I teach high school math in a large, urban school district, but none of my students originate from here. They are immigrants and refugees from all over the world!
We've all heard the saying that math is the "universal language", but I say with certainty that it's not!
It's an enormous challenge to teach the algebra and geometry to English language learners.
For example, do you know how many different ways there are to ask someone for an answer? Result, solution, evaluate, find, response, satisfy, justify, and explain are just a few examples. Even though I have the added responsibilities for the language component, I wouldn't trade this experience for anything.
Currently, I have a class of students are from Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador, Albania, Afghanistan, Iraq, Thailand, Sudan, China, Congo, and Tanzania.
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I teach high school math in a large, urban school district, but none of my students originate from here. They are immigrants and refugees from all over the world!
We've all heard the saying that math is the "universal language", but I say with certainty that it's not!
It's an enormous challenge to teach the algebra and geometry to English language learners.
For example, do you know how many different ways there are to ask someone for an answer? Result, solution, evaluate, find, response, satisfy, justify, and explain are just a few examples. Even though I have the added responsibilities for the language component, I wouldn't trade this experience for anything.
Currently, I have a class of students are from Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador, Albania, Afghanistan, Iraq, Thailand, Sudan, China, Congo, and Tanzania.
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