Reflection: My name is Eric Winkler and I want to be a math teacher. I plan on teaching 4-8 math for the next few years, but plan on moving towards charter schools or college math. If I decide to teach at a college that most likely means I've given up on the education system and all I'm trying to do is get tenure. In regards to charter schools, I've seen a lot of success stories come from them and I believe the reason why is because you have dedicated teachers that teach the way they want to. I believe that would be an area in education that I would thrive in because I care a lot about the students I work with and I don't think that drive will go away any time soon. I never really found it hard learning Spanish in school, but I have not dedicated time to mastering the language. I plan on learning the language at some point is I decide to stay in Houston or another southern area. I've visited a number of South American countries. I've been to Nicaragua a lot and have enjoyed hanging out there. I've never ran into bad people there, but I usually stay in various villages that don't have a lot of crime. While I'm there I usually surf and fish. The area I usually stay at is a local fishing spot and I get to hang out with a lot of locals. Usually I just teach them what random items are called in English and we laugh at stuff that do not require language comprehension to get.
Hi Eric, nice to meet you! I too primarily only speak Spanish but did take a few years of Spanish in school but just like you didn’t retain any. according to Ortega “many people around the globe may learn, forget and even relearn a number of languages that are not their mother tongue over the course of their late childhood, adolescence and adulthood.” When I watched your video I remembered that quote from Ortega, it almost seems as if she is referring to us. However similarly, I grew up with Spanish speaking friends and even at one point lived with a friend who’s parents live in Mexico, so her primary language is Spanish. She would try and teach me key words and phrases and they stuck with me because I would frequently use them when speaking to her. I absolutely love the fact that you want to create a website which integrates Spanish. Growing up and living in Texas there are so many ESL students whose first language is Spanish, so I think your website idea is amazing and I hope you go through with it. I also want to teach math so I would definitely use this website you are thinking about creating for my students.
I would love to expand my website idea even further. I have an idea of integrating all the main courses students have to take into one functioning website. I would only be able to do that if I could partner with teachers teaching in different fields than my own. I would also love to have multiple languages, rather than just Spanish, but I feel like that would be too much work for me to tackle alone.
I was just like you in high school. I took Spanish just to take it and I didn't value any lessons being taught in the class. It wasn't until my twenties when I started to have personal motivation to try and learn new languages. Ortega states that when a person has intrinsic motivation then they are more likely to learn something faster than someone who has extrinsic motivation. Now that we have an intrinsic motivation, it should be easier for us to learn it.That was also a good idea about the website for your students. I think it would be able to help them in their native language tremendously. However, I was thinking that in the arena of public school education, faulty and students are highly encouraged to try and use only English in the classroom. So, how do you feel you could integrate this website with your students while still following the guidelines?
I think it’s really cool that you took Spanish classes when you were younger! I feel like it’s not very common for younger children to receive formal education in a second language. I know that a lot of younger children who grow up learning two languages usually do so because they were born elsewhere, but have to learn English for school-related reasons. However, it's best to start learning multiple languages at a younger age, according to Ortega (2013, p. 17). I also grew up learning two languages at once, but that’s because I was born in Karachi, Pakistan, where the main language spoken in Urdu.
It’s also interesting that you’re student teaching in a school where most of the students speak Spanish. I’m sure that will help you recall most of your previous knowledge that you claim you haven’t retained.
Ortega, Lourdes. (2013). Understanding second language acquisition. London: Routledge.
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ReplyDeleteMy name is Eric Winkler and I want to be a math teacher. I plan on teaching 4-8 math for the next few years, but plan on moving towards charter schools or college math. If I decide to teach at a college that most likely means I've given up on the education system and all I'm trying to do is get tenure. In regards to charter schools, I've seen a lot of success stories come from them and I believe the reason why is because you have dedicated teachers that teach the way they want to. I believe that would be an area in education that I would thrive in because I care a lot about the students I work with and I don't think that drive will go away any time soon. I never really found it hard learning Spanish in school, but I have not dedicated time to mastering the language. I plan on learning the language at some point is I decide to stay in Houston or another southern area. I've visited a number of South American countries. I've been to Nicaragua a lot and have enjoyed hanging out there. I've never ran into bad people there, but I usually stay in various villages that don't have a lot of crime. While I'm there I usually surf and fish. The area I usually stay at is a local fishing spot and I get to hang out with a lot of locals. Usually I just teach them what random items are called in English and we laugh at stuff that do not require language comprehension to get.
Hi Eric, nice to meet you! I too primarily only speak Spanish but did take a few years of Spanish in school but just like you didn’t retain any. according to Ortega “many people around the globe may learn, forget and even relearn a number of languages that are not their mother tongue over the course of their late childhood, adolescence and adulthood.” When I watched your video I remembered that quote from Ortega, it almost seems as if she is referring to us. However similarly, I grew up with Spanish speaking friends and even at one point lived with a friend who’s parents live in Mexico, so her primary language is Spanish. She would try and teach me key words and phrases and they stuck with me because I would frequently use them when speaking to her. I absolutely love the fact that you want to create a website which integrates Spanish. Growing up and living in Texas there are so many ESL students whose first language is Spanish, so I think your website idea is amazing and I hope you go through with it. I also want to teach math so I would definitely use this website you are thinking about creating for my students.
ReplyDeleteI would love to expand my website idea even further. I have an idea of integrating all the main courses students have to take into one functioning website. I would only be able to do that if I could partner with teachers teaching in different fields than my own. I would also love to have multiple languages, rather than just Spanish, but I feel like that would be too much work for me to tackle alone.
ReplyDeleteHi Eric,
ReplyDeleteI was just like you in high school. I took Spanish just to take it and I didn't value any lessons being taught in the class. It wasn't until my twenties when I started to have personal motivation to try and learn new languages. Ortega states that when a person has intrinsic motivation then they are more likely to learn something faster than someone who has extrinsic motivation. Now that we have an intrinsic motivation, it should be easier for us to learn it.That was also a good idea about the website for your students. I think it would be able to help them in their native language tremendously. However, I was thinking that in the arena of public school education, faulty and students are highly encouraged to try and use only English in the classroom. So, how do you feel you could integrate this website with your students while still following the guidelines?
Hey Eric!
ReplyDeleteI think it’s really cool that you took Spanish classes when you were younger! I feel like it’s not very common for younger children to receive formal education in a second language. I know that a lot of younger children who grow up learning two languages usually do so because they were born elsewhere, but have to learn English for school-related reasons. However, it's best to start learning multiple languages at a younger age, according to Ortega (2013, p. 17). I also grew up learning two languages at once, but that’s because I was born in Karachi, Pakistan, where the main language spoken in Urdu.
It’s also interesting that you’re student teaching in a school where most of the students speak Spanish. I’m sure that will help you recall most of your previous knowledge that you claim you haven’t retained.
Ortega, Lourdes. (2013). Understanding second language acquisition. London: Routledge.
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