Monitoring
Your GAME Plan Progress
Once again to remind you all about my GAME
plan, I am currently working on a lesson with my foreign language learners that
is geared toward the use of A and AN to precede a word. This lesson comes up
from time to time, and get a brief work over by the teachers. This time I
wanted to capture it deliberately and carefully to see how it would best be
geared toward a technology based lesson.
Are you finding the information and
resources you need?
I am finding loads of information, and mostly
the same types of information that yields the proper usage of this grammar.
Some of the sources I have relied on are various sites with explanations of the
usage. http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/an_or_a.htm
and http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/when-use-a
offer some clear, concise information and instructions for using the vocabulary.
Do you need to modify your action
plan?
Earlier I had anticipated on using
either Google forms, or http://www.testmoz.com.
These both offered ways which I could build upon my independent lesson and
deliver content on the vocabulary that I want to. I think this is important, as
I can adjust the lesson on the fly and determine at which level of difficulty I
want to relay to the students. I think in terms of modifying anything, I need
to let go of my comfortability in Google forms, and explore various other
options for creating this lesson. In taking action, I know I will need to
carefully adjust with each step. One thing I intend to do, is to offer the
students more of a questionnaire, or survey after the lesson to see how they
viewed this particular lesson plan. The GOAL would be for them to ultimately be
comfortable with the use of A and AN. If I am capable of delivering a characteristic
unique lesson that encourages their abilities, I think it would be a satisfactory
goal.
What have you learned so far?
English language learners come into our classrooms
with a range of backgrounds and experiences: they may have never been in an English
speaking environment before; their previous schooling may have been inadequate
or nonexistent, and they may have extremely limited literacy in the language of
their origin. Thus, teachers of ELL who want to incorporate technology may face
greater challenges that colleagues with native English speaking students. (Cennamo
et al., 2010, p.210)
What new questions have arisen?
I think I might just be looking out for
how well the students perform on the task. Since this is a regular lesson that appears
from time to time, I think it will receive better when it is put into a technology-based
format. Here is the rough idea of how I have developed the lesson. http://tinyurl.com/mrak8ap
Reference
Cennamo, K., Ross, J.
D., & Ertmer, P. A. (2010). Integrating technology in the ELL classroom. Technology
integration for meaningful classroom use: a standards-based approach (pp. 209-219).
Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth.
David,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are progressing nicely on your GAME Plan. I think it takes an immense amount of patience and a loving heart to work with students who speak an entirely different language. They say that English is one of the hardest languages to learn and I applaud you for teaching it to your students! It seems trying to use "a" and "an" would be something difficult to teach. I feel many people who speak English as a first language even have some trouble with it sometimes. I wonder if using some kind of technology that speaks to them verbally, using "a" and "an" correctly could help. I am not sure if this technology exists, but it might be something worth looking into.
Angel
David,
ReplyDeleteI thought your lesson seemed intriguing. I know that your lesson seems like it is geared towards ESL students, however, I think that this would be a useful grammar lesson also for my third graders to decipher the difference between "a" and "an." The idea of using GoogleForms is an excellent use of assessment and it is wonderful that you are so comfortable with this technology. I was going to originally put GoogleForms into my GAME plan, but had to modify it recently. I think that the use of technology will definitely help to make this lesson engaging for your students. I have never heard of the site Testmoz.com so I will have to check this out now so thank you for the new technology suggestion! Have you ever used the site called Pronunciator.com? It is advertised as the "World's largest language-learning service." Good luck with your lesson!