Mixing Language with Teaching
As I teach in a school which has a very diverse population (South Florida), I have to deal with students of various language/understanding skills. As it mentions through this section, it helps to learn some words of the students' language. Since I am a multilingual speaker, I tend to bring out words the students will understand from their own language so they will understand the day's topic. It also helps that the classes I tend to teach tend to focus on topics which are close to most international/other language students.
I agree. Repetition in different language and I use the spelling to re-enforce and explain the meaning. But repeat is most efficient.
Matt, the key is to connect with the student. The overall goal is to enhance the learning experience, that way motivation is tapped. Your approach is a good one, and can be applied in a number of other educational settings. The important thing is to get people motivated so they want to learn.
I find that in a Culinary kitchen repitition is important! I ASK QUESTIONS OF MY STUDENTS TO GET THEM MORE INVOVED in the class. I explain terms in different ways as to connect with everyone differently.
I think that a good way to get to your students using there languange to make them understand and to keep there atention
