Asking the Right Questions: Teachers' Questions Can Build Students' English Language Skills

Autor/inn/en	Hill, Jane D.; Flynn, Kathleen
Titel	Asking the Right Questions: Teachers' Questions Can Build Students' English Language Skills
Quelle	In: Journal of Staff Development, 29 (2008) 1, S.46-52 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0276-928X
Schlagwörter	Educational Strategies; Action Research; Second Language Learning; Language Skills; English (Second Language); English Instruction; Questioning Techniques; Limited English Speaking; Mainstreaming; Classroom Environment; Faculty Development; Teacher Role; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrstrategie; Projektforschung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Lehrerrolle; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This article presents an instructional strategy that helps teachers engage English language learners (ELLs) in learning, thus increasing their own belief that they can effectively teach English language learners, and proposes a professional development activity that will cement this strategy in teachers' minds. By using an action research strategy, teachers can increase their skills in targeting classroom questions to students. The beauty of this strategy is that it helps teachers specifically address the needs of ELLs while also meeting the needs of every student in the classroom. It allows teachers to integrate learning for ELLs in mainstream classrooms and to help these students achieve academic success at the same levels as their native English-speaking peers. Finally, it shows teachers one direction for creating a supportive environment for English language learners. (Contains 1 table.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10