 |
Home
| How It Works
| Stats
Login | Register |
|
Case: SPEAK ENGLISH! I am a Kindergarden teacher that has a big group of hispanic students in the classroom. Many of them do not know how to speak English and thus makes it very complicated and frustrating to communicate. What is even worse, is that these students tend to speak Spanish when they are amongst themselves. Clearly, as a teacher I want them to be able to Participate, however, I am not sure whether or not I should separate them and forcé them to leave their native tongue at home. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) While it may be frustrating for you try to imagine how difficult it would be for the students if you split them up and forced them to leave their language at home. I think it would be a good idea to encourage the students to teach their classmates some Spanish and then have their classmates teach them corresponding English words and phrases. You may also want to attempt to learn a bit of Spanish yourself so that you can communicate with the students in the language they are most comfortable using. As they see you and their classmates trying to make them more comfortable they may be more willing to break out of their comfort zones. Additionally, I would suggest incorporating a lot of group work where the students will have plenty of opportunities to communicate verbally. I think it would be helpful to ensure that two of your Spanish speaking students are always together in a group with some of their English speaking peers. |
||
Rating
|
||||||||||||||||||