Comments for All the World's a Schoolhouse http://mwalimu23.edublogs.org ...and all the people limitless learners. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:15:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on ESL Activities by Erica http://mwalimu23.edublogs.org/2008/11/30/esl-activities/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Erica Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:15:22 +0000 http://mwalimu23.edublogs.org/?p=17#comment-29 I have been keeping a blog about ESL in the American/Michigan Classroom and was very intrigued by your post regarding "Dave's ESL Cafe". For one, it is a very catchy, name and two it invloved activities that ESL students can use in any classroom--in the U.S. or overseas. I have read about service projects and the cook book idea you refer to sounds like it is along the same lines. I think that in addition to teaching our students the langauge or English, it is importatant that they see themselves within that culture as themselves, not a new person. Moreover, if we allow students to not only maintain, but share their original culture and langauge it is a great merging tool amoung mainstream and ESL students to bridge the cultural and language barrier that is present betwen them. Grouping up with a mainstream classroom or school "project" to make a cook book for the whole community would also havve endless possibilities to fundraising and merging parents of ESL students as well as students and parents of other ethinicities. I can't wait to check out "Dave's ESL Cafe"! Thanks for the tip! I have been keeping a blog about ESL in the American/Michigan Classroom and was very intrigued by your post regarding “Dave’s ESL Cafe”. For one, it is a very catchy, name and two it invloved activities that ESL students can use in any classroom–in the U.S. or overseas. I have read about service projects and the cook book idea you refer to sounds like it is along the same lines. I think that in addition to teaching our students the langauge or English, it is importatant that they see themselves within that culture as themselves, not a new person. Moreover, if we allow students to not only maintain, but share their original culture and langauge it is a great merging tool amoung mainstream and ESL students to bridge the cultural and language barrier that is present betwen them. Grouping up with a mainstream classroom or school “project” to make a cook book for the whole community would also havve endless possibilities to fundraising and merging parents of ESL students as well as students and parents of other ethinicities. I can’t wait to check out “Dave’s ESL Cafe”! Thanks for the tip!

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]]> Comment on Hello world! by Comments | Question, Research, Experiment, and Write http://mwalimu23.edublogs.org/2008/09/03/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Comments | Question, Research, Experiment, and Write Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:58:27 +0000 #comment-26 [...] Comment 10 [...] [...] Comment 10 [...]

]]> Comment on ESL Activities by Jessica Green http://mwalimu23.edublogs.org/2008/11/30/esl-activities/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Jessica Green Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:00:16 +0000 http://mwalimu23.edublogs.org/?p=17#comment-25 I really like some of the ideas. I, too, have done a few versions of the "How to" activity. I found that it was really interesting to see how much information we actually fill in as we are listening or explaining without explicitly stating so. We assume people know exactly what we are talking about, especially is we are speaking in our native language. We think that people understand all the small nuances that we have grown up with. However, there are those subtle aspects which we don't bother explaining to English language learners since we think it is so obvious. Doing a "How to" activity will really highlight our assumptions. Hopefully it is an activity that will not only enrich the ELL students but it will also make the English speakers aware of some difficulties their peers are having. I also really enjoy the idea of fortune cookie fortunes. The students have the ability to be outrageously creative and still learning about the English language. I really like some of the ideas. I, too, have done a few versions of the “How to” activity. I found that it was really interesting to see how much information we actually fill in as we are listening or explaining without explicitly stating so. We assume people know exactly what we are talking about, especially is we are speaking in our native language. We think that people understand all the small nuances that we have grown up with. However, there are those subtle aspects which we don’t bother explaining to English language learners since we think it is so obvious. Doing a “How to” activity will really highlight our assumptions. Hopefully it is an activity that will not only enrich the ELL students but it will also make the English speakers aware of some difficulties their peers are having.

I also really enjoy the idea of fortune cookie fortunes. The students have the ability to be outrageously creative and still learning about the English language.

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]]> Comment on ESL Activities by Comments « Griffin11’s Weblog http://mwalimu23.edublogs.org/2008/11/30/esl-activities/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Comments « Griffin11’s Weblog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:37:50 +0000 http://mwalimu23.edublogs.org/?p=17#comment-22 [...] December 2, 2008 by griffin11 1. ESL Activities [...] [...] December 2, 2008 by griffin11 1. ESL Activities [...]

]]> Comment on ESL Activities by Griffin http://mwalimu23.edublogs.org/2008/11/30/esl-activities/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Griffin Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:08:32 +0000 http://mwalimu23.edublogs.org/?p=17#comment-21 I find the topic of ESL/EFL really interesting and especially when it comes to the activities. The idea of creating a cookbook is a great idea because it is something that the students are familiar with. Also, the group work will help students with their informal language and they will have the freedom to critique each other. I think the fortune cookie activity sounds like a lot of fun. I don't think anyone would not want to do that, and the learning will just come naturally along with the activity. Also, thank you for the link to Dave's ESL cafe; I will surely check it out. I find the topic of ESL/EFL really interesting and especially when it comes to the activities. The idea of creating a cookbook is a great idea because it is something that the students are familiar with. Also, the group work will help students with their informal language and they will have the freedom to critique each other. I think the fortune cookie activity sounds like a lot of fun. I don’t think anyone would not want to do that, and the learning will just come naturally along with the activity. Also, thank you for the link to Dave’s ESL cafe; I will surely check it out.

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