Jigsaw Beyond ELL Labels by Lisa Weis https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq Jigsaw en-us 2022-01-28 13:55:09 UTC 2022-01-31 20:32:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022182402 People often see ELL as coming with some deficit. At times they are not viewed as readers and writers. This problem of perspective often an issue. ELL's must be perceived by the strengths and potential they bring. ]]> 2022-01-31 20:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022182402 When we label students as English language learners, we often treat them as if they are at-risk and need to "catch-up" with the monolingual students. We also think of ELLs as immigrants to this country, when in fact 75% of them were born in the U.S.! ldeljanin https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022186973 2022-01-31 20:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022186973 Research has suggested that this kind of back-and forth between two languages requires a great deal of bilingual skill and is actually more characteristic of the speech of balanced and proficient bilinguals than it is of the ways that emergent bilinguals talk. https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022187550 2022-01-31 20:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022187550 In the US, bi/multilingualism is viewed as NOT the norm when in fact 60-70% of the world's population is bi/multilingual https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022191937 2022-01-31 20:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022191937 bilingual/multilingualism is the norm but it is not treated as such https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022192385 2022-01-31 20:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022192385 We label ELLs as struggling learners or at risk. The label of ELLs constrains our ability to perceive the strengths of the students. Not allowing them to use their strengths to build to the class https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022193666 2022-01-31 20:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022193666 People see bilingualism as a deficit (in the U.S). https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022194079 2022-01-31 20:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022194079 The way people see bi/multilingual students often suggest that they lack work or vocabulary because they don't know the language. It is important to counter these perspectives and to emphasize that lexical knowledge, or knowledge of words, is an area in which many of these students excel in. https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022194759 2022-01-31 20:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022194759 Perception and perspective of the English learner. https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022195472 We need to recognize the richness of EL students by building on their strengths and providing them with educational opportunities like everyone else. 

]]> 2022-01-31 20:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022195472 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022199295 Understanding what our students bring to the table is an important first step as we move forward as educators. Our students might not be able to articulate their thinking in English, but that does not mean they lack that knowledge or understanding. ]]> 2022-01-31 20:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022199295 Before we start teaching our students, we need to get to know them, notice what is already there, what they are capable of and build on existing strengths https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022200966 2022-01-31 20:19:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022200966 Jeanette Rabbe jrabbe https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022201474 Code switching as it is done by students, is done for specific reasons so that students can emphasize something or talk for a particular audience. It serves important social and conversational functions and we should'n't see it as a deficit.]]> 2022-01-31 20:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022201474 Rethinking English Learners:A Different Perspective onBi/Multilingual Students https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022204515 Studies were done with 1st and 6th grade in which they looked at code-switching and how it is a reflection of bilingualism rather than a deficiency( in which kids sometimes feel ashamed of.) Code-switching is a creative skill that requires students to change from one language to the next using words that they already know. Many believe they code-switch when they are at a loss for words which isn't the case. It is a characteristic mostly seen in balanced and proficient bilinguals]]> 2022-01-31 20:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022204515 Instead of overusing the study that our students have a word gap, we need to get to know our students first, look at our students strengths and explore our students repertoire https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022205277 2022-01-31 20:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022205277 Lenore Ezra https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022209745 We need to move beyond the "ELL" label to offer our students equitable opportunities. We need to stop assuming that our ELLs "cant" or "don't know" and get to know our ELLs. We need to use their knowledge to build on - Instead of locking them into a label of "can't".]]> 2022-01-31 20:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022209745 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022210010 Labeling students focuses mostly on what they don't know as opposed to what they do know! 

]]> 2022-01-31 20:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022210010 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022211681 As teachers, we should be focusing more on their linguistic strengths and get to know these students well. 

]]> 2022-01-31 20:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022211681 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022213117 Code switching and translanguaging "are normal and intelligent ways of being bilingual". ]]> 2022-01-31 20:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022213117 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022213154 Stereotype that English learners are viewed as students that are immigrants when in fact nearly 75% are U.S. born. ]]> 2022-01-31 20:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022213154 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022213710 Code switching and moving from language to language is normal and it's a characteristic of a proficient leaner of language. ]]> 2022-01-31 20:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022213710 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022213783 60 to 70 percent of the world's population is multi/bi-lingual.  

]]> 2022-01-31 20:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022213783 Students thought code-switching was a positive thing and normal way of switching. https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022213931 2022-01-31 20:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022213931 Don't allow yourself to give in to assumptions about your students because of outside influences. Take the opportunity to know your students and collect evidence of what they know. (Their linguistic repertoire)--Reject the "Word Gap" discourse!!!-Group 2 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022214017 2022-01-31 20:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022214017 Fail to see English language learners as Reader or writers https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022214284 Perception and perspective cause problems. ENL students should be seen as having many strength and potential.]]> 2022-01-31 20:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022214284 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022214537 Labels/categories distort how we make sense of English Language Learners]]> 2022-01-31 20:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022214537 cquiroz14 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022214544 Consider what students DO come with instead of focusing on what they don't.]]> 2022-01-31 20:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022214544 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022214865 Students should be used to code-switching if it helps them to succeed in conversational activities. It should be normalized to use whatever languages they know.]]> 2022-01-31 20:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022214865 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022216165 When we see them as ELLs, we end up normalizing mono-lingualism. ]]> 2022-01-31 20:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022216165 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022216174 We should be getting to know our students with all the languages they may speak and not just assume they know one language better then another because of how they speak. 
“Word gap” ]]> 2022-01-31 20:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022216174 Emily Rebaza https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022216859 The problem is not the label English Learner but people's perception of what being an English Learner means. Depending on the person its linguistic genius and for others it is a deficit leading to low expectations in reading and writing.]]> 2022-01-31 20:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022216859 Recognize the richness of our student's language and their linguistic repertoire. Group 2 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022217047 2022-01-31 20:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022217047 Code switching is a normal and an intelligent way of being bilingual . https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022217546 2022-01-31 20:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022217546 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022217613 Code switching, Spanglish, translanguaging, is the ability to fluidly and flexibly move across linguistic boundaries. It is not a linguistic deficiency or lack of fluency. Not a loss of words since most subjects knew how to say the word in both languages. If you have two languages at your disposal, why limit yourself by using only one.]]> 2022-01-31 20:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022217613 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022218195 you have to be willing to explore students linguistic repertoires and disposes in order to recognize the richness of those repertoires]]> 2022-01-31 20:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022218195 Flawed data from famous study stating that lower-income students bring 30 million less words to instruction because their parents don't talk to them, has driven media discourse and is assumed to be the truth- Causing even educators to develop instruction for these children from that "deficit" mindset. in fact, we as educators know we do better job when we focus on what kids can empirically do, and build from there. Also, those deficit assumptions don't take into account that ENLs have words in 2 or more languages and may have more words than their monolingual peers. We may be ignoring their strengths. adimodica1 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022218923 2022-01-31 20:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022218923 Tales of two English learners https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022219521 How it compares two different children and different ages how they were able to learn different English languages ]]> 2022-01-31 20:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022219521 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022220528 ELL students are viewed as strugglers and at risk. Need to treat them as readers and writers (learners). The label Limited English Proficient masks diversity and variation. "STEREOTYPES". Focus is on can't do rather than can. Need to see strengths. There's a problem of perspective.]]> 2022-01-31 20:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022220528 https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022222360 Educators need to observe and learn each students linguistic strength. Students experiences provide different academic abilities. As a teacher try to understand the students life experiences to understand how to support them best.]]> 2022-01-31 20:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022222360 Become more receptive in seeing beyond the label English Language Learners. https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022222843 2022-01-31 20:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lweis23/6kei5q1pcbf8relq/wish/2022222843