Dual Language Reflection Paper

In order to improve educational outcomes of ELL students, the school district Z needs a dual-language immersion method rather than a bilingual education. The top three policies I would propose to the local school board for dual-language immersion would be: academic/ cognitive enrichment, enhanced intercultural relations, and competence in two languages. The program provides the same academic content and addresses the equivalent standards as other educational programs. The dual-language immersion program will hopefully close the academic achievement gap between ELL students and their classmates.

One thing I wish we could have done differently was make it mandatory to be at the center on time. Every time a late student walked in it made it further difficult to take the attention away from us. Consequently, making me question whether the kids would have acted accordingly had we not been there.

This paper historically analyzes the implementation, changes and practices of bilingual education programs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I will begin by providing a short historical background on the initiation of bilingual education programs on a national level with the passing of the Bilingual Education Act of 1968 and its’ reauthorizations in 1974,1978, 1984, and 1988. This act was key to providing the framework to build a school system that would later adapt the inclusion of languages other than English. I will specifically focus on Milwaukee, as it is pegged to be one of the most segregated cities in the nation. By focusing on this city, we can examine how the flux of populations, social strain and social wants affected the implementation of

Currently, school districts statewide are required to identify limited English Proficiency (LEP) students and adopt policies in providing programing which is mainly locally funded with some state aid. The Office for Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies were established in 1969. Over the last decade, there has been a growth in the number of dual language programs in the US with goals of bilingualism and biliteracy but many of these programs are expensive and exclusive. (Franklin, 2013) Texas has the second largest ELL population and the largest bilingual education program where there are 7 school districts that offer two-way dual language programs which are offered to both native English speakers and native Spanish speakers. Florida has the Coral Way School, a genuine bilingual program, which has been successful, receiving many accolades since 1936. In 2010, Florida had a population of 227,000 LEP students for which their districts are required to prepare and submit plans for ELL one way developmental bilingual education or dual language services. (Queens University, 2010) California has more than 1.5 million ELLs with LA having the largest population and in November 2016, Proposition 58 was

We learned in our text that the development of language is a complicated process that involves phonemes, morphemes, syntactic development among several other factors (Siegler, DeLoache, Eisenberg & Saffran, 2014, p. 218). Proper and effective development of these language skills has been shown to have a critical learning period that enables successful fluency of a language; this period usually occurs between the ages of 5 and puberty (Siegler et al., 2014, p. 220). I believe that this critical period is the backbone of the argument against bilingual education. Proponents of this argument believe that the sooner a child is immersed in the new language, the better off they will be with regards to mechanics and use of that language.

After figuring out what the “issue” was and what it surrounded. It put me in a place where I had to really pause and think about where to go with this issue my young person was facing. Which I then told her I understood where she was coming and I will try my best to workout the situation. For instance, I reframed her with the question on how would she feel if being heterosexual quote and quote was the wrong way of living and knowing that persons don’t accept her for who she is. I then gave her a few second to marinate the question which she took a while before responding with I understand, but the bible said it is wrongful for a person to be dating the same sex and that the right way to live was to date the person of the opposite sex and that her parents let her know it's wrong.I took a step back and reflected on how I use to think when I was younger and how my surrounding use to portray the LGBTQ community as something that was not the right style of living.

be allowed to select at which table they would like to sit, so they may sit with more than one of their peers of choice, instead of only being able to barely detect them in their peripheral vision! That is, unless, said teacher has or would like to place a specific restriction against the gathering of two or more students due to said students’ behavior when together.

As teachers we need to state and continue to follow the classroom expectations, for the students to take us serious. If we aren’t able to support the rules, the students will not support them as well. I believe this was an awesome classroom to observe. I was very surprised to see how the teacher had control over everything, without doing any shouting or saying “shhh”. This is a classroom I would love to continue observing.

What is Dual language? Dual language is a form of bilingual education that teaches students, as young as pre-k programs, literacy and content in their native speaking language. These programs typically start in kindergarten and continue for the next few years, many are now continuing into middle school

English 101 was a general education course I had to be enrolled in. I personally chose this section number because it was the last one available in the morning and didn't interfere with my job and other class. My overall experience was great, it's a great environment if you put the time and effort to advance in your reading and writing abilities. I believe I have came along way compared to the work and effort I gave in the beginning of the class. Looking back at what I've accomplished in this course I feel like an appropriate grade to receive would be a B.

The introduction section will outline the basics about my placement at Skyline High School observing Ms. A and the students in the classroom. The observation took course over three months on different days at random from Monday to Friday, usually for 4 hours a day. The layout is similar in all the three classes that I’m observing; Life Skills, Math, and English Language Arts. What the layout looks like is that the students sit in a circular setting to make it easier for a group discussion and since they are all have variety degree of hearing loss, this is also ideal for them to see each other sign in American Sign Language when they answer. There are only four students in total that Ms. A is responsible for; four students for

This article seeks to explain the importance of Dual Language as a social movement to allow English Language Learners to have the same academic opportunities as their monolingual peers. This study focused on specific demographics, professional development and the Dual Language model used for instruction of two school districts in the state of New York. Observation and interviews were used as some of the means of data collection. Interviewees included teachers, principals, parents and experts on the Dual Language topic. These interviews looked at all different models and how effective they are and how they are implemented in the state of New York.

I have a total of 12 students, during this lesson, only 8 are present. There is one pre-K, two Kindergarten, one 2nd grader, one 3rd grader, three 4th graders, and two 5th graders. This is a very diverse class, not only because of their grade levels; but disabilities as well. Some students in my class also have a Behavior Intervention plan. Each child in this class has specific accommodations and modifications for classroom instructions and testing. The class is different today because all of the girls are out sick. So as you see in artifact 2 video segment, there are all

The room is arranged in a way to promote group learning. The desks are grouped together in either groups of four or five. There are 18 students in the room, 3 are absent in first period. The room has three separate places to do reading, one with just a cluster of pillows, another in the corner of the room with book shelves, drapes to create a warm and fun environment, with more pillows, and another underneath a paper made tree, with a seat and more pillows. There are no other adults in the classroom, other than the teacher. There are no students with obvious physical impairments of mobility issues. There are no rules for the classroom behavior posted. The teacher is very firm, yet quite loving, the students seem to hold a great deal of respect

There are seven tables in the centre of the classroom, each table consist of four students. Each chair has the student’s own seat sack to put and organize their study materials and works. The teacher