I really enjoyed the Foundations of Education class that I took my first semester. As simple as this may sound, it was an incredibly interesting and informative class. I also enjoyed reading about immigrant students' experiences in Cultural Issues, and learning how to do an action research. I thoroughly enjoyed this class, though. This class has actually provided me with opportunities to go into the classroom, interact and find out information that I would otherwise not be exposed to before I entered the classroom. I have never been in an ESL classroom before, and this experience let me observe the actual class, the teacher, the students and aspects about the students that is helpful to be aware of.
I recently took the ESL Praxis and I am anxiously waiting the scores. I think the process of obtaining the license is good. I think if a person is already licensed to teach then they should really be trained in the needs of ESL students. For me, I am most uncertain explaining grammar and different language skills.
I now use my Wiki as a reference when I am looking back at an activity or for ideas. I really like that we used through several classes to post our work and explanations of things.
I would recommend any teacher to become an ESL teacher. I am speaking without any firsthand experience, but I think every teacher would benefit from a lot of the training that I only got while going through this program.
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