Problem Posing Questions

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The following questions will help you assess your learning of the concepts in this chapter.

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You notice that a colleague frequently anglicizes the names of his language-minority students. Instead of Marisol, he says Marcy, or Vinny for Vinh. What can you do?

Support your colleague in this behavior. Using 'nicknames' for students isn't a big deal. In fact, it makes students feel good to be singled out by the teacher. Encourage your colleague to learn to say his/her students' names correctly. Ignore the situation.

In a private conversation, one of your fellow teachers shares her concerns about her language-minority or linguistically diverse students. She has noticed that several of her African American students use African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and her Mexican American students reverse the order of certain words in their sentences. She wants to provide high expectations and rigorous academic demands while supporting them at the same time. She wants to know what she should do when teaching standard English. What can you do to help your colleague?

Suggest that she ignore her students' linguistic diversity, by not talking about or addressing language issues, because it might embarrass students and her. Encourage her to model Standard English in her responses or statements. Suggest that she correct their language.

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