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Fostering Multiliteracy in a Linguistically Diverse Classroom
Summary of Key Points The article examines how a monolingual educator teaches a classroom of students speaking numerous distinct native languages in a linguistically diverse way. The authors are confident that any educator can promote classroom multiliteracy even though they do not speak those languages. First, it is essential to comprehend the value of using a student's first language knowledge to improve their second one, in this case, English. Educators should use these first languages to improve their English (Schwarzer & Lorenzen, 04). It includes improving the second language by associating what they learn with their first. Secondly, it is vital to identify common misunderstandings regarding the educator's role in multiliteracy growth. Educators can foster a multiliterate class by creating a social environment encourages students to use their first languages (Schwarzer, 05).
What Stood Out for Me in the Article First, the article discusses various beginner strategies to support multiliteracy, which stood out. One of them is creating a multiliterate print environment. Using posters effectively encourages a multiliterate class (Schwarzer & Lorenzen, 05). This approach reminds me of how I learned French. My French teacher used to place many posters with French words and phrases and their English translations. These translations help improve their memories of English words and phrases.
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What Stood Out for Me in the Article-Continued Again, using multiliterate projects stands out as an effective practice for fostering multiliteracy. Projects like translating words into various languages improve students' ability to understand the second language (Schwarzer & Lorenzen, 05). It reminds me of how my father taught me Spanish. He used to play spelling games with me where one could choose a word in English and tell me to spell it in Spanish. This game improved my Spanish because the approach made me more interested.
Questions I Would Like My Classmates to Discuss One is how to manage a multiliteracy classroom to prevent communication barriers when every student speaks their first language. The second question is how a teacher may prevent students' first languages from negatively affecting their second language development. The third question is whether these strategies can work for parents to teach their children other languages.
Works Cited ? Schwarzer, David, Alexia Haywood, and Charla Lorenzen. "Fostering multiliteracy in a linguistically diverse classroom." Language Arts 80.6 (2003): 453-460. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Schwarzer-2/publication/281973215_Fosterin g_Multiliteracy_in_a_Linguistically_Diverse_Classroom/links/5600432d08aec948c4fa6c18/ Fostering-Multiliteracy-in-a-Linguistically-Diverse-Classroom.pdf
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