ESL in Kalamazoo
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Authors
Aceves, Salvador Jr.
Issue Date
1997
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
A Bilingual teacher can teach English to any non-English
speaker, this is actually teaching English as a Second
Language or ESL. A bilingual teacher speaks at least two
languages and uses the other language in order to be a more
effective teacher of English. For example, I am bilingual, I
speak Spanish and English, therefore, I can be a bilingual
teacher for all Spanish speaking students. I will use
Spanish when needed to help me teach my students English or
concepts that they do not understand. However, if I had an
ESL class, I might have students who speak Thai, for example.
In this situation I do not speak Thai so I could not use Thai
as a tool to help me teach that student English. Bilingual
teachers are trained to teach English to non-English speakers
so I am still able to teach the Thai student English, it will
merely take a little more patience and understanding.
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21 p.
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