ESL Struggles--English 1A
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Struggles of ESL Students
Abbey DavidsonEnglish 1AJanet Mitchell-Wagner22 March 2014
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Issues:• Language barrier• Adaptation process• Social influence• Parental influence• Economical status• Foreign education• Personality of the students• Segregated “Sheltered” classes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v-8HvN5r1o#t=13
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ISOLATIONLANGUAGE BARRIER
Full Immersion vs. Dual Linguistic Classes
• Full Immersion courses encourage the student to learn the language and culture by embracing it.
• More urgency• Uses all learning techniques most
efficiently: students hear, see, write and speak the natural sounds of the language every day.
• More diversification for students• Best if you already have some
references• Harder to make friends
• Students can be comfortable learning with others that are in the same situation without pressure.
• Sometimes classes can enable family members to come with students
• Less constant translation• More proper language skills; less slang and
more in-depth meaning• Can both teach American students a foreign
language, and can teach foreign students English
• More personal teachings• Teachers more suited for the students
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Frustration
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At the end who is affected?
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Students
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Parents
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Percentage of Competency
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ESL Students Test Scores Statistics
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J. Soller - ESL Teacher• “When I worked at the International
Language Institute, the pay could have been better, but at least they provided affordable healthcare and other incentives.”
• Large schools like Kaplan (teachers formed unions—pictured to the right) are setting the standard in the industry and they need to be confronted, exposed and taken down.
• “My mission is to organize and discuss with other teachers about ways to create positive change in the ESL industry. If I can secure the right to sponsor student visas, my ultimate mission is to one day open an ESL institute in the United States. While I would like to earn a good income, I also want to create a school where teachers are given fair pay, healthcare and a paid vacation! It time for people start speaking out against the unfairness in the ESL industry.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzGoDtmTllg
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Trang Le – Former ESL Student
• Hard beginning on school• Liked the teachers, but not
the system of education.• Didn’t like the
environment of learning.• English self-learning
because the lack of attention.
• Improved fast, but help was still needed.
• With no idea of the important test/dates of the school (CST, CASEEH, etc).
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N. Laud - Teacher
• “When a student doesn’t feel valued, he won’t do much”
• “Every one should be aware of the E.S.L students at school, because every year school receives certain amount of immigrant students”
• Teachers should be aware of the struggles and extra efforts that ESL students make day by day.
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Virginia Ramirez Ex-ESL Student
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• Always felt I was going to be left out.
• The main problems I had was adapting to the new country and making friends.
• I was the kind of girl whose goal was to get a college degree
• Never late to class.• The main struggles of the
ESL students : social, economic, and family.
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What people say/think about the problem ?
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Sonia - Student
• Most ESL students haven't taken any English classes before their coming at this country.
• ESL students test-scores were low because they’re not fluent and prepared to write, speak, and listen the english language.
• Most ESL students were put in ESL Math because they can comprehend the math terms in English
• Everyone should be aware of the ESL students because it is extremely important understand their problem, that should be one of the school’s priorities.
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Me• ESL students have the right to have a
voice.• ESL students should take part in clubs
to get information about how the school system works.
• Teachers do their best to improve/find a way to teach/help ESL students.
• Maybe use the buddy system *• Many fail classes because some of
them give up, don’t understand the language, and many of them have problems at home.
• Everybody (teachers, students) be aware of the ESL students because for them it is a challenge start basically a new life.
• There NEEDS to be alternatives to current alternatives.
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J. Sollis - ESL Teacher• There is many reason of how/why
students succeed and not succeed learning the language (foreign education, personality of the student, social environment).
• My method to teach is “same materials, but different way of teaching”
• ESL teachers have to get involve with the student’s needs because many would need help at specific topics (grammar, comprehension, talking).
• “Motivation is everything”• Because they got lower scores they
were put in sheltered classes.• We have to encourage the student
to speak the language, but no obligate him/her to do it because is their responsibility and action to do it, they have to try to improve.
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