(Not Just) Structured English Instruction

1. (Not Just) Structured English Immersion
J. Anne Jermain Hagstrom

2. Images connect,
but Experiences create Meaning:
• Take an idea and make it Visible
• Take a picture and make it Physical
• Take motion and make it Interactive
Now students have a picture, a motion, and a
memory of interaction associated with what
was, once, an abstract concept.
They have USED it,
and made it THEIRS.

3. Effective teachers give students:
 Time to Think
 3 seconds
and
 Space to Act
 Creating meaning
Replace some talking with time – when
questions are asked, give students 3
seconds to think about an answer.
Replace solitary desk work with activities
that include motion and interaction, so
students can make the lesson concrete.

4.  Content objectives
 Written
 Spoken
 Assessed
 Language objectives
 Written
 Spoken
 Assessed
Objectives are the blueprint of a lesson. Teachers use them to direct learning
and measure progress. Students use them to shape and place blocks of learning.
During construction of knowledge, referring to the blueprints frequently can
ensure the successful completion of meaning.
Scaffolding helps all students reach the full height of knowledge.

5. Society values cotton because it is uniform, because it can be bleached to bright
white or colored in rich hues, and because it is soft and absorptive.
Students are not cotton. Society values very different things in its students.
 Students should be individuals,
thinking ‘outside the box.’
 They should have unique insights
and opinions.
 They should question and reason
independently.
Teaching these Individuals means
teaching Diversity - Diverse Cultures.

6. Teaching community means providing a
structured community – helping students
experience community in a structure – so
they can feel for themselves its value.
 Students learn to respect each other
when they experience the value of
others’ ideas
 Students learn to cooperate with each
other when they experience the
strength of their collaboration
 Students learn to value themselves as
members of the community when
they experience their impact on
others in the community