Thursday, September 27, 2012
EL students being stuck in L3
Hello Everyone--Sorry I haven't been posting. It has been a really busy beginning of the year. I was at a conference last spring where the keynote speaker was discussing the "stuck in Level 3 syndrome." By this, she meant that there are EL students who seem to progress so slowly that they get stuck in level 3 and either there is a learned helplessness (and this is teacher's problem) or they aren't movitated to keep going (this is the student's problem) or both. So how can we balance student legitimate need for servicing from creating a dependency? I'd be happy for any feedback--I'll leave it open-ended and not share my opinions until I hear from others.
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ReplyDeleteThanks,Tara, for the suggestions. I think talking with them honestly is really a key, and we forget that the student also has input to their progress, and may not even know that this is something that is "unusual." I was also thinking that having the students do something like "ask 3 then me" can make some of that dependency go away--the student has to ask another student and then another, and then themself, and then me!
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