Culturally Diverse Classroom

This is an amazing tool and guide! This is exactly what a teacher could use to guide them in creating an engaging unit, and to support ESL students. They need so much more support than the other students will because they're completely immersed in a foreign language and a foreign culture. I can't even imagine what they would be going through. I've gone away to camp and felt homesick when I was younger. Those students are truly amazing that they can deal with feeling out of place, learn a second language, and learn the curriculum all at once. All of this is on top of any normal adolescent issues that are going on. It's no wonder they need the support, and teachers need to know what they're students are going through. This handbook is a guide to becoming that support! It is really overwhelming though. Where do you begin? It’s one thing to read this through and another to actually face an ESL student. How do you prevent the other students from confusing the ESL student or prevent bullying and teasing? This raises a lot of questions even as it provides answers.