There are a myriad of issues that are needed to be considered when it comes to addressing nonstandardized languages in the classroom. One of the main ways that teachers can incorporate language into the classroom is by not only educating their classroom, but also by educating themselves. As a teacher, I would really get to know the students that speak a different language or dialect and learn about the way that they speak and about their culture. I would allow that child to teach others in the class by pairing them up, doing a show and tell, or by incorporating a diversity day into the curriculum. This allows for a safe environment to be created and for each student to feel supported and comfortable for the way that they speak. It is imperative
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While teachers cannot control standardized testing, they can control assessment in the classroom. Under IDEA 2004 Nondiscriminatory Assessment, it discusses how each student needs to be tested in the language that they are most familiar with. One example would be when a student is shown a picture of a particular object. The student may have a nonstandardized English, yet still correct and in accordance with their dialect. The student would get the answer wrong and it would impact their academic progress, even though they understand the concept. Each student should be able to understand the directions and the questions on each test and assessment that they are …show more content…
Every teacher should prepare their students to feel confident to enter the real world. By doing this, they should teach the students so that they can be bilingual and bidialectual. They should also teach their students the importance of diversity and that how they speak does not at all equal what they are saying. Teachers should teach students to become adults who hire people based on how well they will do in the job, not how they sound. By teaching tolerance and, much more importantly, acceptance, students can grow up to eliminate and close the gap and the misconceptions of language and
While teachers cannot control standardized testing, they can control assessment in the classroom. Under IDEA 2004 Nondiscriminatory Assessment, it discusses how each student needs to be tested in the language that they are most familiar with. One example would be when a student is shown a picture of a particular object. The student may have a nonstandardized English, yet still correct and in accordance with their dialect. The student would get the answer wrong and it would impact their academic progress, even though they understand the concept. Each student should be able to understand the directions and the questions on each test and assessment that they are …show more content…
Every teacher should prepare their students to feel confident to enter the real world. By doing this, they should teach the students so that they can be bilingual and bidialectual. They should also teach their students the importance of diversity and that how they speak does not at all equal what they are saying. Teachers should teach students to become adults who hire people based on how well they will do in the job, not how they sound. By teaching tolerance and, much more importantly, acceptance, students can grow up to eliminate and close the gap and the misconceptions of language and