"Why Can't She Remember That?"
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"Through countless question-and-answer interactions with adults in which they are rewarded for answering correctly, young children come to feel and enormous sense of satisfaction and pride in knowing the right answer to the teacher's questions about the text. Book knowledge becomes, in essence, part of these children's sense of identity int he world."
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I strongly agree with this statement and agree that when children get questions right they are in fact satisfied with themselves and carry themselves better. If you reward children when they get the correct answer they have something to look forward too. This also goes hand in hand with when you get older and when you get something right you get rewarded with good grades and good salaries as well. When you get something wrong however you shouldn't get punished however just redirected.
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"Despite such culturally influenced differences, however, the finding of this body of research clearly underscore the fact that children from every linguistic community learn to use language in ways that are highly complex and that provide a strong linguistic foundation for the teachers to build on in literacy instruction."
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I also agree with this because there are teachers and students that if they cannot directly understand the linguistic community then they start to learn and comprehend what they are trying to say. They children also start off with their other language and that forms a solid background and the teachers use that to then branch off and teach them the new language. This tends to be a problem but can easily be fixed with the teachers help, however they take longer than most students.
"Aria"
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"Because I wrongly imagined that English was intrinsically a public language and Spanish an intrinsically private one, I easily noted the difference between classroom language and the language at home."
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This is something that I strongly agree with but didn't see much of growing up but can now see it in college and at the elementary school that I volunteer at. Some of the children speak spanish but are quickly switched back over to english by the teacher, this is right I believe for in the classroom they should be redirected instead of completely shut down. However, Spanish is most likely their primary language at home and their sense of communication with their parents.
Yes I see what you are saying. I have kids who speak spanish, but have to switch to English. I just saw a little boy the other day who said by to his father in Spanish and hello to his teacher in English in less than 2 min. It amazed me how well he could do this, but unfortunately many cannot
ReplyDeleteI agree that students should be redirected rather than completely shut down as i feel that when shut down, they are less likely to try again, which is what we should be teaching, trying until you succeed. But i feel that students shouldn't be denied using their home language, i feel that we can incorporate these languages into our teachings and that teachers and students together can learn more if cultures are inclusive rather than exclusive.
ReplyDeleteIt is important, i believe, for teachers to help show students that if you keep on trying and pushing then eventually you will succeed. To often do they just give up on their students. They are educating them for a reason right. I think that goes for children of different cultures and languages as well. Don't give up on them, help them
ReplyDeleteI think we all learned from the culturally diverse schools we went to that not being able to understand what's going on has a direct impact with what the kids learn, as obvious as that may sound.
ReplyDeleteIt is really important to understand where the students come from, and to help them when they need help. It is good to show the students that you care about the students and that you have hope on them, and for the students to not give up. They can accomplish anything, when they put their minds together.
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