Adlesperger t multicultural and bilingual learners
- 1. Multicultural and Bilingual Learners TALON ADLESPERGER DR. G ED 220-8095 1/30/2015
- 2. One Learning Strategy I plan to Use to Accommodate a Multicultural Learner: I plan on taking basic information and turning it into a song which also includes some of their primary language as well. The video to the right is of Haitian children singing and dancing after learning their body parts in English.
- 3. My Second Teaching Strategy that I will Implement in the Classroom: With multicultural learners, I would have a culture day once a week until we had covered each culture. The students from that culture could share their personal experiences and customs. As well as cooking the foods of the places studied.
- 4. The Third Teaching Strategy that I would use in the Classroom: I would use teacher and peer coaching in my classroom for the students who are having difficulties in the course.
- 5. Ways to make Multicultural Learners Feel Welcome in the Classroom
- 6. Additional Ways of making the Multicultural Learners feel Welcome SMILE! Have Welcoming body language
- 7. In the Classroom: • ALLOW THEM TO SHARE THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES • ALLOW PEER-ASSISTED LEARNING AND SOCIAL INTERACTION • SET A ROUTINE • Having a routine helps reduce anxiety • KEEP VOCABULARY ACCESSIBLE • KEEP WELL STOCKED ON LIBRARY BOOKS • Try have books about different homelands • MAKE STUDENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH MAKING MISTAKES • Without taking risks, the students will not learn
- 8. Additional Classroom Techniques • EXERCISE THESE NEEDS DAILY: • Reading • Writing • Speaking • Listening • USE VISUALS • Bus schedule • Post-cards • Video clips
- 9. Ways to Help Multicultural Learners be Successful • ALL TEACHERS SHOULD VIEW THEMSELVES AS LANGUAGE TEACHERS • UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST ENTERING A NEW SCHOOL, THEY ARE ALSO ENTERING A NEW CULTURE • ASK ABOUT THE STUDENTS’ LIFE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL • Homework might not be a priority if other things are expected of them