As mainstream teachers, it is sometimes easy to fall into the trap of thinking of all of the things our ESL students do NOT have, rather than considering all they DO bring to the classroom. This is called a deficit mentality versus an asset mentality.
I follow a blog (here) that posted this video, and it is a short but powerful description of an asset mentality and shows how we as educators can determine to have a paradigm shift, where the focus becomes all our students possess rather than what they lack. I hope you'll watch and be impacted as I was!
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