Due to what is happening around the world, I thought this would be a great time to find an article that discusses different learning and educational classes to do from home. As many of us are teachers, we are panicking a little that we are missing a ton of instructional time with our students. I can't even begin to imagine how ELL teachers are feeling with all the progress they were making throughout the school year and now it has all come to a sudden halt. Hopefully, with what I suggest within this entry and the article I found, it will help create a learning environment at home.
One of the great suggestions the article made was to make sure there is storytime at home. During this time the students could continue to work on their English skills by reading to themselves or out loud. Of course, the educator would have to make sure the student has the appropriate level of books, but the more they read and practice the better they will become. Then, as they improve they can work on harder books.
Another wonderful suggestion that the article made was to have the students have drawing classes at home. By doing this the students could identify different words with pictures and/or they can draw how they are feeling at that moment. After they draw their emotions then they could put in words how they are feeling and what the picture is depicting. This could be beneficial for communication purposes.
Music is also another great form of communication. ELL students can learn more about the English language through the art of music and song. Singing does not only help soothe the soul but can be used to help ELL students learn English words. Assignments could be made for students to work on translating songs from their language to the English language.
Finally, students could use technology at home to help learn the English Language. The article states the use of Duolingo to help learn the second language. Duolingo is an awesome app to use as it works at the user's pace and is fun and colorful for the student to actively learn the English Language.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Friday, March 13, 2020
Elementary Students celebrate diversity
The Elbridge Elementary School finds it best to try to celebrate as many different cultures as they can and introduce these cultures to all their students. The latest celebration that commenced was the Chinese New Year. The school brought in The Fabulous Chinese Acrobats to perform stunts, feats, balance, and more. The principal, Mr. R. J. Hartwell, stated "Giving children access to different cultural performances develops their understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity."
Just as the principal was stating how this is a great movement for the school an ELL teacher also agreed and was quoted "Embracing the diversity of students and teachers is the first step on the roadmap to success. " I would have to tend to agree with what this ELL teacher was saying. In order for the students to fully understand the English Language, they must understand our culture. But the understanding of cultures should be reciprocal. Just as ELL students should fully understand the English culture, we should understand other cultures.
Understanding the culture will only improve the progress that the ELL students will make. As Goldman stated in the article, "All students make significant progress when they are engaged in collaborative activities all day long. Common goals and common language helps everyone collaborate.' This could not be any more correct. Collaboration goes a long way and when students are ELL students, collaborating with others will only help them understand the language better.
I personally like the idea of the cultural observations this school provides its students with. It's amazing to see that this school would do this and it makes me think that its a great step towards many goals in education and in social settings. I wish other schools would follow this model. Having students learn about different cultures is a step in the right direction of cultural acceptance. Also, it will show the ELL students that English speaking students are just as interested in learning about their culture as the ELL students are with the English culture. This will go a long way to understanding the language and the social skills.
Just as the principal was stating how this is a great movement for the school an ELL teacher also agreed and was quoted "Embracing the diversity of students and teachers is the first step on the roadmap to success. " I would have to tend to agree with what this ELL teacher was saying. In order for the students to fully understand the English Language, they must understand our culture. But the understanding of cultures should be reciprocal. Just as ELL students should fully understand the English culture, we should understand other cultures.
Understanding the culture will only improve the progress that the ELL students will make. As Goldman stated in the article, "All students make significant progress when they are engaged in collaborative activities all day long. Common goals and common language helps everyone collaborate.' This could not be any more correct. Collaboration goes a long way and when students are ELL students, collaborating with others will only help them understand the language better.
I personally like the idea of the cultural observations this school provides its students with. It's amazing to see that this school would do this and it makes me think that its a great step towards many goals in education and in social settings. I wish other schools would follow this model. Having students learn about different cultures is a step in the right direction of cultural acceptance. Also, it will show the ELL students that English speaking students are just as interested in learning about their culture as the ELL students are with the English culture. This will go a long way to understanding the language and the social skills.
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Unit 7- Art Expo Expanding for the Inclusion of Hearing Impaired
Something spectacular is about to happen this March here in the Lehigh Valley. The Young at Art Expo, that will be happening in the Lehigh Valley, is looking for deaf interpreters to have the successful inclusion of the hearing impaired. This is a huge step for this expo as it is used to promote all sorts of camps that deal with the arts throughout the summer. This will be the fifth annual event and it will be promoting camps and schools such as the Community School of Music, The Baum School of Art, The Civic Theatre of Allentown, Lehigh Valley Martial Arts, and many more.
During this event, there will be a booth sponsored by the Deaf and Hard of Hearing TaskForce. They will be introducing children and adults to the form of communication known as sign-language and will be teaching them simple words to sign. This is to make the public aware that even the hard of hearing can partake in all the events that are offered, and that communication is not difficult.
This is a fantastic cause and movement. For too long have the hearing impaired felt left out and placed on the back burner. Now, people are doing something about it and movements like these are popping up everywhere.
I believe learning sign language is learning a second language which is similar to those learning English as a Second Language. We all have to start somewhere and this is a brilliant idea. The younger the children start learning another language the better communication skills they will have as they grow up. This works the same way for ESL children. We need to push for more ESL learning throughout schools and make everyone aware and accepting of the pursuit of inclusion! What this Expo is showing that with the hearing impaired, and hopefully many other events and schools will follow suit.
During this event, there will be a booth sponsored by the Deaf and Hard of Hearing TaskForce. They will be introducing children and adults to the form of communication known as sign-language and will be teaching them simple words to sign. This is to make the public aware that even the hard of hearing can partake in all the events that are offered, and that communication is not difficult.
This is a fantastic cause and movement. For too long have the hearing impaired felt left out and placed on the back burner. Now, people are doing something about it and movements like these are popping up everywhere.
I believe learning sign language is learning a second language which is similar to those learning English as a Second Language. We all have to start somewhere and this is a brilliant idea. The younger the children start learning another language the better communication skills they will have as they grow up. This works the same way for ESL children. We need to push for more ESL learning throughout schools and make everyone aware and accepting of the pursuit of inclusion! What this Expo is showing that with the hearing impaired, and hopefully many other events and schools will follow suit.
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