Three new things I have learned in this chapter....
1. Issues with English Second Learners and foreign language instruction include developing academic language and background knowledge to succeed in mainstream classes and differentiating instruction across proficiency levels for students.
2. Other issues include integrating students native languages and authentic material and perspectives of native speakers of the target languages. Developing an audience and purpose for the assignments students produce can also be an issue for teachers and students.
3. Some integration strategies for ESL and foreign language instruction are support for authentic oral and written practice, presentation aids and virtual field trips for modified language immersion experiences.
Two connections to my teaching...
1. To help integrate ESL and foreign language instruction to students who are having trouble or need motivation, I can have students use virtual collaborations and virtual field trips to help students learn.
2. I can also make use of web based, authentic content to help students experience their native language. These web sites are designed for native speakers of the target language can offer students written and oral text on topics that students are interested in.
One question I have about the text is...
1. How commonly used are these language labs and virtual field trips? I don't remember learning/ using anything like this when I was in school.
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