What can we do to assist children with limited English proficiency?
What will be an ideal response?
Take the new child around and personally introduce him or her to other children. Give the new child special class responsibilities so he or she feels a part of the class. Be a role model for cultural acceptance and respect. Provide contextualized, authentic learning. Let the new child silently observe if he or she feels uncomfortable participating at first. Partner the new child with a compatible learning mate. Never pressure a new child to speak; when he or she does speak, don't overcorrect. Learn some words and phrases in the child's native language; use these with the new child as well as teach them to the other children. Simplify your English as needed and speak slowly in a clear, normal tone. Repetitive stories, songs, and rhymes allow the new child to practice language. Role-playing invites the new child to explore lifelike situations so he or she can have fun practicing the language structures needed for conversation.
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Brian, frustrated by his math worksheet, tears the paper in half. Which of the teacher's following responses would best characterize what psychologist Carl Rogers calls “empathic understanding”?
a. “Joanna, why don't you sit with Brian and help him with his math worksheet? He needs your help.” b. “Brian, tearing your math worksheet is not a constructive way to solve your problems.” c. “You were working on those problems for some time without getting many done. Why don't you show me where you got stuck?” d. “Math was always my worst subject, too. Finally, I just realized I was better at other things.”
The abbreviation signifying using a computer to assist in storing information about students, maintaining lists of resource materials, and an inventory of materials, is
(a) CSI (b) CMI (c) CAI (d) IEP (e) ERIC (f) NBPTS
Shared beliefs refer to:
a. Specific cultural conventions or statements that people who share a culture hold true or false b. Culturally defined standards about what is good or bad or desirable or undesirable c. The written and unwritten rules that specify appropriate group behavior d. Artifacts of different cultural groups
What are the advantages of completing assigned readings before class?
What will be an ideal response?