Comments on Chp 2 Strategies for Teaching English Learners

Critical Roles for Teachers

"Critical Pedagogy is a way of teaching and learning that poses problems about the world with the goal of helping , all participants become more fully human and transform the reality around them" (Hones 1999)

As teachers of EL Learners our goal is to have the best interest of the student in our approach to instruction and or tutorials as we progress in the teaching of English to learners with diverse lives . The text stresses the teacher's role in drawing upon the student's experience, culture and personal strength . As we get to know the student we can better teach the student by understanding their lives and culture and can their fore use the student's prior knowledge to connect to the teaching of English in a way that is of interest to the student's life and experience.

First Entry on Teaching EL learner

Hi Everyone,

I am currenly teaching a reading intervention class with approximately 90 % EL Learners in the class. I am constantly reflecting on how I can make our lessons real life for the students in order to teach new vocabulary concepts to improve my EL students comprehension. Often times I find myself doing activities that will build prior knowledge before I can introduce or teach vocabulary in our reading and writing sessions. Andrea Wong ,Resource Specialist