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NEGATIVE STORIES
 Read the cluster of stories from these students. As you
read about their experiences, think about the different ways the
teacher made them feel unsafe, confused, insecure, embarassed,
isolated, etc.
Questions/Activities
1. Create a list
describing the different types of insensitivity and/or thoughtlessness
teachers displayed in the stories you read.
2. Think about the
stories of Carlos, Juan, and Luliana as you read Why Bilingual Education?. Regardless of your own
personal opinion, construct a convincing argument FOR Bilingual
Education AND and a convincing argument AGAINST Bilingual
Education. Each of these arguments should contain at least 3 points to support the
position being argued. Next, read Ideas for Working with Students Who
Speak English as a Second Language . What strategies might teachers have used
with Carlos, Juan, and Luliana to promote their learning and
self-esteem?
3. In most of the
Negative Stories, students feel that they were treated unfairly and/or
insensitively. Read Ensuring Education Excellence . Then select several Negative
Stories and discuss the components of educational equity that were
ignored in each of your selected stories. How might the situations have
been handled more fairly and sensitively?
4. Describe at least
one thing you would/could do to help all students have a more positive
experience in your class?
READ MORE ABOUT IT
Bilingual Education
has become a political football with student left to sit on the
sidelines and wait. The websites here are intended to provide you with
more information/understanding about bilingual education.
Involvement of Parents of Diverse Cultural
& Linguistic Backgrounds by Maria del Rosario Basterra
Starting School: Strategies for
Working Effectively with Language Minority Students in the Regular
Classroom by Midwest
Desegregation Assistance Center
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