Thesis Writing About Educational Question

THESIS WRITING ABOUT EDUCATIONAL QUESTION I FOUND IN MY OBSERVATION
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Accommodating English Language Learners (ELLs) in the Mainstream Classroom
One of my students was an Arabic girl who had been in the United States for barely a year. While she appeared to be on track with classwork, she also seemed lonely and mostly did everything alone. The teachers tried to accommodate her in the class by asking questions and while she did her best to answer, the class did not appear very comfortable. I asked myself, as teachers, when the classroom is mostly one race students, how can we help other races' students to be involved and be a part of this big family?
I developed a list of few questions that I’d ask the other teachers on how they accommodate and help ELLs with barely basic understanding of English. I called two teachers from a private school I knew they were used to having ELLs and inquire how they approached their classes. My question was: How do you accommodate ELLs in your mainstream class?
Me: How do you accommodate ELLs in your mainstream class?
Teacher 1: I have had a few students in my class who do not speak English. After a few years, I have found the trick of having visuals really good for them. Making things visual helps them to understand and help their language development. I try as much as possible to write everything down because spoken language is harder to process. Pronunciation and accent can hinder the student’s ability to understand a concept of a word. Making it visual or even writing it on the board helps the student to fully understand what I am communicating. For some classes especially before the pandemic, I used to show diagrams and pictures in class to help the ELLs. The other students also benefit from the diagrams and a lot of writing on the classroom. During the pandemic, I try to send the ELLs materials to the students before the class so they can go through it before we get to class. It compensates for the writing I used to do in the traditional class set up. I also encourage them to use their native language in class. If I have other students who speak the native language, I put them into the same group and encourage them to use either English or the other language for their discussion. I have found this trick helps the new learner settle and make friends as well as making the class more enjoyable for them. I even encourage them to scaffold their answers in their native language to pass their message. This applies to oral and written tests. They do not have to sit there and do nothing when other students are doing their tests. I also work closely with the teaching assistant. They help me with marking and slowly explaining the concepts to the ELLs as I try to explain the concepts to the rest of the class. Communicating and working with the ELLs teachers goes a long way in helping the students. I also give the ELL’s teachers my lesson plan and materials before the class so they can prepare to teach the ELLs. There is no single approach that I can recommend that works for my ELLs. For each student I adapt the approach to accommodate him/her. These are some of the tips I’ve been using in my class and I’ve found them to ...