Interview questions with classroom teacher
• Please describe your ELL teaching experience.
- It’s rewarding to work with ELL students, to see them come in to the classroom and see how much they learn and develop.
• What is your perception on ELLs in terms of their learning motivation and performance?
(Especially in reading and writing)? What learning difficulties do ELLs usually encounter?
In schools? What is the role of family and community in helping ELLs’ learning?
- Most of my students learning motivation and performance mainly come from home. Their parents want to see them succeed in learning and perfecting their English language and writing. Some of them get discouraged easily if they know they got something wrong with their work, they always want to do their best and like being acknowledged for their good work or participation.
• In your opinion, how do classroom teachers resolve ELLs’ learning difficulties? What
strategies do you adopt? Are they effective or not? Do you participate in on-going
professional training for teaching ELLs? What is your experience in terms of working
students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds? How do you make sure that
your teaching is culturally responsive? How do you go about reaching out to the family
and the community?
- In this school, they have us ELA teachers’ to take students out of the classroom or work with them while they are in the classroom. Yes, I am a ELA teacher, so I help out when I can. I love all the different cultures that come into my classroom. I like to learn about each of their backgrounds as much as I can.
