Saturday, April 17, 2010

English Language teaching ELL and Tech!

I would say that most of the students speak the same general dialect of English. The ESL student that I work with might speak in a lower dialect, but I'm not sure if that's what I'm hearing. The Practicum has to two ESL students, but I believe both only speak English and the native language has been lost. One of the students does have trouble with English , but it more of a confidence and fluency issue. Once when we were working on her personal ELL work book that is provided for the school, the book prompted me to ask her the definitions of the word. She read the word most of the English words with ease but when I asked her what they meant that is where I could see that she was having trouble with English.
The classroom has a Promethean Board which is used for a variety of things, note taking, videos etc. The teacher also has a mobile mic that she places in front of every student for out loud reading. The student's voice can be heard through out the classroom on the overhead speaker. Mrs. P also encourages internet use. Many of the students are presenting research projects that requires them to do research on the internet and cite their sources.