1. Chapter 1 ESL in School

2. Key Quote “… it takes 5 – 10 years to develop academic language proficiency…” (page 20)

3. Gingerbread Man What’s the (pedagogical) moral? Page 2 Any similar examples? From your own classroom experience? Or from that of a colleague?

4. Acronym Soup LEP ESL ESOL TESOL ELL ELD ENL Moral: Know who and what you are teaching… Go with the flow on the vocabulary…

5. Welcoming New Students Get Baseline Information Literate in home language? Enable Students to Shine (w/o English…) Beware Culture Shock Suggested Activities Illustrated Autobiography (Eng or Native) Dialogue Journal Family Origins …Others…?

6. Culture in the Classroom Don’t assume anything… Personal anecdotes? Eg: Silence & Japanese students Lines & Chinese students Culture: What people Know & believe Do Make & use

7. Dave’s Soapbox Culture is an inherent part of: People Their language ESL involves teaching culture It is possible ethically imperative to introduce a new culture without displacing/denigrating the original one!

8. But… What parameters can/should/must be established for an environment conducive to learning…?

9. No Hablo Inglés Safety & security A sense of belonging Avoid unconscious marginalization Context-embedded language Classroom labels Other thoughts?

10. Standards, Testing, Oh My… You tell me… What’s critical to your jobs? The good? The bad? The ugly? The strategies to overcome?

11. ENL Programs In your schools? Schools you know of? Bilingual education Transitional bilingual education Maintenance bilingual education Immersion education Two-way immersion Newcomer programs The ‘ideal’ program?

12. Whaddya Think?

13. ESL Specifically Sheltered English ELD Structured English Immersion ESL Pull-out Deep-end Method (Dave’s label) Benefits & Drawbacks of Each?

14. Successful Programs Centered on Student Comprehensive Preparation for mainstream instruction Challenging Acknowledges age & IQ Considers Value & usefulness of L1 Culturally aware

15. Collaborative Questions How are ‘newcomer ESL’ students handled in schools you’ve been associated with? Strengths & Weaknesses? What other cultures are you familiar with? How might these differences affect education for these countries’ folks if they came to the Upstate?

16. Quick Project Talk with an ESL student. Ask: What is it like to learn English in school? What is the hardest part? What has been fun? How long have you been studying so far? What can a teacher do to make it easier?