Chapter 4

After looking at the aspects of how to teach an ELL student, I felt as though many of the suggestions were very similar to teaching any other student, the only difference is these students do not speak English.  The national accountability is requiring us to access these students and hold them to the same standards as every other student. I feel that it did not say a whole lot to help in the fact of teaching a student, just some basic ideas.  When looking at the chapter in whole, I feel that the problem is the fact that the government is trying to fix the school system and not listening to the experts which are the teachers that are in the field. 
One thing I did find helpful was the TPR or total physical response.  This was something that seemed to make sense in teaching students from another language, but how do you incorporate that into a classroom with English speaking students that already understand asit down and stand up. I felt that there was another step and it was missing from what to do next.  Ideas are great but there just needs to be more.
I also agree that listening and speaking are not as well focused on.  Listening is not a receptive skill and is considered passive. The way the chapter was written was as if the students learned English quickly and are able to easily follow everyone else in the classroom. It just seems like there is something missing from the chapter.