By Jasmine Villanueva
Faculty advisors: Melissa Wells and Ann Rutt
10:00-10:50am, HCC 328
This paper is a broad description of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program in Luciana Martina County Schools (pseudonym), involving the interviews of both ESL teachers and former students from the same ESL program. These interviews provide insight into the structure and inner workings of the ESL program in Luciana Martina County Schools, including what things in the ESL program were appreciated, and what things could be improved upon, according to interviewees. This study was done as a research project designed to teach others about both the day-to-day and larger workings within ESL programs, and specifically, the ESL program within Luciana Martina County Schools. The biggest finding from my research, which lent itself to the development of a series of lesson plans, was the importance of utilizing as many of the four domains of language as possible when teaching students in the ESL program.
