What It Feels Like to Be a Language Learner
What does it feel like to be a language learner in school? These resources give teachers a sense of what English language learners (ELLs) and their families experience and share ideas on how to build empathy among students and staff for each other.
Photo credit: Courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action.
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Building Empathy
Student activities
- Guest Post: What ELLs Taught Our School in a Week-Long Empathy Project (Larry Ferlazzo)
- How to Teach Empathy and Appreciation (Colorín Colorado)
Staff activities
Creating a Shared Sense of Responsibility for Teaching English Learners
Chapter 2 from Advocating for English Learners: A Guide for Educators by Dr. Diane Staehr Fenner includes the following topics:
● How to develop a shared responsibility for teaching ELs
● A survey of teachers’ and administrators’ beliefs on educating ELs
● A math lesson in German and a parent form in Arabic
Video: Sitting through a lesson in another language
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