WEEK 4

(19th – 23rd March 2017).

worksheet for student with EAL

Worksheet for student with EAL

Activity for student with EAL

Activity for student with EAL

Activity for student with EAL

During four weeks, I noticed there are two students with EAL who leave my MST’s classroom several times. I learned that EAL refers to English additional language where learners who are not native English speakers take extra lessons. In my MST’s classroom one students take EAL classes every day while the other student takes it three times a week. My MST’s and EAL’s teacher take the decision of who need classes and who not depending on their English skills.

The concept of EAL is similar to second language acquisition (SLA) because they both consider the individual who speaks English as a second language. I noticed the EAL’s teacher offers a range of activities for learners which a good way to allow children to acquired English. As I learned in previous courses, Krashen stated in his acquisition hypothesis that there are two types of learning to acquire the language which are unconscious learning and conscious learning. What the EAL’s teacher do with above cases is refers to the second type conscious learning because there is a specific schedule for students.

In addition, Stephen Krashen said that acquiring language required meaningful communication that what EAL’s teacher offers to her students. For me, the most important idea in EAL’s classes was planning activities that are suitable to student’s level of learning and target their ZPD. This is similar to input hypothesis from Krashen’s model where he mentioned that students can improve if they experience tasks with appropriate challenge.

As I heard from my MST those students with EAL improve from saying few words in English such as: yes, no, and hello to making sensible conversations with the teachers and their peers. According to Krashen’s theory, learners acquired language through natural order where the individual move from stage to another.

As a student teacher, I have seen the difference between speaking English as a first or second language. From this knowledge, I realize how that will affect directly when I plan for my lessons and activities. In my future career, I should understand my students’ levels before I start teaching them concepts far away from their abilities.

At the end of my third TP’s experience, I figure out that teaching is not an easy occupation because teachers have a long list of responsibilities. However, I still want to be a teacher because I believe that I can handle with those responsibilities