Observation Of ELL Students In The Classroom

An ELL student is described as a linguistically and culturally diverse student who is learning the English language in addition to his or her native language. In my current fieldwork experience and to the best of my knowledge, there are no ELLs students attending any of the classes that I currently observe. From what I’ve observed, the classes I attend are not highly diversified by ELL’s, those students who are, seem to speak English fluently with no noticeable difficulty. Therefore, I am unable to give any descriptions on learning accommodations as of now on ELL’s. However, there were many lessons that did observe that accommodated different learning styles, that would also help ELL students if they were present in the classroom, such as, visual, auditory and tactile learning accommodations.
Throughout my observations there have been many characteristics of lessons …show more content…
A student with special needs could have learning disabilities, dyslexia, ADHD, cognitive impairment, serious illness and the list goes on. This was quite difficult for me to observe. As for me, it seems as though all the students in my current observation do not have any noticeable special needs. Upon taking a more detailed observation, I noticed a particular student who seems to have some social behaviors that did not match up with the majority of the students in the class. She fidgets a lot, is very out spoken and loud, she is the only student in the class who does not sit in her chair facing forward and she can at times can be disruptive towards the students around her. The teacher usually is able to control the situation with this particular student, without making it noticeable; even I didn’t notice it until I was really looking for it. The teacher actively includes this student, maintains her attention by getting her involved and matching her up with a range of students to balance out her energy in group