ELL Reflection

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I came to the US when I was 11. I started my ELL class while I was in elementary school. The class was hard, because ei was shy, new to the culture and above all I was the minority. However the instructor embraced the moment. She made me want to learn. The methods she used to taught me English vocabulary was unique. She had different methods of teaching such as presentations, movies, songs games, puzzles. One day we even went to the zoo and she taught us I enjoyed the class.

The Ell class in middle and high school was too easy. For example, the professor will give us a book to read and we had to write a summary then the professor will gives us a list of suffix and prefixes to make up sentences us the method used in elementary school
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Its a lie a kid from Japan has a completely different culture than someone from Latin America. This could be changed through the Teacher, for example engaging different culture in classroom for example having a New years celebration before break because new years is huge in Japan or make students write about Yom Kipur, (israel) Sea Day Japan Day of the death Latin America Ramadan In Africa etc. Making students share or present about their cullture this help with communicating using professional language also reaching which comes along with reading.

Ell Student should use their native language in classroom :: this is wring in my opinion cultures are different the students needs to be comfortable in the class in order for them to be comfortable with a strange language .. Example, Japanese kids are all about perfection of course they will not speak if they know their English its not well. Especially they will refuse to speak to someone older than them, if they are not communicating effective. therefore, having peers that might help them to help each other. Reading out loud to each other is the best method of improving reading. Reading more than 1 time will also help. Also if there are other students that speak same language its better because that way student can ask the other student for a better understanding of

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