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No matter which acronym you assign them (ESL, EFL, ELL), my students are learning to be bilingual. They are learning how to navigate two different languages and cultures. That kind of endeavor is challenging. Add to that the whirlwind that is middle school and puberty, and you find yourself wanting to give these kids any and every opportunity to not only succeed, but to expand their world views. These students want you to be on their side, want you to understand that they are always challenging themselves by not learning in their home language. They want you to understand that sometimes it is frustrating when they cannot think of the English equivalent of a word they know in in their home language. So we draw pictures, we gesticulate, we pull examples from television and videos, we describe, and we end up managing to figure it out together. We create connections on more than a language level because we must think differently to get there.

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No matter which acronym you assign them (ESL, EFL, ELL), my students are learning to be bilingual. They are learning how to navigate two different languages and cultures. That kind of endeavor is challenging. Add to that the whirlwind that is middle school and puberty, and you find yourself wanting to give these kids any and every opportunity to not only succeed, but to expand their world views. These students want you to be on their side, want you to understand that they are always challenging themselves by not learning in their home language. They want you to understand that sometimes it is frustrating when they cannot think of the English equivalent of a word they know in in their home language. So we draw pictures, we gesticulate, we pull examples from television and videos, we describe, and we end up managing to figure it out together. We create connections on more than a language level because we must think differently to get there.

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