hope you all check it out.
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