Ivana+Senior+Exit+Project

What adjustments do regular classroom teachers make for ESL students in their classrooms? Ivana-you need to begin to define what you mean by adjustments. Be specific and think about how you want to look at this issue. More individualized time? Adjusting the lessons? Using different curricular materials? Lowering expectations until language is learned?

What curricular materials and lesson ideas does the teacher need to make it easier for him or herself to teach ESL students in a classroom with regualr students?

My plan is to consrtuct a survey and give it to the teachers that I have been doing( aswell as the ESL teachers). On the survery it would be a couple of questions that I would have to think of. Then get the information and see the difference between esl students in regular class room and esl class room to see what lesson ideas and curricular materials work. Okay I understand better now. We should talk tomorrow. Mrs. Ashley

Okay! Can you bring in some ideas for questions. Also, since you are doing a survey, you will need to put some important things at the top since you are using human subjects. See the list I gave to Emeline on her senior exit page so you know what needs to go at the top of the survey.

So I did an opening for the survey(introducing my self and my survery) and is this okay?

My name is Ivana and I’m a student at John Jay. I want to become a teacher who works with ESL students. The purpose of my study is to find out what teachers do in situations where children come from a different country and are put in classrooms with regular students. These results will be used in constructing my research paper for my senior exit project. These questions that you will be answering are confidential and you are welcome to stop at any given point of time. This survey will approximately take up to ten minutes if you wish to complete it. Once you complete this survey, you can mail it back to the address on the envelope. Thank you for your time!

Here are some questiong I would ask:

What is the basic method’s that you have to construct when dealing with ESL students in a regular classroom? What are some activities that you have constructed to help the learning of ESL students? Do you see an improvement with ESL students from the beginning of the year to the end? Has there been a big increase of ESL students in your room? From last year to this year?

I need to think of more but this is what I got so far. As I increase all narrow my choices down of what are the best questions.

Instead of saying construct, think of a saying, "what methods do you use when teaching ESL students" You do need to get to the questions before you begin the study. The construction of the survey is the hardest part. We can work on this tomorrow to get more specific. Always keep in mind what information you are trying to gather.