Chapter 1

ESL in School

Key Quote

“… it takes 5 – 10 years to develop academic language proficiency…”

(page 20)

Gingerbread Man

What’s the (pedagogical) moral? Page 2

Any similar examples? From your own classroom

experience? Or from that of a colleague?

Acronym Soup LEP ESL ESOL TESOL ELL ELD ENL

Moral:

Know who and what you are teaching…

Go with the flow on the vocabulary…

Welcoming New Students Get Baseline Information

Literate in home language? Enable Students to Shine (w/o English…) Beware Culture Shock

Suggested Activities Illustrated Autobiography (Eng or Native) Dialogue Journal Family Origins …Others…?

Culture in the Classroom

Don’t assume anything… Personal anecdotes?

Eg: Silence & Japanese studentsLines & Chinese students

Culture: What people Know & believe Do Make & use

Dave’s Soapbox

Culture is an inherent part of: People Their language

ESL involves teaching culture It is possible ethically imperative

to introduce a new culture without displacing/denigrating the original one!

But…

What parameters

can/should/must

be established for anenvironment conducive to learning…?

No Hablo Inglés

Safety & security A sense of belonging

Avoid unconscious marginalization Context-embedded language

Classroom labels Other thoughts?

Standards, Testing, Oh My…

You tell me… What’s critical to your jobs? The good? The bad? The ugly? The strategies to overcome?

ENL Programs In your schools? Schools you know

of? Bilingual education Transitional bilingual education Maintenance bilingual education Immersion education Two-way immersion Newcomer programs

The ‘ideal’ program?

Whaddya Think?

ESL Specifically

Sheltered English ELD Structured English Immersion

ESL Pull-out Deep-end Method (Dave’s label)

Benefits & Drawbacks of Each?

Successful Programs

Centered on Student Comprehensive

Preparation for mainstream instruction Challenging

Acknowledges age & IQ Considers

Value & usefulness of L1 Culturally aware

Collaborative Questions

How are ‘newcomer ESL’ students handled in schools you’ve been associated with? Strengths & Weaknesses?

What other cultures are you familiar with? How might these differences affect education for these countries’ folks if they came to the Upstate?

Quick Project

Talk with an ESL student. Ask: What is it like to learn English in

school? What is the hardest part? What has been fun? How long have you been studying so

far? What can a teacher do to make it

easier?