What Techniques Did Mr. Matthews Use To Foster Language Development In His Students?
1. Describe the language achievements of students from elementary through high school. Why might reading material such as A Tale of Two Cities be challenging for adolescents?
At elementary, students are still at the stage of language development and they have adults who are showing, helping and be there to help them to become a better speaker. Each year as they move towards high school, they become proficient in speaking because they are able to communicate and process the information to create sentences that they can understand. They will start to build their vocabulary and start using more complex sentences intend of simple sentences when they were in elementary. Module seven brought out a good point about figurative language is challenging …show more content…
What techniques did Mr. Matthews use to foster language development in his students? What other recommendations would you suggest to Mr. Matthews?
He included the students to be active in the discussion on the historical backgrounds even though the students didn’t know it. He created booklets that have scripts, so the student can participate or be involved in the skits. Instead of reading regularly, Mr. Matthew made some modification to the reading, and the students seem to enjoy it. At the end, he even gave them series of open ending questions to check for the students understanding and let them keep it for their own references.
I would suggest he has students bring in some questions that they have while reading. Divide students into smaller groups to talk about what they have read while he observes and helps answer question that student might have. Later he can bring the groups together as a whole to share their ideas, interests, and thoughts.
3. What recommendations would you suggest to Mr. Matthews for supporting the language skills of bilingual students like …show more content…
The more students with language impairments have experiences with speaking, they will show improvement in their speeches. They will also build more confidence in themselves and become a better speakers. Another thing Mr. Matthews could do it gives basic and clear instructions or explain the instructions in a way that would help students with language impairments to understand the assignment in class. The more clear Mr. Matthews is on the assignment, the easier it will make for students who are confused or lost in the class. Also, the more students work on the assigning reading and terminology at home and using them in sentences, then it will help them to have a better understanding and gaining new vocabulary
At elementary, students are still at the stage of language development and they have adults who are showing, helping and be there to help them to become a better speaker. Each year as they move towards high school, they become proficient in speaking because they are able to communicate and process the information to create sentences that they can understand. They will start to build their vocabulary and start using more complex sentences intend of simple sentences when they were in elementary. Module seven brought out a good point about figurative language is challenging …show more content…
What techniques did Mr. Matthews use to foster language development in his students? What other recommendations would you suggest to Mr. Matthews?
He included the students to be active in the discussion on the historical backgrounds even though the students didn’t know it. He created booklets that have scripts, so the student can participate or be involved in the skits. Instead of reading regularly, Mr. Matthew made some modification to the reading, and the students seem to enjoy it. At the end, he even gave them series of open ending questions to check for the students understanding and let them keep it for their own references.
I would suggest he has students bring in some questions that they have while reading. Divide students into smaller groups to talk about what they have read while he observes and helps answer question that student might have. Later he can bring the groups together as a whole to share their ideas, interests, and thoughts.
3. What recommendations would you suggest to Mr. Matthews for supporting the language skills of bilingual students like …show more content…
The more students with language impairments have experiences with speaking, they will show improvement in their speeches. They will also build more confidence in themselves and become a better speakers. Another thing Mr. Matthews could do it gives basic and clear instructions or explain the instructions in a way that would help students with language impairments to understand the assignment in class. The more clear Mr. Matthews is on the assignment, the easier it will make for students who are confused or lost in the class. Also, the more students work on the assigning reading and terminology at home and using them in sentences, then it will help them to have a better understanding and gaining new vocabulary