Chapter 7- Speak with an English as a Second Language teacher/coordinato or teac

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Chapter 7- Speak with an English as a Second Language teacher/coordinato or teacher from a local school division  Discuss with this individual regarding language use in each teacher’s respective school or division.  Are teachers encouraged to utilize students’ home languages in their classroom instruction?  How are they provided with the knowledge they need to do this?  How are teachers encouraged and supported in their efforts to incorporate elements of students’ language and culture into their classrooms?
Chapter 8- Interview a veteran teacher about his/her first year teaching experiences.  Analyze the interviewee’s responses (What did you learn?)
Here are a few questions you might ask:
1. What expectations did you have regarding teaching before you began your first job?
2. What surprises occurred during the first year in relation to those expectations?
3. During your first year of teaching, what did you find most difficult about: parents, students, colleagues, the administrators, and the school in general?
4. What did you do to alleviate those difficulties?
5. What did you find most rewarding and stimulating?
6. What advice would you share with a beginning teacher about how to survive during the first year of teaching?
Please share here what you learned from your interviews.
After posting your original response, read other postings and post a response to at least two classmates using the following ABC Approach.

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