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Seeing this video made me feel very sad for the student 😢 

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Seeing this video made me feel very sad for the student 😢 

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This video is hard to watch. As a first year teacher with an entire class of EB students, I felt just like this teacher until I went to the bilingual training. I still didn't feel proficient but it provided me with more insight as to how to work with the students. 

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This video is hard to watch. As a first year teacher with an entire class of EB students, I felt just like this teacher until I went to the bilingual training. I still didn't feel proficient but it provided me with more insight as to how to work with the students. 

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I think the teacher failed to identify the language barrier because she assumed the student just copied the answer from someone else like the previous student, she never looked at his work. If it wasn’t for the student telling her what he needed he would have went unnoticed.

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Seeing this video made me feel very sad for the student. It was very difficult watching the student not be able to comprehend what was on the paper and also the student not being able to speak the words. 😔

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I feel as if the teacher should have identified the language barrier when he was unable to explain his answer. At that point he should have been paired with another student.

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The student felt highly uncomfortable. He felt degraded because of his inability to articulate his thoughts. Sometimes students are so shy that they are afraid to talk, but it’s important to keep encouraging them to speak because it’s through speaking that they build confidence.
The entire class needs to be told that their voice is important and that they are valued. Reminding students of this regularly helps them to treat each other fairly and with respect.
When EB students realize they are valued, they are more willing to participate because the environment is less threatening.

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My first year teaching, I had a student name Jain who just moved from Honduras. He didn’t know any English at all but he was very successful in his prior school. His mom met with me during conferences and said (with a translator) that Juan isolated himself at home and did not talk to his family at all. It brought me joy to tell her that he was making friends and even trying to teach me Spanish during recess time.
I chose this GIF because I often felt defeated. I had so many English language learners and our ESOL department struggled to find resources. I would look at my students while I taught and I started to feel as if I was a disservice to them.
I began pulling them during small group and teaching them the basics of the English language. Juan was a fast learner, but some weren’t.
COVID ended the year early and I made the decision to leave the school district. I visited them during their 5th grade graduation and Juan greeted me with “You better know your Spanish”. I smiled and watched him hold conversations in English with his friends as he received his trophy for receiving all As that year.

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Right! If the student doesn’t understand the teacher and the teacher doesn’t understand the student, and no resources are available, we are failing the student.

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This video reminds me of my previous years in my classroom. Students with different languages, arriving throughout the year, all at different levels of understanding and communication.

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I have felt helpless and like I failed my newcomers. I know they had absolutely no idea what was going on in my class but I was limited to what I had available. I did make sure they had whatever support I had available and I did make sure that they felt safe in my class.

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It is disheartening. We definitely have to bridge the gap, so no kids are left behind!

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It is disheartening. We definitely have to bridge the gap, so no kids are left behind!

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I felt compassion for the student and you could tell the student was smart but had this language barrier he needed help with. I remember how I felt when I didn’t understand in Spanish class and needed extra assistance.

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It didn’t make me feel good, because I saw he could do the work, and he figured it out from things around, but couldn’t explain. So if there was no hints around, he may not have got the right answer, and not because of lack of knowledge.

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The educator should have known about the student with a language barrier already. The student was obviously confused during the lesson.

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The teacher paired him with a buddy and didn't provide any other assistance.

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The teacher paired him with a buddy and didn't provide any other assistance.

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The easiest thing to do but not always best for the student is to put them next to someone who can translate. If that’s not possible, gestures, pictures, individual one on one instruction may work as well. Modeling too.

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Teacher should have  used resources like a powerpoint to translate in Spanish so the EB student had a better understanding while she was teaching.

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It was disheartening because as teachers most of us aren't even aware. 

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It was disheartening because as teachers most of us aren't even aware. 

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Most EBs feel lost in the regular classroom. Especially when no supports are given.

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I've had my share with bilingual students, and when I need the help with them, I would get help from another student who spoke Spanish and English so I can understand the other student. The teacher needed to correct her class for laughing and should've stand up for Moises.

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The student was capable of completing the work but the teacher didn’t take his language barrier into account when asking him to explain to the class. This made the student feel less than especially when his classmates kept laughing at him.

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After the first time she asked him to explain how he got the answer and he repeated 40 the teacher should have moved on to another student. I love that he was persistent regarding education

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I felt like the teacher took too long to identify a language barrier with her lesson and the student. She just decided that he didn’t have to do it but he wanted to. This is a prime example of “Getting to Know Your Stidents”.

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I felt sad for the kid because the teacher was not trained on how to reach and connect with this very bright student.

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I felt sad when the teacher did not offer the student to respond in his native and a fellow class mate help describe the steps in English and then help the new EB student go back over parts of his explanation in English.

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The teacher should’ve know that the student had a language barrier

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How can myself as a teacher better help my EB scholars.

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Upsetting

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I’ve seen this video several times and it always makes me sad, because the student is trying so hard to participate and be understood.

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Having been in situations where I don’t speak the language, I can relate to the embarrassment and frustration of the student.

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I think the educator lacked training in identifying EB students. This video was very frustrating and not accommodating at all.

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The teacher after school brushed him off as if its ok for him not to succeed or do well on the test. It's like she expects him to do poorly.

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🤦🏿‍♂️ The teacher isn’t mindful, hasn’t taken any steps to help him, and is trying to keep her work load light.

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The video is accurate to what students experience and very concerning that the teacher would tell him not to worry about it

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This video provided a glimpse into the student’s perspective when in a classroom where they do not understand the language nor can speak it to communicate. It brings awareness to the need to be sensitive and accommodating to ensure that they are able to engage in the learning and feel included.

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I felt that the child was overlooked and not being intentionally equipped to comprehend how he know what he know.

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The teacher should have looked at his work to see his explanation . The teacher should have corrected the class with a teachable moment for laughing

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I think this video was very eye opening because I know how that teacher feels and I remember going home feeling defeated because I felt so helpless and hopeless.

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I think this video was very eye opening because I know how that teacher feels and I remember going home feeling defeated because I felt so helpless and hopeless.

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Describe your reaction to this video. Also describe your previous experiences working with Emergent Bilingual Students. Feel free to post gifs, videos, pictures. 

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Describe your reaction to this video. Also describe your previous experiences working with Emergent Bilingual Students. Feel free to post gifs, videos, pictures. 