Tips for Teaching Conversation in the Multilingual ESL Classroom.

Autor/in	Pulick, Cara
Titel	Tips for Teaching Conversation in the Multilingual ESL Classroom.
Quelle	In: The internet TESL journal, 11 (2005) 4, 2 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Konversation; Methodik; Unterrichtsstunde; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Mehrsprachigkeit; Englischunterricht
Abstract	Leaving aside completely the matter of potential cultural conflicts and misunderstandings, teaching conversation in the multilingual classroom presents challenges beyond those faced in the monolingual classroom. The difficulties inherent in a conversational ESL class - namely, speaking and listening in another language - are multiplied when the participants in those conversations are neither native speakers nor from the same linguistic background. Problems ranging from grammatical mistakes to vocabulary limitations to, perhaps most troublesome, pronunciation issues complicate the process of conversing in a foreign language. From a classroom management standpoint, however, a bigger challenge is when such obstacles turn to frustration and students from differing linguistic backgrounds begin to tune each other out or, worse, exhibit irritation. Fortunately, when handled well, a multilingual classroom is a great place for students to try out their real-world conversation skills. If they can make themselves understood not only to ESL teachers and to others linguistically like themselves, but also to the world at large, then they are communicating. The article contains some suggestions for increasing cross-cultural student-to-student engagement and understanding in the ESL classroom. (Verlag, adapt.).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2023/1