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Academic Interaction and Engagement for ELL Student Success
- 2. Interaction Important to balance linguistic turn- taking between the teacher and students and among students
- 3. Interaction Successful teaching and motivating strategy in which small teams of students with different levels of ability use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject under low-anxiety conditions.
- 4. Other Names? Turn To Your Partner ◦ Right Elbow Partner ◦ Left elbow partner ◦ Face to face partner ◦ Crisscross partner 30 seconds to come up with three different names for interaction
- 5. Other Names? Academic Talking Cooperative Learning Collaboration Instructional conversations
- 6. Why Interaction? For English learners to become fluent in academic English, we need to provide structured opportunities in all subject areas to practice using the language. “Use it or lose it” Reading comprehension and writing skills are positively correlated with oral language proficiency (Geva, 2006)
- 7. Benefits Round Table ◦ One piece of paper ◦ Everyone writes an answer
- 8. Benefits Develop positive relationships and social support Capitalize on one another’s resources and skills Intrinsically motivated and try harder because they know that their teammates are dependent on them Increase in self-esteem Practice quality decision making and problem solving Gives students thinking and processing time
- 9. Why is interaction difficult to manage in the classroom? Puzzle Pieces ◦ Find your match ◦ Come up with a list ◦ Be prepared to share
- 10. Management Set Norms ◦ Everyone contributes ◦ 100% Participation ◦ Everyone works with an open mind ◦ Respect others ◦ Be positive ◦ Stay on task ◦ Accept responsibility Model with examples and non- examples
- 11. Management Set guidelines about using their Native Language Set up a scoring system for students State your expectations clearly and in advance Recognize successful teams ◦ Give public recognition Teacher created groups
- 12. Example Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Johnny ____ on task ____questio n ____questio n Sue ____ on task ____ question ____ question Maria ____ on task ____ question ____ question Ralph ____ on task ____ question ____ question Karl ____ on task ____ question ____ question Jose ____ on task ____ question ____ question Beth ____ on task ____ question ____ question Gerald ____ on task ____ question ____ question Juan ____ on task ____ question ____ question Anita ____ on task ____ question ____ question
- 13. What do you already do? Upside-Down Pyramid ◦ Answer the question with a partner ◦ Then two partnerships discuss ◦ Then four partnerships discuss ◦ So-On and So-On until whole class
- 14. Interaction Examples Find Your Match Think-Pair-Share Trade/Trade/Share Frozen Moment Chunk and Chew
- 15. Interaction Examples Numbered Heads Inner/Outer Circle Dinner/Birthday Party Reader-Writer-Speaker Response Triads Gallery Walk Jigsaw ◦ In-House ◦ Expert
- 16. Interaction “It can be particularly tempting for teachers to do most of the talking when students are not completely proficient in their use of English, but these students are precisely the ones who need opportunities to practice using English the most” (Echevaria, Vogt, & Short, 2010)