In today's class we had two really good discussions; one about ELLs getting the proper education and the other regarding standardize tests.
My concern with ELLs is what made the school systems integrate students who don't speak English into an English speaking classroom? Someone made a comment about they didn't want to segregate anyone, which is understandable, but from what I've seen, they aren't learning as much as they could if they were in their native language. And that's the goal, to have them learn as if its being taught in their native language. Which makes it difficult, because its not being taught in their native language. This also doesn't allow them to socialize as much as well as relating to topics. It's just overall tough.
The other discussion came from a reading we were assigned to read, and it mentioned standardized tests. The problem with these tests, is that a lot of teachers teach to the test and not genuinely. Teachers' pay is based on how well their students do on these tests, so that might be why they teach to it. In our class discussion, some people think you should just teach how they would normally teach, and some understand why they would teach to the test. I plan to teach it genuinely
My concern with ELLs is what made the school systems integrate students who don't speak English into an English speaking classroom? Someone made a comment about they didn't want to segregate anyone, which is understandable, but from what I've seen, they aren't learning as much as they could if they were in their native language. And that's the goal, to have them learn as if its being taught in their native language. Which makes it difficult, because its not being taught in their native language. This also doesn't allow them to socialize as much as well as relating to topics. It's just overall tough.
The other discussion came from a reading we were assigned to read, and it mentioned standardized tests. The problem with these tests, is that a lot of teachers teach to the test and not genuinely. Teachers' pay is based on how well their students do on these tests, so that might be why they teach to it. In our class discussion, some people think you should just teach how they would normally teach, and some understand why they would teach to the test. I plan to teach it genuinely