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1: Best Practices for Teaching English Learners

From The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast · Hosted by Jennifer Gonzalez

2013-08-15·01:38:57

Episode summary

In this episode of The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast: Kim, a passionate ESL teacher and our very first guest, talks candidly about the complexities of teaching English learners: the power imbalance that arises when the kids speak English but the parents don't, why ELL students won't look their teachers in the eye, and the well-intended mistake so many content area teachers make when working with a diverse population.

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Kim, a passionate ESL teacher and our very first guest, talks candidly about the complexities of teaching English learners: the power imbalance that arises when the kids speak English but the parents don't, why ELL students won't look their teachers in the eye, and the well-intended mistake so many content area teachers make when working with a diverse population.