Having read your essay, post at least one entry on the chosen essay consisting of one well-developed paragraph summarizing the essay and a well developed reflection on what the essay means to you.
What connections did you find between your life experiences and the essay text? How does the essay relate to cognitive, affective and language development? How can you relate the ideas from the essay to your future classroom teaching? What commonalities do you find between your essay and the reflections of other students?
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A Bilingual Childhood by Richard Rodriguez.
This article was about the authors early life growing up in a bilingual environment. At home he spoke Spanish and at school he had to learn and speak English. He dislikes the many adjustments that were required by him and his family. It was a very difficult adjustment that required a lot of work from him as well as his parents. It changed their lives in more ways than could have been imagined.
This article reveals that there are many levels to a bilingual student that at first are not apparent. It reminds me of the importance of the parental relationship a child has with his parents. This aricle tells us of how it was broken for this author.
The aritcle gives us insight into a child's cognitive understanding of language. The method that was used to help the child learn english was preceived as an affective method, but had numerous unforseen consequences.
Herold,
What were some of te adjustments they had to make? In what way does the bilingual childhood affect the child's parental relationship? What insights did you gain about language development?
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