My first impression after doing the readings was that I am so glad we are required to learn about how to better teach English language learners. Many of the concerns and ideas brought up are things I haven’t thought about before, but are very important to consider as a future educator. Something that stuck out for me to reflect on in chapter 1 was the idea that we all come from varied backgrounds with many influences on our development of academic language. I know I sometimes I take for granted all the privileges I have had in my life which had allowed me to develop strong English language skills. Some other points in the textbook also called on me to reflect on these same influences for how they might affect my relationships with students in how I grade them, teach them and so on. Starting to be aware of these influence more closely should surely lead to less bias in my teaching. Chapter 2 offered some problems in the way that we teach academic language to students and how difficult it can be to develop academic language skills in students. Chapter 3 offers some solutions to these problems. The sample dialogue was helpful in understanding how to model some of the example solutions. My group is presenting on these chapters on Wednesday so I hope we will be able to delve deeper into these ideas then. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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