Learners come from a diverse set of backgrounds that involve everything from holding an advanced education prior to enrollment to having little to none. Regardless of the individual's background, it remains important to be able to provide students with an education that inspires, engages, and promotes the stated goals and objectives in their particular field. While students who have historically struggled in school or have come from a background where English is their second language, it is possible to still see student success by bringing your attention to the needs of the student through in class assessment, and then developing that student's learned ability.
Instructional supports are key for learners in which English is their second language. It is important to meet our students where they are at and help them be as successful as possible.
Give short projects to help students that are learning English and a new career.
Make sure that you are interacting with students whose first language is not English.
Be aware of words or terms that may be English focused or do not translate to other languages.
I am reminded that many students will benefit from small assignments in thinking, speaking, and writing in English with words, phrases, and Sentences. This includes word roots. I am reminded this is not just the student one traditionally thinks of as the ESL student, but also the student who regularly communicates in English, but may not write in English, or who communicates in another language at home. Many students who do speak English at some also lack basic grammer skills also will benefit.
How to help and understand students with language barriers
Repetition of new terms is crucial to learning and retaining content vocabulary. Using newly acquired terms in written and oral expression is an effective method of assessing a student's vocabulary acquirement. When I am introducing new vocabulary words to my students, I pronounce the word, they repeat the word aloud, then they write the word. As a result, they see the word, hear the word, say the word, and write the word.
It is important as an instructor to understand that each the success of each student will be influenced by the following: genetic and learned abilities, previous life experiences, and their personal motivation for the chosen field. Student's will learning disabilities and challenges require support for best learning practices. There are an array of strategies the instructor can utilize to ensure the success of a student with learning disabilities or challenges.
In that course I learned about the challenges that some students might have and how to help them to overcome those and get a career in the field of their choice.
Assign small or short projects to ensure they're all understanding.
Helping diverse learners will help them to have more structural outline to help them to better understand.
Repetition, repetition, repetition!!!!!
I always enjoy learning about teaching techniques to ensure all students receive a quality experience. Instructing diverse learners means adapting teaching strategies and approaches to meet student's unique needs and abilities, especially those with diverse backgrounds and language barriers.
Many of my students struggle with spelling, reading and writing; and often, Culinary topics/techniques/equipment have French names which can seem overwhelming. These French words like "mise en place" are an industry standard, so they need to learn these terms and how to use them when speaking in their work environment. I agree that repetition is crucial in helping students overcome their fear of speaking a different language and start to use those words with more confidence and understanding. Giving concrete examples and using the words in a variety of contexts is key.
Students will come to class with a different basic understanding of the English language. When giving out vocabulary words, try to limit them to a list of 10 max, 5-7 preferred. Check in with your students.
Comment on SETH SORONNADI's post: The way we engage with and instruct students with disabilities needs to change. To help facilitate their learning, we must acknowledge this and make necessary adjustments to the lesson plans. gaining that knowledge and creating a more inclusive teaching approach for all children with impairments will take time.
Comment on Francisco Gonzalez's post: It would be best to identify early on what students are able to comprehend so that an instructor can identify how to best support the student. Incorporating a few new vocabulary words at a time along with examples will be a good way to introduce students to new terms.
In this module, I learned about how to help learners with different deficiencies. Specifically, English language learners. I learned it is best to start with key vocabulary words and use visual and kinesthetic options. It also help give some tips on how to increase student comprehension. This was really helpful.
