Many students struggle with learning disabilities, including understanding English. By using a diverse learning approach, this will not only assist those students with diverse learning needs but will help all students to learn in various manners. Some students have difficulty reading and some with writing.
The term phonological is new to me.
ELL students as well as the entire class. Medical terminology is a big part of this career path. I plan to introduce new terminology with handouts, definitions, examples, as I slowly enunciate the words.
I have worked with an ELL in my classes. The student had great difficulty speaking english, thus not able to answer questions or share experiences, or even participate in the class during lectures and projects. As much as I tried to get an interpreter to assist, however none available. There was a student friend that spoke Spanish, and were friends... She was able to help be her voice... Not the best solution, but that is all I had at the moment!
Reading & using vocabulary words out loud as well as showing them in written form can help ELL and diverse students.
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.
