Our focus in the ESL Program is to address the needs of English Language Learners (ELs), whose first language is a language other than English. We strive to ensure that our student population, which includes a rich diversity in cultures from around the Pacific islands and abroad, attain proficiency in English and meet academic and content standards that all students are expected to meet. In the ESL class, the ELs become active learners of meaning and in making connections and transitions among ideas and elements.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Snapshot of DEED ESL Project: Digital Storybook

Pictured above: Pinky Ecalnea is finalizing her digital storybook with Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera

In order to provide further enrichment to the DEED students, the ESL Coordinator/Teacher, Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera, volunteered her time and provided a digital storybook project. Digital storytelling is a means of narrative expression linked to traditions of narratives passed on from generation to generation. It serves as a way for us to tell our story by authentically expressing our thoughts, feelings, actions, and other details about ourselves, so that we can be empowered and share this enlightenment with others.

The goal of this project was to use digital storytelling to build schema of English Language Learners. This allowed the students to jumpstart reading comprehension. As a result, the students were able to develop literacy skills, increase retention, build technology skills, think critically, and increase their motivation to read.
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Saturday, May 1, 2010

ESL End-of-the-Year Poem



Please click on the image above to get a better view of special poem posted by ESL Coordinators/Webmasters Lois T. Gumataotao and Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera.
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