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Help for first
year classroom teachers.
- The First Year Teacher: organizational
ideas, what to read, how to survive, find help amongst a community
of bilingual educators...
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An example
lesson plan for the first day of school.
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Case Studies:
Small rural bilingual program
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8th Grade Bilingual Students,
Second Language Acquisition and technology (see below).
The following is
a simple list of ideas and links.
First i have some questions: are you self-contained?
what style of bilingual education do you have at your school? what
do you feel are your strengths and weaknesses as far as 1. being
a bilingual teacher and 2. teaching content (reading, math, science...).
Ok. I'm going to recommend you read a few books and articles.
Jim Cummins check out his articles on BICS and CALP and 2
others:
http://www.iteachilearn.com/cummins/index.htm
Stephen Krashen: order, or borrow from the
library -The Power of Reading- yeah, yeah i know another book about
reading but this one will change how you teach.
Jim Trelease: again order or borrow -The Read Aloud Handbook-
(I recommend the audio version). This book also vital.
As for websites:
start with Jill Mora's Bilingual Education Theory:
http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/TheoryBEMMdl/
General and Specific Tips:
e-mail me often, listen to audio books while away from school,
over plan, don't be afraid to change, be consistent, never promise
anything -and if you do absolutely positively follow through-, ESL
time is English only time, find out what contextualization is, begin
each lesson slightly below the level of your lowest student -when
you see him or her scratching their head- rewind and go about it
a different way, take risks your self and your students will too,
do not tolerate disrespect, when you read books aloud to the class
act out the funniest / most interesting parts, do as little round
robin reading as possible, use advanced organizers...
8th Grade Bilingual Students,
Second Language Acquisition and technology
Hi D,
Have you read Krashen's "The Power of Reading"? If not
it might be a good place to start. No technology in it but a solid
foundation and strong bibliography attached. Also the work of Keith
Topping, books and articles on paired / shared reading. A look at
Cummins articles to follow. Hakuta also.
After that you will know what to look for in the realm of technology.
Comprehensible input -through contextualization-, heightened motivation
and feedback.
Then look at the tech side of things. Try...
http://iteachilearn.com/uh/guadarrama/sociopsycho/paper.htm
http://iteachilearn.com/teach/tech/kids/kinder/library.htm
http://iteachilearn.com/teach/tech/library.htm
http://www.macromedia.com/resources/elearning/examples/ucsf2.html
Origional Message below
>I am an eighth grade bilingual teacher in Paterson, New Jersey.
Currently, I am working toward my Master's thesis: How technology
applications can support second language acquisition for ELL in
the middle grades. Any information or guidance you have in regard
to my topic would be most welcome. Thank you.
>Sincerely,
>
>Leonia, New Jersey 07605
>USA
>or
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>Public School Number
>35 Chadwick Street
>Paterson, New Jersey 07503
Links below:
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Go to e-Lective
Language
Learning
click
here the
theory and practice of an idea which increases the contextualization
of text for developing readers and language learners...
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Dave's
ESL Cafe great resource
for teachers on language minority students...
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Crawford's
Bilingual Policy Web explains
the politics and policy behind bilingual education and those
who seek to diminish it...
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