SLAGarzaShellySpring2019

                For this Vblog, I unfortunately could not get a video with the teacher I wanted to interview because of the busy schedules that have been going on. We just finished benchmarks last week and a lot of teachers are behind and have a ton of meetings to attend. So I got to talk to a third grade math/science teacher here and there about her experience as an ESL teacher.                   She explained that the majority of her students were Hispanic. She went on to say that in her years of teaching ESL, she knows the number one difficulty her students have is the language barrier. She explained that for her students it was very hard for them to generate ideas without some help. They are still at this age where they are developing their language skills and most of the time their thoughts are bigger than the vocabulary they know. She also told me aside that...

Hey Y’all welcome to my second Vblog! For this blog I decided to Skype one of my best friends Shirley from Dallas. I do not know very many people in Houston that know another language so I thought it’d be neat to learn a little more about my best friend and her experience with speaking two languages. Shirley primarily began speaking Spanish as a child; it was not until elementary school beginning of Pre-K when she began learning English as a second language. Shirley grew up speaking Spanish because her parents and siblings only knew Spanish. Her family migrated from Mexico to the United States and their happened to be a strong language barrier along the way. My best friend was considered a Successive early bilingualism student. She primarily spoke Spanish but at a very early age she was learning English as well. So she eventually became very fluent in both languages.   She is now dominant in English but her parents in who she speaks to on a daily basis still primarily speak S...

Hey ya'll welcome back to my VBlog! My name is Shelly Garza, I am a senior at The University of Houston. I am also super excited that this is my last semester at UH (Si Dios Quiere) and the countdown for graduation is on! I hope you guys enjoy this semester and for those who also graduate in May good luck and let's finish strong!  Click HERE to watch my video!