Week 2

• What is your experience in terms of working or friends with people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds?
My experience in terms of working with people from a diverse cultural and linguistic background has been pretty easy. I myself come from a diverse cultural, my first language is Spanish. I came to the United Stated not knowing any English.
• Do you have experience in working with ELLs?
During my field experience last semester I did have a chance to work with a student that didn’t know English and help him on his reading and his writing.
• Do you have experience in teaching ELLs?
I do not have experience in teaching ELLs.
• What is your perception on ELLs in terms of their learning motivation and performance in general and in reading and writing specially?
In my perception on ELLs in terms of their learning motivation and performance in general and in reading and writing I would have many activities with the students that will motivate the students learn how to read and write. I feel as a teacher for a student not to lose focused in you as the teacher you have to be exited and motivated to teach the students, that way the students will be motivated as well. I feel is not always about the textbook and reading from the textbook. You can make a lesson plan using the textbook, but doing activities from it.
• What learning difficulties do ELLs usually encounter in schools?
Some learning difficulties that ELLs students encounter in schools is the fact that students don’t know English and will follow behind in the curriculum taugh by the teacher.
• In your observation, how do classroom teachers resolve ELLs’ learning difficulties and improve their learning motivation? What strategies do they often adopt? Are these strategies effective? Are you familiar with these strategies? Are family and community involved?
In my observations students that are ELLs usually don’t speak and when is time for English ELL student will go to ESL or bilingual. When I was in school I use to the same, I use to go to ESL.
• What intervention strategies would you adopt if you have ELLs in your class? How do you go about teaching the child? How do you go about reaching out to the family and the community?