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Interview with English Second Language adult

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Thank you for watching my Vblog #2, I decide to do option 1 which is an interview with an English learner. She is also a Monolingual teacher at Fort Bend ISD, and been working at Fort Bend ISD for 26 years.        Her experience learning English was actually harder than she expected, she moved here to the United States as an adult. I can only imagine how difficult that was for her to adjust to a new culture and language. She did take English classes as soon as she moved here, and that's how she got into the school system as a paraprofessional. As time went by, she was able to get into school to become a teacher and she finally did. Now she's working as a monolingual teacher and working for a bilingual certification.      She shared how newcomers come to her classroom as a transitional place while they get tested, and placed where they belong. Most students spend about a month and a half up to 2 months in her classroom, and students don't...
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Vblog 1

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Vblog Reflection        As a bilingual person, I resemble the readings a lot because I struggled at the beginning when I first moved here. Coming to the United States not knowing the language, nor culture was a little bit difficult, but I am very grateful for all the resources I was provided with when I first started school. Like I mentioned in the video, I was able to use dictionaries and had the assistance of other teacher aids who spoke Spanish as well. I remember my 8th grade year was a lot of trial and error, I practiced and practiced my English until I got better at it.       Just like the readings mentions, “all classrooms are language environments, and language is at the heart of teaching and learning” (Wright, 2019, p. 31). Giving the students all the resources available to learn is a must, and having the experience I had when I first moved here was incredible. It really made me open my eyes on how students can be very successful, keeping...
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