I am from an inherently rural area. I had little to know experience with ELLs until I came to Juniata. In cities, anywhere you go you are bound to meet an ELL, but in my town I only knew one, the Italian old lady who owns the OIP. With the low incidence of ELLs in my area I never really thought about the lack of resources we have to help them. Some important things to think about are the teacher’s lack of ELL experience in low incidence ELL areas, instructional methods, use of the primary language, and the affect of afterschool programs.
The rising number of immigrants coming to the U.S. poses a problem for rural school districts. Many teachers and staff have never experienced dealing with ELL students in their classroom. This lack of knowledge and experience makes them unqualified to adequately teach an ELL. Testing these children my also be difficult since the test would be in English. They may know the answer, but not completely understand the question. …show more content…
The three components to their guide are leadership capacity, instructional support, and parent involvement (Hill, 2004, p.1). According to No Child Left Behind all schools are required to provide education for ELLs with instruction that is based on scientific research, but it does not provide a particular method of instruction (p.11). It is up to the school district to come up with a program that provides quality education for ELLs. Many schools that don’t have ELLs may not know where to start when creating a method of
The rising number of immigrants coming to the U.S. poses a problem for rural school districts. Many teachers and staff have never experienced dealing with ELL students in their classroom. This lack of knowledge and experience makes them unqualified to adequately teach an ELL. Testing these children my also be difficult since the test would be in English. They may know the answer, but not completely understand the question. …show more content…
The three components to their guide are leadership capacity, instructional support, and parent involvement (Hill, 2004, p.1). According to No Child Left Behind all schools are required to provide education for ELLs with instruction that is based on scientific research, but it does not provide a particular method of instruction (p.11). It is up to the school district to come up with a program that provides quality education for ELLs. Many schools that don’t have ELLs may not know where to start when creating a method of