Entry 3 : Interview with Mrs. Moore
Here is the link to my video : Interview Reflection: For this vlog, I interviewed Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Moore is an English as a second language learner teacher (ESL) at the Katy Independent School District. Mrs. Moore has taught English language learners at the elementary level for eleven years. In her classroom, her students come from a wide array of backgrounds and wide array of levels. She has students from many different countries and continents. She has students that come into her classroom who just moved from another country, who are at a beginner level and just know how to say their name to students who are at an intermediate level. When asked what students seem to struggle with the most, Moore said that vocabulary is what students struggle with the most. According to Gass and Selinker “Second language learners are known to have difficulty with vocabulary learning” (Gass & Selinker, 2008, p. 456). She also noted that l...