Being a student who is an English Language Learner can be a very difficult thing to be. Imagine if you went to a Spanish speaking country and were forced to automatically be thrown into their world and just expected to be able to function normally in the completely new environment. This could be very a very uncomfortable situation for anybody to deal with. Teaching these students could also be a challenge, but it can be done. The author of “Innovative Ways to Assist English Language Learners” says that a “student’s listening level is higher than their reading level”. This can be helped by finding a website that can read passages to the students. This way they’re reading it, but they have that extra help hearing it out loud. This helps the students comprehend a lot easier. Another simple one to use is just an online translator. This is something easy to do, and can help not only an English learning student, but any type of student learning any other language.
There are also videos that you can access to not only have the students hear what they’re learning, but you can show them new and interesting ways to learn things. Learning a new language isn’t just involved with classes, tests, and quizzes. It involves participating in real one on one activities. It’s not something that you can just take a break from once you’re done with the classes if you actually want to take part in “living with the language”. It’s something you must commit to and be dedicated for. You can help these students by making sure they’re up to date on their knowledge of the internet and computers. They cant use any of the advices without them. Hopefully with the help of you and the dedication of the student you can have them become a full fledged English speaking student.
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"Innovative Ways to Assist English Language Learners." ConnectED. 06/10/2009. Web. 11 Nov 2009. http://connected.waldenu.edu/index.php/blogs/34-educations-cutting-edge/449-innovative-free-ways-to-assist-english-language-learners.html
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It is very important to have an innovative and creative way of guiding learning of another language. It may be a nerve-wracking situation if a person is nervous about speaking aloud in a classroom and can negatively affect that person's learning. Identifying with other ways to learn outside of a classroom, such as all the interactive tools on the internet can successfully motivate those students to the point where they are no longer embarrassed to talk in class.
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ReplyDeleteI think it's important that teachers understand how a student's listening level is higher than their reading level because it can accelerate their learning of the english language and thus make it less time consuming in the long run. I feel like online translator sites however are not an effective tool to use because it takes a while to type in everything needed to say and often there are many different types of expressions or slang that the translator won't pick up or sentences that just won't quite translate properly because of how other languages are structured. For instance, in German, there is nothing that would translate to the English word "does." For this reason, I feel that translators should be avoided as a tool to assist English language learners.
ReplyDeleteGood work…unique site and interesting too… keep it up…looking forward for more updates
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