Chapter 1
ESL in School
Key Quote
“… it takes 5 – 10 years to develop
academic language proficiency…”
(page 20)
Gingerbread Man
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What’s the (pedagogical) moral?
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Page 2
Any similar examples?
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From your own classroom experience?
Or from that of a colleague?
Acronym Soup
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LEP
ESL
ESOL
TESOL
ELL
ELD
ENL
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Moral:
Know who and what
you are teaching…
Go with the flow on
the vocabulary…
Welcoming New Students
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Get Baseline Information
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Literate in home language?
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Enable Students to Shine (w/o English…)
Beware Culture Shock
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Suggested Activities
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Illustrated Autobiography (Eng or Native)
Dialogue Journal
Family Origins
…Others…?
Culture in the Classroom
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Don’t assume anything…
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Personal anecdotes?
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Eg: Silence & Japanese students
Lines & Chinese students
Culture: What people
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Know & believe
Do
Make & use
Dave’s Soapbox
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Culture is an inherent part of:
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People
Their language
ESL involves teaching culture
It is possible
ethically imperative
to introduce a new culture without
displacing/denigrating the original one!
But…
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What parameters
can/should/must
be established for an
environment conducive
to learning…?
No Hablo Inglés
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Safety & security
A sense of belonging
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Avoid unconscious marginalization
Context-embedded language
Classroom labels
Other thoughts?
Standards, Testing, Oh My…
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You tell me…
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What’s critical to your jobs?
The good?
The bad?
The ugly?
The strategies to overcome?
ENL Programs
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In your schools? Schools you know of?
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Bilingual education
Transitional bilingual education
Maintenance bilingual education
Immersion education
Two-way immersion
Newcomer programs
The ‘ideal’ program?
Whaddya Think?
ESL Specifically
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Sheltered English
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ELD
Structured English Immersion
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ESL Pull-out
Deep-end Method
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Benefits & Drawbacks of Each?
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(Dave’s label)
Successful Programs
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Centered on Student
Comprehensive
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Challenging
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Acknowledges age & IQ
Considers
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Preparation for mainstream instruction
Value & usefulness of L1
Culturally aware
Collaborative Questions
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How are ‘newcomer ESL’ students
handled in schools you’ve been
associated with?
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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
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Talk with an ESL student. Ask:
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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?