Week 12

Chapter 2 discussed the layers of concentric circles in the English language, which help understand the different levels of language acquisition. The inner circle included students who spoke English as their primary language, the outer circle was made up of those who spoke it as their second language in a multilingual context, and the expanding circle was made up of those who studied English as a foreign language.  However, this does not include different dialects within the language.  The differences between learning English as a second language in Britain as opposed to the US were also discussed.  In Britain, students do not get pulled out of a classroom for extra help.  In my opinion, I think that if a student needs extra help, they should get it.  It shouldn't be seen as anything negative if a student get pulled out of a room for ELL, because other students get pulled out all the time like for math or reading.  If a student is struggling in learning something, it does not benefit anyone to leave that student in the classroom struggling, and I think that it is worse for that student to feel uncomfortable in the classroom than to simply get taken out with a certified math, reading, or ELL teacher, and work with them.