Jessica Munting Tsuchiya

MYP and DP English Language B Teacher | MYP health specialist | Passionate about both

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

Super excited! We learn best when we learn from each other and I'm always inspired when I get a chance to network with new educators. This JAL will focus on DP teachers and will offer 14 different subjects. Check it out and spread with your network in China. #Qingdao #China #JAL

[Bridget Davies @BridgetDavies3]

Khartoum American School community has held strong despite the horrendous situation in Sudan @krtams @teach_overseas

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Where can #ESL students and #health education meet? By teaching our students from a book like the #57bus. Such a great look at the use of pronouns, language and #DiversityandInclusion . A wonderful text for DP students to dig in to.

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@lionelmt @TanELLclassroom @kate_anna @ECISMLIE I would be happy to be a part of that Lionel!

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

#translanguaging to understand poetry using concepts from @TanELLclassroom and @kate_anna . Does it have the same impact in home language? When you read back to front does it have the same impact? Great discussion, authentic work with ss today. #eal #esl @ECISMLIE

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

@TanELLclassroom @kate_anna @ECISMLIE There definitely was. You could see the "aha" when they finally understood the impact of the poem. They discussed what words were similar to their home language and helped each other find the correct meanings of English words even though ss are German and French.

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

@CarolineHergeli @4bilingualism @globeandmail My brother and I were discussing this. Saying "I love you" is more natural in English than Dutch even though Dutch is our mother tongue. It's the lack of being able to convey that emotion well in Dutch that also makes lang. emotional. Love my #trilingual background though.

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

@easkelton @easkelton text at the top was what I read to them. Then pulled out words (but) and phrase (a long time ago) from text. Used translanguaging to think of academic words that are similar and ss wrote response using target vocab as follow up. Silly txt, but good use of vocab

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

Used @easkelton text reconstruction today. Extended by explicit teaching of academic language highlighted. #translanguage approach used to help with understanding of vocab. Students then built their own authentic text. Super engaged ss. #success #dictoglaus #translanguaging #eal

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

@kate_anna having grown up in a #translanguaging familie and teaching kids who are so trots of their language heritage makes me excited about your research and its implications for me, mijn kinderen, en de toekomst #ECISMLIE19 #translanguagetweeting

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

@easkelton thank you for the gift of practical strategies to use in the classroom. Great session #partinggift #ECISMLIE19

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

"Language is shaped by the social uses it serves. We need to develop in the speaker the ability to shift into a different code." Lisa Fontaine on how language works in context #ECISMLIE19 @ECISMLIE

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

"Bilinguals are not 2 monolinguals in 1. Bilingual learners activate parts of their brain that monolinguals don't" #ECISMLIE19 #eal #learningaboutmyself #medandedcollision

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

"Words deserve greater attention in the classroom. The importance of vocabulary cannot be underestimated. It is fundamental. " @vmurphyox #ECISMLIE19

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

So excited to be going to the @ECISMLIE conference in a few short weeks! #eal #alwayslearning

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

Can beginner #eal middle school students understand Shakespeare? Absolutely! Help them make connections between characters by building a mind map. #eal #ealstrong #mindmap #shakespeare #midsummernightsdream

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This!!
Ditch the grammar and teach children storytelling instead https://t.co/9I4JEsMgBu

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

EAL students celebrate how far they have come. New school, new language, new friends, new country. Such resilience. #reflection #EAL #ESL #ELL #resilience

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

@olgaj58 This is a brilliant idea. I love the visual with the poem

[Jessica Munting Tsuchiya @JessicaJmunting]

@BridgetDavies3 So important in any environment and especially in an international setting. Always good to remember that if 12 people hear a statement there will be 12 different interpretations of what that statement was about and what the priorities were.