The students that I chose are a couple of brothers who are from an African country. Before they arrived in The United States, they did not know anything about English. In their current school there is not anybody who speak their language; for this reason, they do not receive any help to understand English. As a result, it is very hard for them to learn a new word.
They are willing to learn ; however, they have not showed any advance. They know all the letters of the alphabet and how to write them; still, they are struggling to learn basic things; for instance, colors and numbers. One example of this situation is when the teacher is explaining something to them , they repeat it many times; nevertheless, they forget it immediately. First, I thought it was a problem related to a learning disability; nonetheless, I realized that it is produced due to the fact that they are not understanding what the teachers say since they repeat the words without knowing what they are doing.
The children can understand basic instruction provided that the teachers showed them what to do through body language. Nevertheless, they need to learn more vocabulary and practice more speaking since they are in the silent period. So, I would suggest the following websites in order the students can learn more words and practice the pronunciation of them:
It would be very useful if the children use theses websites everyday because they contain entertaining games to learn English ; so they will never get bored and they will understand what the websites are teaching them owing to the fact that they are visual mainly. Another suggestion that I can make is that the children can play the games with their parents since they do not speak English too. So, they all will feel engaged , motivated , and interested in learning a new language; as a consequence the children will not desert the school.
1 comment:
Carolina,
Nice choices!
Gina
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