troupe tha share a home language. The group ange fm two fo ve
dens, withthe large groups sometimes breaking int smal pare
ade depending on the exerci. Two students ~ one a Beginner and the other
Intermediate in English ~ are the only speakers of ther primary language
the das ~ one Haitian stant who spe Haitian Cres and a Senegalese
student wove fist lnguage is Mandinka. Howeve sine both students
know some French the teacher pies them strateialy to ofr sme sp
poet as they aeqire their thie langage, English
Where posse, intermediate English speaker ate pated with bepiner
speaker, whe advanced Eagsh speakers are pared together Adrian has
found thatthe ntermedate speakers arethe mast eager echersto begin
stents and thatthe oleae pushes thee Iteacy kl forward. Advanced
speakers are not always pled together bu psig them for the openings
tity ofthe cls vs them a daly opportinityt practice newly aired
English ls in conversation and reading mater
|_ Testun ranenrs or acters
The opening activity ofthis union goverament policy everyday eto di
‘sea pec of news rom a home language newspaper ona plicy sue of the
fru chooting Stodents ead the aries home, ake noes a both their
home languages and Engl and then bing thee article and nots toca to
discos wth thei grops Some group coordinate with each other to read the
‘sme artic, while others bringin diferent atl (ll addressing the theme)
tndshare thee findings. advance tadatsar ready forthe challenge they
te encouraged o sek ota second article rom an English anguage news
pape ha address the same topic thir home language artic.
‘After discussing the atls ad taking notes sng any lnguage, students
wo together to construct a twotothree sentence summary of thee fn
‘ngsin English Each student mst write this ummary in her notebooks in
English blow the nots they took the night before and any additonal notes
from thei discussion which coal! be writen through diferent language
practices If students are in the beginning stages of acquiring writing In
English they may copy the English summary rom a nore advanced student.
Aer all tents hav the English summary in their notebook, they also
verte ton large chart paper, to which they ada new summary dally Each
rou’ chart paper thas records how the sue i progressing 2nd demon
ftratsstadentHagulatc growth a the unt progresses ach group shares
this sammary aloud withthe as and casumates then have the opportunity
to diucus and ask etch oter caning question. Anyunfamila English
‘vocabulary sadded toa running is posted in the dastoom, wherestadents
nay write slong the English word, the word in thee home language
This activity not nly ges students « meaning opportunity to nteret
withthe pers their ome languages the sso slo culturally evan
‘Se newspapes from diferent countries emphasis dierent nes giving the
‘ss the epportunity to learn about particular policy iss affecting their
peers, For students who share home language bt ae fom diferent cous
tre, the asigament allows for cross-cultural ana ofthe ame policy
ine I also serves sa jamping ff pol fr Adrian to introduce English
language newspaper atl, chat, statistic, photographs and videos each
day Whale sents report on government plc they find in home lan
fuge ewipapers, Adriana facies on numigation policy in the US and
Introdsces nee material on theese daily
By the end ofthe unt, Adriana ha intodaced the affordancer fn terms
of voesbulary dlcourse and skills necessary to wee a report and crete 8
Preenation oa 3 policy ine of students’ choosing For the final peoet,
AIL stadents ar assigned partner) that enue the language supp they vl need. However, ach pair may choot join another pa witha
ferent home language to reseatch the same tpl, or may opt 0 sayin
homogenous language group Acrousthe las, about half the stan’ pt
fora homogenous lnguage group whl the other half move to woek with
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