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Hello! For
this VBlog, Mrs. Su has agreed to share out her experiences as an ESL
instructor. Mrs. Su has been teaching for at least ten years and has experience
in other multiple languages such as: Chinese-Mandarin, Taiwanese, and Japanese.
Throughout the video, she shared out some of her experiences and suggestions
when handling a classroom with ESL students.
Mrs. Su
mentions that she had a mixture of ESL students from different backgrounds who
spoke different languages. In order to accommodate to these students, she
focused on enhancing her students’ writing skills through modeling and
practicing. In regards to modeling, negative feedback can be provided in verbal
discussions, but it may also occur in writing very often (Ortega, 2009, p. 71).
Although the students struggle with writing, creating a concept map or visual
prior to writing their draft will help the students organize and retain their
ideas. Therefore, teachers should always model as a whole-group of their expectations
before allowing students work on their own.
Another
interesting point I would like to discuss is the advice Mrs. Su brought up in
terms of motivation and preparation. She mentions that students need exposure
to hands-on activities as much as possible in order to be engaged. In addition,
this also ties into preparing a thorough lesson plan that includes
higher-thinking questions and differentiate activities that appeals to
different learners. Ortega mentions that although there are different levels of
motivation, our immediate comprehension deals with the attitudes of the
learning experience (Ortega, 2009, p. 170). If teachers create a lesson plan
that appeals to student-interest and choice, students are not only able to find
a high level of enjoyment, but also a high level of effort. After interviewing
Mrs. Su, I now have a better understanding to not only be prepared in
delivering the content, but to also be prepared in finding different ways to
appeal to student-interest and learning styles.
Ortega, L. Understanding second language acquisition. New York:
Routledge, 2009.
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