Wednesday, November 5, 2008

he said/she said/I say

In the works that I have read, the authors have talked about code-switching as a neccessity in the classroom, how ESL students may feel anxious in the situation and might not speak (therefore not expressing their code, therefore not practicing/analyzing their codes to gain a greater understanding of standard English) and that democracy/advocacy in the classroom creates involvement and interaction from student to active learning.

The gap that still exists is that I want to know if advocacy would help engage ESL students, therefore allowing them to be more active and therefore helping them towards a greater understanding of the rules and uses of standard English.

I think that I will speak with the presenter that we had in the classroom for the Case Study presentation because she seems to be very knowledgeable on the topic. Also, I will be speaking to a JH teacher who will let me know if advocacy assignment would help in her classroom. What does she think and so on.