Hi everyone, today I read this article, and it was very heartbreaking. The main idea of this article was that there was this student who was struggling in class and with his classmates because his English was limited. His teacher then talked to his parents and told them that they needed to be speaking more English at home. The students' parents took this as not speaking Spanish anymore because they wanted their son to be useful. Unfortunately, it causes the family to draw apart and limit the amount of words they share. I undertood the teacher's concern in that it can be hard to understand the lessons or their classmates but I think the teacher should have met with his parents to come up with a plan or ways to help him so he can still be sussesful and not make such a how life change at such a young age. I also believe that it's good for students to learn that not everyone speaks the same language. If I were the educator in this situation, I would have done some research and chatted with my coworkers on some way to help this student and then have a meeting with the parents and student to come up with a plan for this student to be successful to the best of their ability.
In my current placement, we have a program called WIN, and this is something that they do in my school to help multilingual students. It's a really cool program that I get to observe every week.
Thanks for Reading!
Audrey Pirri
Hey, I do agree with you that this reading was sad to see the changes that happened between the student and their family when it came to speaking less of their home language. It got me thinking about if this is a common thing that happens to families when they have a child that is being taught English at school. I think as teachers when can try to encourage both languages so kids do not become embarrassed or lose that part of who they are.
ReplyDeleteHi Audrey I loved your writing in this. I enjoyed reading how you connect your placement to the reading. I also find it interesting that your school has a special program for multilingual students!
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ReplyDeleteHi Audrey!
I loved how you related the blog to your class placement. I love that your school has a class for multi lingual students I think it is super important to encourage their first language but also teach them english.
I really resonate with your reaction to the passage, as I also found it extremely saddening. It is truly devastating to see a system fail a bright mind and a person having to rely on their own archetype and mindset to find success in the world. That program you mentioned in your school is also super interesting, I do not think my school has any parallel programs, but I think we all wish schools implemented such a program universally.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you that you found this article saddening. Throughout the story I kept thinking about the kids in my placement, and I hope that they don't lose who they are through the process of learning English! I really liked how you made a connection to your placement, and that program designed for multilingual students sounds really cool! I hope it is helping them succeed. Great work!
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