The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 27, 1975 Page: 8 of 30
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«**—'.«rro, ^r oi'W. ana Mrs. Van KKanhlYang. gets a few pointers from
his tutor friends, Craig Berjsch„ son of Mr. and Mrs, Jim Bertsch, and Darren
Ash, son of Mr. and Mrsrifoya Ash. , :
./• ' (Sifn staff photos by Glenn Folkesi
•«AII •'• ■ ....
t»nThc foreign .students, "All
the fathers are university
trained" he said "Schooling
is not new to these children.
imese
with abstracts yet. The, peer
tutors have ready worked out.
They siton the floor, laugh and
play gam'es: The children res-
Even though the Vietnar
nktUeaH hotn Vn/mm aAi
pond better to the tutors Hum,
TntfTtSiniuennWm
Hank”' /
language. She has progressed Craig Reftsch tutors Dzuy
the most. She no\v reads from „ . Trang. Mv Hanti's brother..
versation. She gets confused
when she comes across words
that have more than one
meaning.”
‘Frienck
V For example, the word
/ "cents" can easily be taught
with a picture and some
numbers, A child who does not
speak English as a first
language can quickly learn the
meaning ot cents. BufT
when he stumbles, across
"sense” it can be confusing.
Synonyms, and antonyms can
be learned with little problem
Homonyms , - words which
sound alike but have different
into a strange new culture with
different language have.in a
few short' weeks, learned all
about_ gingerbread, boys,
pumpkins and Halloween, can
readily identify a car. a shoe, a
table, a nose, a desk and are
ESI EESsjg
- . : T veafs to masts
years to master.
next year
reading and language Stir
began her instruction, with
; rather a few . addtic
gredients in the
American melting pot
Willingham, son of Mr,and Mrs,Ji CJVillipgham,. as they help Dzu Tan Huynh,
soft'of Mr. and Mrs. DiehTan Huynh^solve a problem.
nple .words. pointing to eh.
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27, 1975
Jowie Elementary School Students
Involved In Unique Bilingual Program
By CLAUDIA ANN SIMS
Bowie Elementary School is
involved in a unique bilingual
program with six Vietnamese
and one Italian student.
These students speak very
little English. With the help of
volunteer 5th grade "peer
■iSSsss
life. '
Tutors involved in the
program include Craig
Bertsch, son of Mr and Mrs
Jim Bertsch, Lisa Butrick,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Butrick, Tami Bimh. daughter
of Mr and Mrs Jep|) Busch.
Darron Ash. son of Mr and
Mrs. Hoya * Ash," Gary
Eastham, son of Mr. and Mrs
J. D "-Eastham. MBssy
• • % y -
Joy Radda (Mrs. Mike- was
contacted. Mrs. Radda is cam-
pus consultant with four
Baytown area schools. She
works with teachers and
students in problem areas. She
trained students who had been
recommended by their
r&™.;«-.tsjyhess«-,tiU. be peer tutorsior
^»*rt»;jureign,children,.
At first, the tutors met with
Mrs Radda everyday to work
on attitudes, and learning
processes through .discussion.'
"It is very important for the
tutors to smile If the students
do not understand the
language.” sattf Mrs. Radda.
"Be consistent with physical
movements.” she told the
tutors. Indicate the wanted
response with hand motions."
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Thousands of students have
poured into U, S. schools since
the fall of the Saigon regime.
Yet, no special books or in-
structional aids are available
to these students.
‘Peer tutors
like to help’
"We have to adapt what we
have for their needs,’’ reports
Zimmerman “We began very
are gradually working our way
"The other- children at
Bowie are responding well to
the new students also.
Friendships are developing.
Zimmerman cites an example:
‘ ‘Today in the lunch line I was
helping one Vietnamese boy
choose his meal when one of
the students interjected, Oh
MrT"2immerman, he's" tpy
friend, I’ll help him.’ These
children are so pleasant you
wouldn’t respond any other
way.”
Kelly Martin is the math
teacher. He has two third
grade. Vietnamese children
Even with a language han-
dicap these students are on a - •
par with the rest of Jt)6
children in, the' class when iL_
comes to doing computation!
Hall, daughter of Mr and Mr?.
Joe' flail, and * Mark
Willingham, son of Mr and
Mrs. D. C. Willingham.
When the students, ra w
from kindergarten through
fourth grade and speaking no
English at all, registered at,
Bowie Sphool in September,
jects and calUug out their
names using pictures and so
forth Later the children learn-
ed to construct simple sen-
tences such as. "I see you, ’
"This is a'car," "1 can run."
She spenfsix weeks on these
oral exeercises.
The children had to have a
broad verbal background in
their own langauge in order to
learn our language so well,”
observes Mrs. Holman The
visual aids we have are not
specifically designed for
foreign students but they have
been a big help."
Mrs Holman feels the
Language Master has been a-
great success. This device, bas-
ed on the principal ot a .tape
recorder, allows the children’
but war m their homeland ail
(heir ...lives,,all bijt one have
been exposed to rdgular.formal
schooling."
"The peer tutors like to be
able fo belf^md feel they are
contributing something worth
while.
’’When it comes to concepts..
however, they are lost. If they
have not already learned a con
cept in their own language, it
is difficult to teach it to them
in English I was surprised by
how much they cnuld actually.
...da.". ....., ■ -
Bennie Mae Thomas does
not have any Vietnamese
students : She has the Italian
girl........Christina.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Giovanni Ranghetti. for
reading and‘English.
' ’Christina's tutor has helped
her a great deal,' says Mrs!
Thomas She’s doing beau-
TOW,! ,
the gingerbread boy. she baked
gingerbread cookies for_the
hildren She predicts that b\
the end of the school year they
willJ have a_ speaking
vocabulary oh the third grade
.level. , _
•Fiftfc.gwdw, Laura Smith -*
tutors My Harth Trang.
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Van
Khanh Trang Laura says.
she'll understand They have a
notebook .to paste pictures in*,
to We play games to matftf
pictures and words! ’JVnen -
asked how she liked/being a
tutor, Laura replied, ”I'm
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 27, 1975, newspaper, November 27, 1975; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1062034/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.