Allowing the students to use their primary language when doing reading and writing assignments is the only way to ensure understanding of the material. Also, it allows the students to gain confidence in reading and writing because they know that they can try to write in the second language but can always fall back on their native language. This also teaches the students to change their language based on situations they are put in just as someone who only speaks English changes their language in different situations.However, on that note, lead the students to take risks in English on projects where their language isn't being graded directly such as journals, conferences, discussions, etc.
Yes, this also applies to children with Appalachian dialects because we should teach these students nearly the same that we teach students who are speaking a completely different language.
What are the differences between reading aloud from a students centered perspective and a teacher centered perspective?
Teacher centered reading aloud and student centered differ in the way that the students respond to the book more than the actual reading of the book. Teacher centered basically means that the teacher leads the discussion after reading the book and the teacher decides who talks and when and what they are talking about. However, student centered means that the students lead the discussion and the teacher plays off of their conversations! I think that a teacher with a lot of flexibility would be better at doing a student centered read aloud.
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