The Language of Empowerment: Engaging ELL Students with the Charter
By engaging critically with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, newcomer students develop more than just a broader vocabulary or sharper analysis skills.
By engaging critically with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, newcomer students develop more than just a broader vocabulary or sharper analysis skills.
In honour of Asian American Heritage month, which is celebrated every May, I tasked the students in my three Asian American Literature classes with a special project.
Throughout my years of teaching, I’ve discovered that students are often more eager to read and discuss horror stories than other material.
As I stood in my empty classroom surrounded by piles of boxes, I couldn’t help but wonder: what was I going to do now?
During our staff meeting that afternoon, my colleagues and I learned our school had six new students who were Syrian refugees.
First names of English Language Learners, even for the most experienced and caring teacher, can evoke an implicit bias of which we must be aware.
Are you interested in improving student engagement with your ELL students? Here’s an idea that I tried at my elementary school that was both fun and successful—a Rubik’s Cube club.
From a young age, I wanted to be bilingual in English and French. I am not, however. It is a big regret that I am working to rectify.
It’s second nature to expect that Canada is—at certain levels—bilingual, but it wasn’t always that way.
Statistics show Canadians support children learning both official languages. Yet there is a struggle to recruit and retain French as a Second Language teachers across Canada.