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Entry 3

Blog Entry 3 Reflection I had the opportunity to interview Mr. Jordan Brazell, who is a teacher at a juvenile center for young men. His classroom is a little different than most. Since these young men are in a different situation than most, there classrooms are not simply divided by grade but age as well. For instance, Mr. Brazell mentions that the groups may have some students aged ten to twelve years old, or sixteen to eighteen years old. Before the interview, I asked the question does the change in age make it difficult for some of the students to learn? His response was that there is typically no delay in learning because these students remain in these same groups after school as well. Meaning that their relationships have already been formed before the start of class, so those that may disturb the class are typically redirected by their peers without any tension at all. Throughout the interview, I asked Mr. Brazell a series of questions and the one that stood out to me th...

Entry 2

For this blog entry, I decided to interview my childhood friend, Gabriela (Gaby) Estrada. She is bilingual and speaks both English and Spanish, English being her second language. We began our conversation by reflecting on our years in middle school. A memory that I always refer back to is when she would switch to speaking Spanish if she was either angry or talking to someone else that knows the language. We laughed at this because I always wished I could do the same and would try to mock her exact words. Unfortunately, I could never quite get the hang of it. I then began to ask her my interview questions. The first being what age she learned to speak English? Her response was that she recalled really getting the hang of it and using it more often at the age of 5. Her parents used both languages interchangeably, but spoke Spanish more often to be sure that she could always refer back to it. My second question was what aspect of her native language influenced her speaking English the m...

Entry 1: Introduction Video