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with Faras is that he said he actually enjoyed learning English. When he said this I
enjoys listening to peoples conversation and he explained that he likes that because
it puts him directly into the culture. It makes it easier to learn the slang terms rather
than just lectured about them in his classes. One way I connected this interesting
finding back to the readings we have had in class is that we have read that being
immersed in the culture is a great way to help understand a second language that
you are learning (Wright 2015, p. 56). This is an example of emergent bilingualism.
Also another interesting finding is that the grammar that people use in
America throws him off a lot of the time. This makes sense because as I was
interviewing and just having good conversation with Faras I realized he was having
a hard time understanding exactly what I meant or what I was actually saying. Even
though we live in America and English is our first language we still do not use the
correct grammar. I can see how this can be difficult for ELL students because they
learn the correct way to speak whereas a lot of the time here in America we use
some sort of slang that changes frequently. Discussing grammar and how Americans
speak relates back to the chapter 2 when the book discusses register. Register is
grammar that reflect the social setting in which it is used (Wright 2015, p. 37).
Merissa Leonard ELL Student Interview
September 30, 2015
I still believe that language is learned from being surrounded by the culture
but also through scaffolding and using content-based instruction (Wright 2015, p.
you must have multiple different ways of learning the language. Whether you have
to be completely emerged into the language by just living in that culture or if you
need someones help to achieve a goal. Also although content-based instruction can
be boring at times I really do believe that it helps when you have instruction on
what to do and how to do it. As you can see the interview went very well and I
strongly feel that it did help me to understand more about ELL students and their
feeling about learning English and about what makes it hard or fun to learn a second
language.
Merissa Leonard ELL Student Interview
September 30, 2015
Works Cited
Wayne, W. (2015). Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners (2nd ed.).
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Caslon Publishing.