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Case: ESL "Pull Out" Program Mrs. Green's fourth graders are experiencing an interesting year. These particular nine and ten year olds have grown up together in the community and have been classmates throughout previous school years. However, this year a new student has joined their class. Lee, is a friendly young man who is learning English as his second language. Mrs. Green has referred Lee to the school's ESL (English as a Second Language) program director. The new system involves a "pull out" program that removes the ESL student from the regular classroom for individual tutoring. Mrs. Green has been careful to follow all of the guidelines set by the ESL director. Mrs. Green agrees that Lee needs individual attention as he acquires the English language. However, she is experiencing problems with Lee prior to his appointed tutoring time and when he returns from his individual instruction. He continues to display disruptive behavior when he is in Mrs. Green's classroom. She considers Lee's behavior to be distracting to the other students in her class. When she is presenting content area lesson material to the students, Lee's outbursts and comments result in off task behavior by the other students. Mrs. Green's frustration with Lee's behavior has made her question the good intentions of the ESL "pull out" program. Questions: 1. Is an ESL "pull out" program appropriate for second language learners? 2. How should Mrs. Green deal with Lee's classroom behavior? 3. Should Mrs. Green academically accommodate Lee while he is in her classroom? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I really feel like ESL "pull out" is outdated. I have personally seen where a ESL student has received help by an ESL teacher in the midst of a regular classroom setting. Not only would Lee receive extra help he needed but it would keep him from having to readjust every time he returns from being pulled out of the classroom. Lee may also be having outbursts in the classroom because he feels different and intimidated by the fact the rest of the class has gone through school together. The teacher should try to incorporate a lesson about where Lee is from. Asking him to help her teach the lesson could be a way to allow students to get to know him and begin to build friendships. I do believe it is Mrs. Green's job to academically accommodate Lee. He is her student! She should find ways of bridging the two languages throughout her lessons. This would help Lee feel welcome in her classroom and her other students to learn a new language as well. |
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