Outline: Final Project EDU 562

Mhm. Mhm.

Hi everyone.

So here is my overview of my final project um

When teaching students I kind of have see it as

this big umbrella.

You know my job is to facilitate motivate, inspire um

spark curiosity within my students and just to help them

find their voice.

Um And then of course underneath of all of that

is meeting the needs of my specific learners.

Um And in this class we're talking about E.

L. L.

Learners. So I thought it was interesting that in 2000

to 20% of all school age Children spoke a language

other than english at home.

Which makes me think that um as an educator I

need to evolve and adapt to these new little ones

that are in front of me to meet the unique

needs of all my E.

L. L.

Learners, I need to understand their culture.

And Noel spoke of this in chapter um For and

she talked about culture how it was kind of like

the branches of a tree but it's not just the

branches but also the roots, the roots that you really

need to understand.

Um And that culture can really be intertwined.

Yeah and it's the roots um that provide the deeper

values out of which those branches grow.

So it's important to um develop relationships with my students

to really understand who they are as individuals because we

know that two dll students aren't alike.

And then Um I read one study and put this

in my paper about visible cultural differences are only 10%

of our cultural identities so we really can't make assumptions

and judgments based on our physical appearances.

Yeah. And then teaching L.

L. Students is more than language, it goes really deep.

Yeah. You know often um immigrants um from other countries

are facing trauma associated with that people um and stress

and anxiety and just these cultural conflicts, You know their

roots. They're coming from a different place.

Different ideologies and uh their cultural boundaries often cause conflicts

within their E.

L. L.

Teachers and within their peers because they're trying to really

sort out that home life um and their school life.

I spoke with that a little bit my paper.

Mhm. And then I just talked about how it's important

to develop a keen awareness of E.

L. L.

Students potential needs and attuned to their strengths.

We can't see them as deficient.

Um but instead you know, see them as um attributes

to our classroom.

Yeah. And then it's important to provide visual support, small

group work, additional wait time um and just collaboration opportunities

for collaborating with their peers.

So there um you know immersed in not just the

language but also the culture.

Yeah. And then self confidence develops as a result of

positive experience in the context of the second language.

It's up to us as E.

L. L.

Teachers to provide those experiences to them so they can

heal success.

And you know, sadly um I read about one study

where 63% of the LLS graduate from high school.

This is compared with the overall national rate of 82%.

Um so it's kind of an uphill climb that we've

got. Um so we we have an important role that

we played in helping these students feel successful.

Thank you.

And then just build on our students strengths education is

not the filling of a pail but the lighting of

a fire.

And that's a quote by uh W Yeats that I

believe in.

So there is a little overview of my final project.

I hope you guys all have a great summer.

And it was nice reading everybody's posts and getting to

know everybody.

But by

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