How has this experience effected youWhat experiences had the most impactWhat will you take away from the experienceAddress on this slide and the next slide how your academic learning, approaches to teaching, and insights into working with persons with special needs were impacted through these experiences. Video reflections and audio are great for this!
How has this experience effected youWhat experiences had the most impactWhat will you take away from the experienceAddress on this slide and the next slide how your academic learning, approaches to teaching, and insights into working with persons with special needs were impacted through these experiences. Video reflections and audio are great for this!
Reflection on ESOL Modifications, specifically performance standard 4:While working with these wonderful people who have developmental disabilities, I made a connection between that work and ESOL performance standard 4, “Use knowledge of the cultural characteristics of Florida’s LEP population to enhance instruction.” We first observed this class and how they interacted with each other as well as Coach John and planned our instruction based on observations made in during that first visit. Had we come in without knowing how the class works and the culture of the class, our instruction methods would have failed miserably. When working with ESOL students, I need acquire knowledge of their culture and change my instruction methods accordingly. I am also very aware that just because two people in my class might speak the same language doesn’t mean their cultures are the same. Yet another possibility is that I have an ESE student who is also an ESOL student. These methods will help those children as well.Reflection on ESOL Modifications, specifically performance standards 12:ESOL performance standard 12, “apply content-based ESOL approaches to instruction,” helps every child in the classroom, including the ESE child. During our instruction, we used ESOL approaches such as using visuals, voice inflections, music, pointing, hands-on activities, and many more to help instruct the puppeteers. It is also noteworthy to add that some of the puppeteers had limited language skills, yet we seemed to communicate with each other adequately using many ESOL approaches.
