Culturally Responsive Learning

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According to research, I’ve learned since the early year's teachers have often depended on SEI to assist with ELLs understanding classroom assignments. Culturally Responsive Teaching is when teachers distinguish how important it is including a students' cultural in classroom assignments. Back in the day the expression that teachers would use regarding ELLs, is called sheltered. Since ELLs was taught separately from English fluent speaking students, also, ELLs did not participate academically with fluent English students. But because of changes made and laws establish ELLs now learn with English-fluent students and there are curriculum standards that schools must follow. Sheltered English instruction, is a set of procedures that is very important

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