For some reason, I loved the intro music to this video. It made me much more excited than the Growing Roots video! The Growing Roots video in comparison was interesting and definitely beneficial and important. However, I found this video much more fun. I also really respected the teacher in this video, she seems passionate about her teaching and seems to really love the children.
Anyway, here are the answers I came up with for the two questions given.
What the teacher does to make the lessons comprehensible:
-breaks things down
-speaks slowly
-goes to board a lot
-holds up pictures
-repeats things and also rephrases them using different words
-gestures
-acting things out
-models new things for them and goes through them and shows them on board, goes through them together so children understand what to do
-pairs them up with partners (preferably ones that speak the same language)
-allows students to discuss lessons together in their native language
-will sometimes pair students up that need extra help with more advanced students
-has students predict things with pictures, asks them different ways to name things, expands their vocabulary and understanding.
-brings in their own culture to connect them to lessons and their own background knowledge. (The owl in El Salvador, what sound does it make?)
-oral presentations to prepare for speaking in front of english-speaking classes in the future.
What the students do in order to learn the language and content:
-listen to the teacher speaking
-pick up on visual cues
-work in pairs
-make connections with the lessons and language
-read
-volunteer answers and ideas
-make stories in english
-ask questions
-listen to each other
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