These last few class sessions in educ 107, we have gone over what exactly is DLT. I think back to my previous job as an ELL tutor/translator and how much I used DLT on a daily basis without knowing it. Breaking down the material for easier comprehension for my students, whether it was showing actual pictures (realia) or just going over in depth words, phrases that were not understood, then bringing it all back together so the student was able to undertand the question/assignment.
I have seen many educators in my work experience as well as my college years not take this approach with DLT and many times they have students in their class sitting back and not able to comprehend anything that was just "taught". Many educators believe if they just talk at the student and not to the student they will eventually "get it", but we have found over and over that is not the case. We as future educators need to keep in mind that not all of our students are going to be able to learn in the same manner so we really need to try and differentiate our instruction to better fit the needs of our students.
I believe if we use DLT in all aspescts of teaching our students will in turn have a better understanding of all subjects being taught.
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