Please Help: ESL Teacher and Bilingual Ed Teacher

[teachermrswan]

Hi everyone. I am currently required to interview an ESL teacher and a Bilingual Education teacher. Is there anyone out there that could help me?

Mike Swan

[SweetMommaSue]

Originally Posted by teachermrswan

Hi everyone. I am currently required to interview an ESL teacher and a Bilingual Education teacher. Is there anyone out there that could help me?

Mike Swan

Hello Mike Swan!
Welcome to the forums! What type of help is it that you need exactly??

Smiles,
SMS

[teachermrswan]

Hi Sue,

I need to interview a ESL teacher and a Bilingual Education teacher for my Masters of Education in Reading. Are you an ESL or Bilingual teacher? If so, I could somehow get the questions to you (possibly copy and paste the questions here) and you could answer them to the best of your knowledge. Your help or anyone else who is reading this would be greatly appreciated. I need to complete my paper and submit by this Wed. evening. I teach reading at a private Catholic School. In my neighborhood we have 57 different spoken languages. ESL and Bilingual Education is extremely relevant to me. We have a pretty heavy population of Phillipino Americans at my school.

Mike

[teachermrswan]

Here are the interview questions. Let me know your name, city, school, and grade you teach. Specify if you teach ESL or Bilingual Education. Your help is greatly appreciated. I know these questions are extensive, the instructor wants 25 questions.

ESL or Bilingual Education Teacher Interview

Name:
School:
City:
Grade:
ESL or Bilingual:


1. How many years have you been teaching ESL?


2. In the beginning of the year, what kinds of assessments are given to help plan instruction?


3. What kinds of assessments do you give for Grammar?


4. What kinds of assessments do you give for Vocabulary?


5. What kinds of assessments do you give for Reading Comprehension?


6. What kinds of assessments do you give for Listening Comprehension?


7. What kinds of assessments do you give for speaking proficiency?

8. Do you give aptitude tests?


9. Do you give placement tests?


10. Do you give diagnostic tests?


11. What are some problems of assessing communication in a second language?


12. What subjective and objective testing techniques do you use?


13. What methods do you use to develop English Pronunciation and Listening to spoken English?


14. What methods do you use to develop Syntax and Semantics?


15. In your class is spoken English the principal objective in language learning?

16. What classroom activities and skills for reading have you implemented in the classroom?


17. How do you start teaching writing to second language learners who have no knowledge of the English script?


18. Do you use cooperative learning in your classroom?


19. Do you use sheltered instruction or SDAIE?


20. What specific school and community resources are available to your second language learners?


21. What strategies do you use to build linguistic continuity between the home and school to support student’s social and cognitive development?


22. Is there any particular theory of second language acquisition that influences your teaching methodology?


23. How do you plan for differences in prior learning and in students’ differences in cognitive learning styles?


24. How do you link the Standards to your types of assessment and instructional planning?


25. Is there anything else that you would like to emphasize or let me know that can help me understand what it is like to be a teacher of ESL or Bilingual Education?

[Tdol]

Is it only for school teachers? And which country are you looking at?