Search found 22 matches
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:32 pm
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Using Techniques That Are Intrinsically Motivating
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3441
In the begining of the school year, I usually use interactive activities to encourage more reading, listening, and speaking in the classroom. For example, I use the "Interviewing Your Friend" activity where my students pair up and ask each other interviewing/conversation questions that I hand out. A...
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:40 pm
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Language skills or content?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2940
Language skills and contents
As ESL teachers, it is important that we teach both the content and language skills--including the four language domains (listening, speaking, writing, and reading). We want to teacher the core contents so that the ELLs, whom we pull out, are not behind in other subject areas. Also, Douglas Brown fr...
- Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:31 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Technology in the Classroom
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12027
Activities, Games, & Technology
There are tons of websites that you can use for fun, educational activities and games. Students, regardless of age, love activities online. You can use the internet for blogging--a fun way to let your students practice their writing/reading skills in English as well as maintaining their native langu...
- Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:40 pm
- Forum: Refugee Issues
- Topic: Language & Culture
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6112
Language and Culture
Yes, I agree that as educators, especially ESL teachers, we need design lesson plans that capitalize on students' cultural groups and identities. We need to understand our students cultures so that we can teach them more effectively. Since language and culture are connected, we can use activities th...
- Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:45 pm
- Forum: Assessment
- Topic: alternative assessment
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7781
Alternative Assessment
Formal tests are great tools in measuring your students abilities or knowledge in a given domain. They are carefully designed and have identifiable scoring rubric. However, if you want to measure a much wider domain and the ongoing process, you may want to use an assessement. Tests are subsets of as...
- Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:24 pm
- Forum: Assessment
- Topic: Self-Awareness of Learning Styles
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7659
Assessment for Learning Style
I have tried it and found that learning style tests are very helpful in finding out what kind of learners you have in your classroom so that you can create lesson plans that meet their needs. Through such tests, I was able to find out what kind of leaners they were, I incorporated Gardner's Multiple...
- Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:21 am
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: class management
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33914
ESL Classroom Management
In order to have good classroom management, you need to make sure that your lesson is engaging. If your lesson is boring, the students would more likely messing around and not paying attention. You can use fun, interactive activities such as skits, movies, and online games. Then, you need to make su...
- Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:43 am
- Forum: Computer Assisted Language Learning
- Topic: CALL for young learners
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6506
CALL
Dawn it. Mlordon took my answer. I was going to suggest www.starfall.com for your 3-yr old child. I also use this website with my pre-k students. They fell in love with the first day I introduced them to this website. It is almost the end of the school year, but they still love to practice their num...
- Tue May 29, 2012 6:43 pm
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Smartboards
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3678
SmartBoards
SmartBoard is an awesome technology to use in the classroom; I use in my general ed classroom all the time. I use it to give short powerpoint lectures where I incorporate some interactive practice exercises. I also use a few fun websites to let the students practice their language arts and math skil...
- Tue May 29, 2012 6:08 pm
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Technology in the Classroom
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1779
Technology in the Classroom
As an educator, we can use computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in our language classrooms. We can use CALL for collaborative projects—small group of students working together on a research project. The students can use graphics, charts, and text for their presentations. We can also use CALL f...
- Tue May 22, 2012 4:50 pm
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Maintaining L1
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2702
I believe that helping your students maintain their L1 is essential to their acquisition of L2 because the language skills are tranferable. If they "master" their L1, then they have learned the grammatical rules in the L1. They then transfer that knowledge to their L2 acquisition. They actually pick...
- Tue May 22, 2012 4:30 pm
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2690
Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers
I have always wanted to become a school teacher, but I was not confident about my ability because English is not my first language. When I started taking classes to become an ESL teacher, I was afraid that I would not be "qualified" because English is my second language. I was raised up my America f...
- Tue May 15, 2012 3:45 am
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Positive motivation
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2675
I agree with Meg. Extrinsic rewards can only encourage the students to respond immediately, but intrinsic motivation has lasting impact on the students' drive for learning and acquiring new knowledge. Intrinsic motivation leads to feelings of competence and success. So, try some intrinsic innovation...
- Tue May 15, 2012 3:12 am
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Reward or not to reward?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2232
Intrinsic or extrinsic movitation?
Abraham Maslow stated that intrinsic motivation is superior to extrinsic because no matter what extrinsic rewards are present or absent, we will strive for self-esteem and fulfillment. Jerome Bruner went on claiming that one of the most effective ways to help both children and adults to think and le...
- Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:05 am
- Forum: Bilingual Education
- Topic: Learning in two languages
- Replies: 3
- Views: 17606
Learning in two languages
It is so enriching when students (both ELLs and Native English speakers) are taught in two languages (L1 and L2). They gain language skills (becoming bilingual) and multicultural knowledge that will help them succeed in the future as professionals since our society is becoming global. Through the BE...