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Chapter eight gives ideas and suggestions for teachers who have students in their classroom that are still learning English. I think the most important piece of this chapter was the general idea of getting to know these students as much as possible. If teachers can make connections between things kids already know and what they’ll be learning in class, the process will be much easier to them. Like the book stated, it’s much easier to remember new words and ways if student can compare to experiences that they have already had. The second suggestion that the chapter made that I thought was valuable was drawing students into conversations about their attitudes and experiences in relation to their culture. Anytime a student has an opportunity to share details of their lives, they are more than willing to, making it important to make sure we make every student feel like they are able to do so. Later in the chapter, it talked about how we could provide students who are still learning English different ways to present their knowledge of the content that is being taught. It suggested that instructors use not just language, but math, computers, video, music art, and movement as ways of assessment. I think this is a great idea and as far as implementing something like this would be easy because if teachers are involving the multiple intelligences in their lesson, they should have already have some of this in their lesson plans.