When you talked about the Russian student having difficulties with capitalizing, it really made me think about why we really capitalize the first letter in the sentence. Is this something that happens in the Russian language or do you think the student was typing quickly? I think that your presentation was well organized and gave us a nice summary of the language and the difficulties a Russian student can have with the English language. Nice work!
Nikki, it was interesting learning about Russian, especially since it is not commonly encountered here in the US. I especially liked your "Russian/English" comparison chart. It also seems that you used very credible sources to help support your research. Very well done!
Nikki, it was great reading your language analysis since Russian (and the cyrillic alphabet) has always fascinated and escaped me. I'll definitely remember that Russian has no fixed word order(!) and your explanation of falling intonation helps to explain some akward situations I had with one EFL class in Turkey with one adult Russian female. The other students felt she was, as you stated, 'rude.' So this cultural-linguistic knowledge is not only helpful to teachers, but to peers, as well. If you ever have another situation where an ELL bails on you, please let me know! I'm sure some of my ELL friends would be glad to help.
Nicholene, Well done on your presentation. I didn't realize that Russian used falling intonation. I actually had a friend in college who was Russian and people always used to comment on the fact that she sounded indifferent in conversation and you are right, they often mistook her for being rude. I think that this is definitely something that we need to make our ELL's aware of so that they can adjust the behavior.
I liked the suggestion of "thinking aloud" when reading. As a teacher, I often wonder what students are thinking as they try to process words. If the student can try to work out a definition or pronunciation aloud, I feel like I would be more equipped the help the student.
I also agree with the research you used which stated that students need to speak, read and write English all of the time to build confidence. I could not agree more that this is the key to success with all ELL's.
Wow, there are only 3 spelling rules to learn in Russian! Nice slide on the comparison of English and Russian. Nice presentation!
ReplyDelete--Rob V.
When you talked about the Russian student having difficulties with capitalizing, it really made me think about why we really capitalize the first letter in the sentence. Is this something that happens in the Russian language or do you think the student was typing quickly? I think that your presentation was well organized and gave us a nice summary of the language and the difficulties a Russian student can have with the English language. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteNikki, it was interesting learning about Russian, especially since it is not commonly encountered here in the US. I especially liked your "Russian/English" comparison chart. It also seems that you used very credible sources to help support your research. Very well done!
ReplyDelete--Angie
Nikki, it was great reading your language analysis since Russian (and the cyrillic alphabet) has always fascinated and escaped me. I'll definitely remember that Russian has no fixed word order(!) and your explanation of falling intonation helps to explain some akward situations I had with one EFL class in Turkey with one adult Russian female. The other students felt she was, as you stated, 'rude.' So this cultural-linguistic knowledge is not only helpful to teachers, but to peers, as well. If you ever have another situation where an ELL bails on you, please let me know! I'm sure some of my ELL friends would be glad to help.
ReplyDeleteNicholene,
ReplyDeleteWell done on your presentation. I didn't realize that Russian used falling intonation. I actually had a friend in college who was Russian and people always used to comment on the fact that she sounded indifferent in conversation and you are right, they often mistook her for being rude. I think that this is definitely something that we need to make our ELL's aware of so that they can adjust the behavior.
I liked the suggestion of "thinking aloud" when reading. As a teacher, I often wonder what students are thinking as they try to process words. If the student can try to work out a definition or pronunciation aloud, I feel like I would be more equipped the help the student.
I also agree with the research you used which stated that students need to speak, read and write English all of the time to build confidence. I could not agree more that this is the key to success with all ELL's.