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Making for English Language Learners

Maker Spaces: What Can They Do for ELL Students?
'Makerspaces' for science instruction also proving helpful for English learners

Teaching English as a Second Language

Patrick Fuglsang, a teacher in Denmark, uses Dr. E's WeDo challenges, with his students to help them practice English. Here's what he says: "The WeDo Challenges have also resulted in students that used to never say a word during English classes have both improved and are now asking when we have a full English day to do it again.... You really should start showing this to ESL teachers around the world, because for my class it has done wonders. 
Tobias, Jonathan, Tim, Matilde and Marie build their version of telekinesis as a superpower, where the Lego man can pick things up and do things like sweeping with the power of his mind. We have once again mainly used this in English class to practise saying something in English. As their teacher I have no idea where the rap idea came from, but who am I to kill the fun - and fun it was. So fun that in the end the girls had to leave the room to not die from laughter. They focused on using gears to make several things move at once...One of the boys singing/rapping used to be deadly terrified of saying anything in English and these challenges has got him and many more of my students speaking.
 
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