Andres

Manuela Fernando Andres

Ms. Trotter

American Literature (4)

5 February 2019

Annotated Bibliography

Prentis, Nicola. “5 Things That Make English Difficult for Foreigners to Learn.” Mental Floss,

Mental Floss, 18 May 2016,

http://mentalfloss.com/article/79843/5-things-make-english-difficult-foreigners-

learn

In this article, Nicola prentis explains why students have difficulty passing their classes,

"In 12 years of teaching ESL (English as a second language) , I was surprised to find that there is

little overlap between the mistakes that foreigners make and the difficulties that native speakers

have,” After she is working hard teaching her students, she discovers that they no longer make

many mistakes like they used to do. Nicola prentis tries to say that more than the students

English spelling is difficult for both students and native speakers, but, for overseas, it is the

grammar used by native speakers without thinking what proves to be the most difficult. The

student understands how to use the grammar and the verbs they get more each year with their

English. It is very difficult for students to pass their classes because they do not know how to use

English grammar. In this article it helps me to know how I can help ESL students to pass their

classes, as well as how to help them practice their English.

Ho, Tra. “How International Students Can Cope With Difficult Classes.” U.S. News & World Report,

U.S. News & World Report, 2013, https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/international-

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student-counsel/2013/06/20/how-international-students-can-cope-with-difficult-classes

In this article, Tra Ho explains how ESL students can choose their classes, so it is not so difficult

for them and they do not have difficulties to learn and pass their classes "When I took The

history of the United States in the university, it was very difficult because I did not have the

knowledge of the history of the high school that my American classmates had, " when the ESL

student still takes a class, for them it is difficult because they do not know what is the culture or

theme that they are taking. Tra Ho for him was difficult to pass his class because he is very

confused of the culture and also the language, but in the end he understood how to choose his

classes help him graduate to college. This article helps me to know why ESL have difficult to

learn culture and pass their classes, it helps me to know what I can do to teach them their level of

learning

Gonzalez , Jennifer. “12 Ways to Support English Learners in the Mainstream Classroom.” Cul of

Pedagogy, 21 Sept. 2018, https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/supporting-esl-students-mainstream-

classroom/

Jennifer Gonzalez, explains 12 ways teachers can help ESL students to learn fast, "Children they

have more difficulty processing spoken language. Therefore, instructions, including basic

instructions for classroom procedures, should be written on the board whenever possible, "for

many ESL students have problems speaking in the English language, because it is very hard to

pronounce words and the ways to use the verb. Jennifer González, is an assistant of a program

that tries to gather ideas so that the teacher who teaches HIM has more experience of helping

students. This article will help me know how teachers can help students improve their English
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Stephenseifert, susan. “5 Short Stories That Make Well-Known Authors Accessible to Intermediate ESL

Students.” FluentU Spanish Educator Blog, 4 Aug. 2018,

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator-english/esl-short-stories-intermediate/

Susan verner, explains how their history of the ESL students are the fight they had with

English, "is a great story for your intermediate students to develop even plus their

conversation and debate skills, "so that other students better their skills to learn the

English language. Susan Verner tells how it is to spend the life of an ESL student, as it is

difficult for them to learn another language. This article helps me to know more your

stories of ESL students, to know more what things have to happen to get to learn the

English language, in order to help them knowing their stories of their lives

Shoebottom, Paul. “ESL Students and Culture/School Shock.” The Language Learning Theories of

Professor J. Cummins, 2019

http://esl.fis.edu/teachers/support/shock.htm

Paul, explains how it is difficult to study and change the culture for ESL students, "For ESL

students, the issues are more complicated because they are exposed to two cultures

unknown and different at the same time, "having two cultures for ESL students is very

difficult to understand don cultures. Paul tells us that when a student tries to concentrate

on culture and language it is very difficult to study. This article helps me to know how to

understand their students' cultures, as it is difficult for them to understand two cultures

that affect them.

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