Problem 1) Taking turns to listen to other students is not always easy for young children. What does the research show about promoting good listeners in the classroom setting?
Problem 2) How would you help shy student to become a confident speaker? How would you help the overly confident speaker to have self-control? Why are these skills important to instill in children at this age? How can becoming a confident speaker encourage stronger advocacy skills for themselves? Likewise, how does maintaining self-control encourage better listening?
Problem 3) Choose one strategy from your required reading that you would utilize to teach vocabulary. Explain why this strategy would be effective for an English language learner.
Problem 4) Provide at least one example of an effective SEI strategy utilized in one of the classrooms that you have observed. Why do you think this strategy worked? Were the teaching concepts in the lesson tied to the students' backgrounds?