Final project for EDIS 5470 (spring 2011).

1.
MEET
THE
STUDENT:
BIMALA
(pure
-­‐
H indi)
Rachel
Gottlieb
EDIS
5 470
Spring
2 011

2. Who
is
Bimala?
Personal
Information:
•
7
years
old
•
1st
grade
student
•
2
years
in
the
U.S.
•
from
India,
speaks
Hindi
at
home
•
good
friends
with
other
ESL
students

3. Who
is
Bimala?
Educational
Information:
•
WIDA
level
2
(beginning)
•
has
many
characteristics
of
Stage
III
on
Language
Acquisition
Chart
• not
literate
in
Hindi
(L1)
•
attended
same
school
for
kindergarten
•
second
year
with
same
ESL
teacher

4. Who
is
Bimala?
Family
Background:
•
small
farming
town,
western
Bengal
•
father
–
finished
HS,
some
English
•
mother
–
7th
grade
education,
very
LEP
•
paternal
uncle
–15
years
in
C-­‐ville,
translator/home
&
school
contact
•
live
in
2
BR
apt
close
to
school,
no
car
•
family
active
in
school
activities

5. Who
is
Bimala?
Personal
Interests:
•
Dora
the
Explorer
•
pink
•
horses
and
ponies
•
Disney
princesses
•
dogs

6. Information
about
India
Country
and
Culture (
Sources:
State
Dept.,
CIA
World
Factbook,
Wikipedia)
•
Population:
2nd
largest,
15%
of
world’s
population
(more
than
1
billion)
•
Capital:
New
Delhi
•
Languages:
Hindi
(official),
English
•
Geography:
3
geographic
regions
(Himalayan,
Gangetic
Plain,
plateau)
•
Culture:
Bollywood,
dance,
art,
music

7. Information
about
India
Education (
Sources:
State
Dept.,
CIA
World
Factbook,
Wikipedia)
•
compulsory
education
K-­‐10
•
literacy
level:
61%
(U.S.
99%)
•
controlled
by
Union
government,
states
•
fundamental
right
protected
in
Constitution
•
rote
learning,
memorization
•
teacher
absences

8. Information
about
India
Hindi
words
•
Hello/goodbye:
Namaste
•
Hello/goodbye
(colloquial):
rām
rām
•
Please:
krpayā/kripaya
•
Thank
you:
dhanyawaad/dhanyavaad

9. How
does
Bimala
learn?
Characteristics
Observed:
•
perfectionist
•
wants
to
be
independent
•
likes
one-­‐on-­‐one
attention,
but
not
help
•
usually
quiet
and
reserved
•
sensitive
–
feelings
hurt
easily

10. How
does
Bimala
learn?
Reading
Behaviors
Observed
•
Looks
up
at
teacher
when
comes
across
an
unfamiliar
word
•
doesn’t
try
to
decode
or
sound
out
•
Doesn’t
recognize
sight
words
•
Doesn’t
track
words
with
finger
•
Doesn’t
follow
along
when
peers
are
reading
aloud,
turn
page
at
same
time

11. How
does
Bimala
learn?
Suggestions
to
Improve
Learning
•
explicit
vocabulary
instruction
•
sight
words,
new
vocabulary
•
pre-­‐reading
activities
•
text
previews,
picture
walks
•
rhyming
instruction
•
manipulatives,
oral
practice