Summer work
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0626-_P-qCHjMiTVGz-wDuJjg For many English learners, summer is a time of long hours of work to better their lives.
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Vocabulary bait
https://share.icloud.com/photos/04fBG7rJ4v6UE2L-ziv7iPj3g . Use the vocabulary that will bait your students for success.
Time spent speaking English
https://share.icloud.com/photos/04cVnLcShiGyNnt4hfBY3nTfw How much time do our English language learners spend speaking English ?
Hands on learning
https://share.icloud.com/photos/01bD8xmBsRKcIiP-hvJTFxXxA For many of our students , they need to be out doing to learn
Taking flight to new heights.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0c0jz7Zg2dPj5mf8FsDa3Lisw Ell students can go to to new heights when they build on & use their first language.
Culture of learning
https://share.icloud.com/photos/01aJ4kTiG-XJwsE4oPJkuJDjg Many students bring a new culture With them. We can utilize it in our classroom
Two to five years to learn English
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0caAeJeG6uwODQuFIzQ8fOnlA It can take a newcomer 2 to 5 years to learn English.
Reading the written word & reading the world.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0c2A4WQqM_uDY4it6BxOqK3Hw Paulo Freire taught that we should read the written word & the world around us.
Learning to read in a second language
https://share.icloud.com/photos/078Y0H7aHojEcdnDftp9WDq-w When you have limited English students come from out of country & they come with an education, they will be able to transfer those skills to o your classroom. If the student can read at the 6th grade level in their native language, they will be able to transfer the skills they have into a 6th grade level in English.
To be a second language learner
About 36 years ago, I had the opportunity to live in Mexico for two years. I didn't know what to expect. I didn't know Spanish. I had never left the United States before. What would happen was a life changing experience. When I was in high school, I took two years of Spanish. Learning by flashcards and just using the language in the classroom wasn't the best practice for me. I only remembered a couple few words. They were words of activities I enjoyed- fishing. Agua, lago and pez. One can't get too far in Mexico with that vocabulary. Flying into the city of Veracruz is a memory I'll never forget. The vast Gulf of Mexico stretching out into the distance. The coconut trees. The security guards on the roof of the airport with their semi-auto rifles. I wondered at the time what I had gotten myself into. Nothing I had done in my life prior to this time could have prepared me for ...