Teachers HELP Trains Teachers In English Learner Techniques

While these ESL teachers do not know any other languages, they are taught short cuts and techniques to make it easier for their students to learn English. Very interesting.  - - Donna Poisl

From chattanoogan.com

The Teachers HELP (Helping English Language Proficiency) Summer Academy, which is a part of a five year program to offer high-quality English Learner (EL) endorsement and professional development opportunities, opened with a science lesson.

Anjelika Riano, the ESL (English as a Second Language) coach with the Hamilton County Department of Education, lectured the group of in-service and pre-service teachers about the parts of a plant. The “students” were expected to keep up with the lesson and to take notes… all in Russian. This immersion experience was intended to let these teachers feel what an English learner student feels while trying to learn academic content in an unfamiliar language.
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