Video # 55 - Learning Positional Words in Spanish and in English

Video # 55 - Learning Positional Words in Spanish and in English

In this video you see twenty-five English Language Learners that are in the first grade. Their native language is Spanish, with ninety-five percent of the students being second generation in the U.S., and five percent of them from Mexico. The teacher is providing cultural appropriateness of the resources by teaching with visual aids in learning the English language. The teacher’s instructional strategy is also appropriate because she is speaking to the students in their native language first, then teaching them the English word. The teacher is also supporting her strategy by having the students verbally repeat the English word.

B1a. The teacher is showing consideration for the students’ cultural diversity by speaking their native language first, followed by the word in English. The teacher is also showing consideration for linguistic students by describing the English words and then showing them examples of what the word means. A couple examples are the words near and far, after speaking the word she would then point to things in her classroom that were near and far. This would allow for the students to better comprehend and understand the word in the English Language. B1b. One instructional strategy I would suggest the teacher to use to help further support the cultural diversity within the classroom would be differentiated instruction. In using this strategy the teacher will be constantly assessing her students to see where