How To Learn In English Class

Working in a classroom with English Language Learners can be a great learning experience for those going to school to become teachers. Something that I was curious about in the kindergarten classroom that I am in, is how the ELL student’s in the class could learn different educational skills in a way that would be beneficial to them. What are the different strategies that teachers can use with ELL students to make them better learners? Through my question, my hope is to find out different strategies that I could use to help ELL students learn different educational skills.

Since elementary school English was always my favorite subject. I knew that reading and writing were essential to my learning for me to succeed. Growing up I was always in love with writing stories about my life, so when it came to my English class it was always a breeze for me. I remember being in Ms. Eaton’s class which was when I first was introduced to how to write a narrative. Not only did this class help me become a better writer at such young age but also improved my reading skills so much. I was always in activities that improved my overall techniques in English.

All of these things are really discouraging and make it so that I don’t enjoy reading and writing which really isn’t good, especially because I’m in college now and have to write a lot more than I used to. I have more responsibilities now that require more of my time and I put reading and writing on the bottom of my priority list. My hope is that one day I’ll somehow just flip from hating English to loving it for no reason at all but that’s obviously unrealistic and never going to actually happen. All I need

What kind of writer am I? That’s a trick question for which there is not a satisfactory answer. My experience with writing has never been my favorite. In fact, English has always been my least favorite subject. Studying math and science is what I enjoy; these have come rather easy for me. English, for some reason I will never understand, has always required extra effort for me actually to do well. Sure, there have been plenty of times that I have been required to write a few research papers, several literary analyses, and numerous essays; but I have more weaknesses than strengths as a writer. My writing experience has, and will probably stay, limited to papers on given subjects assigned to me. Besides school work and possibly my field of work requirements, I will most likely never delve into any other form of writing. I am positive that there are more like me: more people that struggles with English writing. I have wondered why there were so many English related tasks in school. In doing so, I have grown to execrate the subject without becoming fully aware of its future benefits. Although I may have never been a devoted writer, I do realize the profit of being a good writer along with the advantages that good writers have over me.

When I was in the first grade there was a state mandated test that all first graders took to determine what skill level we were at with our reading and writing. I was really excited about this test because, I loved reading and writing so I felt I was good at it. However after the test results came back I was put in a reading and writing recovery program. For obvious reasons I was extremely disappointed, and determined to get back into my regular class. As the year progressed I became increasingly better with reading and writing, by the end of that year I was 2 grade levels above what I was supposed to be at. I even had my “Young Authors” book put into to finals, I got to go to a seminar at MSSU about writing. I like to look back on that memory because it reminds me that I can do anything I put my mind to no matter where I start. As years go by my passion for reading and writing keeps growing. My 8th grade year, however, was probably my worst year yet. I really struggled with motivation to do my work, to go anywhere, to see anyone, I really just wanted to stay in my room by myself all the time. Then I kind of rediscovered my love for reading and, would read all the time, it even got to the point where I would read multiple books a week. In reading I was able to find a whole new life, I was able to become the character and put myself in the story, I had their feelings, I experienced the things they experienced, I had their personalities, I was the story. Being able to read, I

When I was little I hated ELA. I wasn't a fan of reading or writing. I think the reason was because I didn't have an interest in it. But then I thought to myself that ELA will always be with me. So the first book I was actually was interested were the Magic Tree House books. They changed my whole perspective of reading. I was in third grade when I started actually becoming more interested in books, which was a positive thing because every time I finish a book I felt accomplished. The problem about writing for me when I was younger was that I didn't like grammar. I was a terrible speller and I still am but it's a working progress now, but I was just not grasping how to spell words. Part of that was because I wasn't reading as much as I was supposed to.

English has never been my strong suit. Ever since elementary school, I found it hard to fully grasp the grammatical structure and concept of the English language. It was worse through middle and high school, where things got all the more complicated and I learned how to write personal, analytical, and argumentative essays. This not only forced me to rack my brain for strong thesis statements, but to also think deeply and profoundly about a variety of subjects and topics. Eventually, through my struggles I saw my writing skills slowly improve throughout the years but even so, I realized that this skill is one where you have to constantly work and improve on because it’s an essential skill to have and will benefit us later on in life. For example, even though I’m a Biology major, English is a requirement I need in order to graduate and surprisingly enough my English class is filled with a diverse group of students in other majors as well, such as criminal justice, engineering, and business.

I have always loved writing, in elementary school I would write short fairy tales, poetry, and songs, and now, 10 years later, I still enjoy writing outside of school. I keep a journal that I fill with writings and poetry and I also write for the school newspaper. However, most writing for english comes in the form of essay writing which I do not enjoy nearly as much. Essay writing for me is very restricting and sometimes difficult, but I know that it is very important as well.

Mr. Omar`s English class has been a beneficial learning experience for me. In the past, I have had trouble in the past with my writing skills, but this class has taught me how to write proper research English papers. In my previous classes I did not follow the format of an essay. Most of my essays were disorganized and chaotic. My past essays were a big part of my consistently low English grade. In the beginning of the semester, my writing skills were very undeveloped. I did not know why my skills were poor but I knew I had to learn from scratch if I wanted to exceed in writing English papers. My most obvious problem or failing was my incapability to write well-structured paragraphs. For example, in one paragraph I would include two different

From elementary school to the beginning of middle school, I loathed reading and writing. It was undeniably my worst subject and my teachers could tell. With each piece of classwork and homework I turned in, they made notes on how I needed to be more descriptive, check my grammar, and try to engage my readers. I simply did not understand parts of speech, sentence structure, diction, and everything else involved with articulating sentences in the English language. As I continued getting criticism on my work, I decided that this subject was not for me. I felt defeated, and my plan was to do what it took to get by and accept my failure in English. This negative mindset continued until the middle of 6th grade when I learned about the Future Next program.

I don't really remember learning how to read, but I do remember myself trying to read. I didn't really have anyone teach me how to read, I learned by myself. Before I moved to California, I had no clue how to read inn English. I only knew how to read,write and speak Arabic and speak English. I was fluent in Arabic too, and still am. So when I moved to the states, I didn't know how to read until the 3rd grade. I knew how to speak English though, because I went to private school that taught both English and Arabic. I just had trouble reading. This affected my reading in English because I was farther behind that the student in my

At the beginning of the semester in English class we discussed and learned different ways to improve our writing skills, and become more proficient in editing papers. The most helpful lesson my professor taught me was how to improve my papers with just a few steps. I learned that it takes more than one revision to get the perfect paper, and therefore you should at least revise three times. I also learned that everything should be in paragraph form even if it is only one page, before this class that was a mistake I made a lot, I had thought that if something was one page I could just write one big paragraph.

Calderon, Slavin and Sanchez (2011) in their article “Effective Instruction for English Learners” consider the problem of students who are non English speakers and come to live in the USA for several reasons such as immigrants. The U.S government requires every school that has more than 5 percent non-English speakers to provide these with specialized programs. The authors go to explain useful instructions for teaching students English Language. They also review the most successful models for teaching non native speakers. The authors indicate that the most important approach to enhance and improve the outcomes for English learners is to reform the “entire” school, and use an effective

Every week, we get emails about this topic. Typically, someone writes and wants to know how they can speak fluently in only 2 or 3 months. Usually they are in a hurry because they have a test or an interview coming soon.

Throughout my entire student career, English Language and Literature has always been my favorite subject. The shelves in my bedroom are filled with books that I’ve read and reread ever since 7th grade, as I was an avid reader growing up and would buy a new novel almost every week for me to enjoy. Reading has always been a favorite hobby of mine because being completely captivated with a story and feeling as if you were experiencing the events in the book yourself is incredibly fascinating to me. Moreover, I always enjoyed English class in school because the books we would be assigned to read were always very interesting, and I loved to write my thoughts and feelings about them. In middle school I even dreamt about