I just finished the big assignment and in my opinion the site is very instructive. Every link takes you to a new experience in the world on ELL. The videos in part three are very helpful. They give strategies for us to use with students and the best part is that the teachers not only talk about those strategies but also model a class using all those strategies. My favorite was the elementary teacher, the way she used real materials to explain new words to students was amazing. I personally think that a class is not a class if the teacher does not have any materials (no copies, they’re boring).
In addition, throughout all 4 parts, the strategies and tips that the teachers gave in their videos are also the same ones in most of the links. that is a good sign since we can trust that they are doing a good job and that we can learn from them.
Like a mentioned before, my subject area is Spanish and as a future great teacher I will do my best to not only help my students to learn a second language but also I will help those students that need to learn English if I have any in my classroom.
PS: Congratulations to all those that have completed Junior field, tomorrow is the last day YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I actually just finished doing the "Big Assignment" as well. I found the website to be extremely informative. So much so, that I even took notes and printed some things out. It was definately worth my time to read through. I really liked how the site included video clips. They helped to bring a sense of "realness" to the information. I also liked how along with alot of the information were suggestions for how to implement what you were reading about in the classroom. For example, in the beginning along with the explanations of the stages an ELL goes through were suggestions for what teachers should do with students in each stage. Other parts I found interesting were where you were given ways of adapting instruction, textbooks, questions, and assessments to accomodate for ELLs. As I was reading these, though, I could not help thinking that a lot of these strategies would probably work well for inclusion students as well.
I agree, the " Big Assignment is a very helpful tool. I personally like listening to the clips, I find it easier to relate to people and situations when we hear them from the real source. I also learned a lot from the advises that each stage gives to help students acquire the English language in stages. I am a ELL and know exactly what it feels to be in a classroom and not understand anything, to feel like an allien, like no one cares and I want to be diffenrent, i want to be able to make ELL feel that they have an advantage that many children do not have and it is that soon they will be able to speak not just one language but TWO and that can empower any one that wants to succed.
I found that the "Big Assignment" to be very informative. I also enjoyed the videos. It helped me understand the material better after I watched the video. I thought that the video clips of the teachers and the teaching strategies that the use to be most interesting. I also liked that the website gave a list of instructional strategies and tips. I printed them out so I can refer back to them.
I found the video & audio clips to be very helpful. It is one thing to hear about ELL experiences but it is quite another to see & hear English Language Learner stalk about it themselves. We got to see and hear in their voices the embarrassment, frustration and joy of conquering the language.
The teacher videos helped as well. We got to see how these teachers act in their classrooms and they gave us a few tips. Talk slowly & calmly. The ELL's are already in a whirlwind of confusion and anxiety so one of the best things we as teachers can do is to make their learning environment as un-stressful as possible.
I also feel that the assignment was very informative and was a valuable asset in trying to understand and assist ELL students. I learned so much, escpecially from the videos and audio files. Its one thing to read the facts and statistics, but to hear someone who has gone throught the ELL experience themselves, and describe what it was like gave me a much better sense of what these kids are going through. I am much more sympathetic to these students now after hearing about how they struggled to adapt. Now, after the assignment, I feel much more prepared to help these students. By looking at what went wrong with the education of these students, I know what mistakes not to make. Also, by seeing what worked, I can emulate those tactics to help those students.
I agree, the "Big Assignment" was extremely helpful. I found the audio clips to be very interesting and something different than just reading the information. I will definitely be using the strategies and tips that this website had to offer. I found the website to be extremely informative and added real life experiences, which are always good. I know this information will come in handy for me because I felt pretty clueless when it came to English Language Learners. I really found that I have learned a great deal from this assignment, but I just wish I was able to work with some ELL students. I think it would have been a good experience since I am not familiar with working with any ELL students. I also agree with what Lindsay has said, this information can also work well with inclusion students.
Just like you guys, I also finished the assignment. I thought the website was great! It not only helps us as future teachers and advocates for ELL children and their families, but it was a great source of information to integrate in our future courses at Kean. Lindsay, you are right about your comment "these strategies would work well for inclusion students as well". I was thinking the same as I went through the videos and audios, there are so many learning styles, and these strategies would definately help many students succeed.
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