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Blog #3

Hi everyone welcome back to my blog, thanks for taking your time to watch my video about Mrs. Galvan. She has only been a teacher for about 2 years so it was great to see what she thought about only being a teacher for a short amount of time. I asked Mrs. Galvan a couple of question and I like how she said that she likes to create a safe environment for her english language learners. She said that she wants them to feel like it's okay to make mistakes. According to  Ortega she mentions how social support from significant others (including parents, siblings, peers and teachers) boosts motivation in learning a new language (Ortega, pg. 172).  Since Mrs. Galvan is creating that safe environment for her learners, students will have a confident boost. I also like how Mrs. Galvan mentions that since she had been a english language learner, she understands her students struggles. Which I think is very important because as a teacher, since you are able to underst...
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Blog #2

Hello everyone welcome back to my Blog! Today, I was able to interview Angel, he learned English at the age of 6. It was nice to find out some new things about him. Based on things he told me I can see teachers have been using visuals and repetition for long time. Since even teachers back then were doing that, it just show proof that it helps students with learning a second language. As a future teacher I will make sure if I have students who are ELL's I will be doing the same thing. Another thing I thought that really helped Angel was that he wanted to participate in activities and games. Since the kids he was playing with were only speaking English then he felt like he had to learn the language to feel more involved.  According to Ortega, "participants did best in the language they were more actively and consistently using in daily activities"(Ortega. 2013. p.26). So for Angel to get with students or peer that spoke that Angel it worked to his advantage. Well thank you ...
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Hey everyone! Welcome back to my blog, My name is Elyse Ramos and I am so excited that this is my last semester of my senior year!! I hope everyone has a great semester and that you enjoy this class. Good luck to you all! https://youtu.be/isQUDhVTvds
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