SLA Frausto Ruth Fall 18

Reflection:  Link to my interview:  Vlog 2                I Interviewed my mother, Rocio Sanghavi who was born in Guadalajara Mexico. She later on moved to the United States where she learned English in grade school. Throughout the interview it was said that she struggled with an array of various aspects when learning English. These aspects included pronunciation, semantics, and switching between both English and Spanish.                                                                                                  My mother stated that when she was learning English she struggled with pronunciation often. She said that she still struggles with pronouncing a couple of words. For example...

Ruth Frausto's Blog  Video link:  https://youtu.be/BjxipORRAnk          Reflection:      According to Ortega (2013) most children grow up speaking only one language. This was not the case for me growing up. I grew up speaking two languages due to living in a household with my mom and grandparents who were from Guadalajara, Mexico. These two languages were English and Spanish. I do think being bilingual will help me with my future students one day. There are so many ESL students that are misplaced in special education. ESL students are "learners [that] learn an additional language through formal study in school or a university, through private lessons and so on (Ortega, 2013, pg 6).” I feel like I can be an advocate for ESL students that are accidentally misplaced into special education so that they can be given the appropriate help that they need.          When I was in middle s...