Bilingual Dictionaries to Access Background Knowledge and Increase Learning
Help me give my students academic bilingual dictionaries to facilitate learning science in English and to pass state science exams.
$512 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
Our student population represents countries from all around the world. My students are curious, inquisitive and hard working. They are so inspiring! In addition to learning the English language, my students actively engage in our Science English Language Learners curriculum. Many of my students support themselves financially and sustain part-time jobs in addition to school.
Many of my student have experienced hardships or witnessed violence yet they are committed to their education dream of successful careers in which they will contribute to making our world a better, safer and more peaceful place.
My Project
My students are newcomers to the USA and they are learning High School Science and English for the first time AND at the same time.
English Language Learners need bilingual academic content dictionaries to be able to communicate and do well on state exams in science because the state exam only allows the use of paper dictionaries to translate words in the test.
We offer Physics, Biology and and Foundations of Science classes to our students. In each class, they need to be able to access academic language in their home language in order to express what they know and to understand what they are studying. While the the world is moving to digital formats,
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