Websites that might help
One of the students that we have in our classroom is from Burma, but I don't really know what problem he has because I know that he understands English very well, but he doesn't want to speak. I believe that he has a problem, the teacher never force him to talk, sadly I don't know which the problem is. I would like to know more about him and why he doesn't want to speak. Today, we were helping the students to do an actitivity in groups, the idea was to present about a topic, and I asked him to talk in front of the class, and he accepted, he read, but quietly; I could notice that the teacher was very happy because he read something in front of the class. I haven't asked the teacher about his problem, so I don't really know what I can do. I feel really sad, we will finish our teacher shadowing and I feel that I still want to stay with the children, and try to do something for this student.
I was looking for some websites on internet that can help him, but I think that he really needs another kind of help, maybe he needs someone who can stay with him during the class, trying to understand the things that he wants to say, and giving him support. During the two weeks that we spent in the school I tried to do this with him, but I think it wasn't enough time.
I found some websites that can help the rest of the students in the class, some of them still have problems with pronunciation or spelling. The pages that I found are very interesting for children because there, they can find lots of games, songs, vocabulary, etc. I think that the children of my class need something different, if they use technology it could be a little more motivating for them.
Here are some good pages with resources for ESL students:
http://www.multimedia-english.com/
http://www.multimedia-english.com/htm/kids/menu.htm
http://www.manythings.org/e/pronunciation.html
And also I would like to recomend this site for the teacher, because it has a big list of games to do with ESL students, and I have read that this is a good way for them to learn the target language.
Here is the link:
http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi?Games
I was looking for some websites on internet that can help him, but I think that he really needs another kind of help, maybe he needs someone who can stay with him during the class, trying to understand the things that he wants to say, and giving him support. During the two weeks that we spent in the school I tried to do this with him, but I think it wasn't enough time.
I found some websites that can help the rest of the students in the class, some of them still have problems with pronunciation or spelling. The pages that I found are very interesting for children because there, they can find lots of games, songs, vocabulary, etc. I think that the children of my class need something different, if they use technology it could be a little more motivating for them.
Here are some good pages with resources for ESL students:
http://www.multimedia-english.com/
http://www.multimedia-english.com/htm/kids/menu.htm
http://www.manythings.org/e/pronunciation.html
And also I would like to recomend this site for the teacher, because it has a big list of games to do with ESL students, and I have read that this is a good way for them to learn the target language.
Here is the link:
http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi?Games
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Sandra,
It is likely that you are seeing some 'silent period' issues at work... Do a google search for this topic...
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