Entry 2: Interview with An ELL
This is defiantly an experience that I have never had until now. The person I have chosen to interview is Mrs. Eva Rodriguez, who is a second grade bilingual teacher, and has worked in HISD for 15 years. I first met Mrs. Rodriguez in the year 2017, when I volunteered at the school she worked at. As I got to know Mrs. Rodriguez, she told me of how she and her family were not originally from the US, but were in fact from Guanajuato, Mexico. She lived in Mexico as a child, and suddenly moved to the US with her family when she was five. As Ortega states, “children acquiring their first language complete the feat within a biological window of four to six years of age” (Ortega, 2013, p.12). During this time, Mrs. Rodriguez’s native language is Spanish. She and her family struggled at first, but eventually they adjusted to living in the US after a few years. Growing up Mrs. Rodriguez saw how her teachers tried their best to include ELL students. Her teachers were sensitive to her culture ...