This document provides background information on Richard Rodriguez, a Mexican-American author who wrote about his experience with bilingual education. It discusses his upbringing and education, as well as some of his major written works that focus on bilingualism, Americanization, and the relationship between language and culture/identity. The document also presents opposing viewpoints from other scholars on Rodriguez's perspective and implications of his work for teachers.
In the midst of learning and acquiring English as a second language, Fiji-Hindi speakers are already losing their first language, nearing language death.
Вебинар посвящен одной из важных проблем в рамках компетентностной парадигмы обучения лингвистов и переводчиков:
В программе вебинара:
выбор современных учебных материалов, обеспечивающих формирование всего комплекса общих и специальных компетенций;
методические возможности включения политического дискурса - публичных выступлений лидеров Великобритании и США - в учебный процесс иллюстрирует спецкурс "Англоязычный политический дискурс" для студентов 4 курса факультета иностранных языков ПГСГА;
материалы курса, построенного на сопоставлении британского и американского политического дискурса, позволяют решать задачи формирования целого ряда компетенций на основе анализа связи языка и культуры, специфики дискурсивных практик двух стран."
Для просмотра видео нужно перейти по ссылке: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLYeiJCZDaE
Assessment of discursive competences versión finalFabio Meneses
The present research project is related to the impact that an electronic portfolio could potentially have on the assessment of discursive competence in English as a Foreign Language, in students from Cristobal Colon School in Bogotá, Colombia. Therefore, this is “action research” in which, “participants [researchers] regard their own educational practice, using the techniques of research that are founded on hypothesis such as ‘teachers and principals work best on problems they have identified for themselves’.”(Ferrance, 2000).Also, researchers designed an electronic portfolio as a resource in order to help students in communicative competence assessment; this electronic portfolio was created on a Google+ platform and applied in the Computer lab. The outcomes of this research show that the implementation of the electronic portfolio had a great impact in the assessment of discursive competence in English, including improvement in fluency, vocabulary and self-awareness.
Key words: assessment, communicative competence, discursive competence, electronic portfolio.
In the midst of learning and acquiring English as a second language, Fiji-Hindi speakers are already losing their first language, nearing language death.
Вебинар посвящен одной из важных проблем в рамках компетентностной парадигмы обучения лингвистов и переводчиков:
В программе вебинара:
выбор современных учебных материалов, обеспечивающих формирование всего комплекса общих и специальных компетенций;
методические возможности включения политического дискурса - публичных выступлений лидеров Великобритании и США - в учебный процесс иллюстрирует спецкурс "Англоязычный политический дискурс" для студентов 4 курса факультета иностранных языков ПГСГА;
материалы курса, построенного на сопоставлении британского и американского политического дискурса, позволяют решать задачи формирования целого ряда компетенций на основе анализа связи языка и культуры, специфики дискурсивных практик двух стран."
Для просмотра видео нужно перейти по ссылке: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLYeiJCZDaE
Assessment of discursive competences versión finalFabio Meneses
The present research project is related to the impact that an electronic portfolio could potentially have on the assessment of discursive competence in English as a Foreign Language, in students from Cristobal Colon School in Bogotá, Colombia. Therefore, this is “action research” in which, “participants [researchers] regard their own educational practice, using the techniques of research that are founded on hypothesis such as ‘teachers and principals work best on problems they have identified for themselves’.”(Ferrance, 2000).Also, researchers designed an electronic portfolio as a resource in order to help students in communicative competence assessment; this electronic portfolio was created on a Google+ platform and applied in the Computer lab. The outcomes of this research show that the implementation of the electronic portfolio had a great impact in the assessment of discursive competence in English, including improvement in fluency, vocabulary and self-awareness.
Key words: assessment, communicative competence, discursive competence, electronic portfolio.
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This is intended for an hour long discussion on ways that companies, organizations, and institutions of learning can foster healthy environments that support people from all walks of life. In the United States, we often assume standards of professionalism are universal but these standards are based on out-dated Western European, white, and wealthy communities. Unintentionally, many organizations create a hostile environment for their team members who come from identities that fall outside of those dominant identities. Use the topics and resources from this presentation to see what ways your institution can create a healthier, happier, and more inclusive space for all of your community members.
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Incorporate strategies for success in learning a second language. This slide show is connected to my presentation at the TESOL Convention, March 27, 2010.
Choosing to incorporate strategies for learning a second language leads to more success on the part of your students. These slides will provide you with ideas on how to achieve this goal and meet the national standards for teaching foreign language in the United States.
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Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
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Rodriguez 2012
1. Richard Rodriguez
A Perspective on Bilingualism
By Stacey A. Murray & Hannah
Bergeman
2. Background Author
• Born on July 31, 1944
• Migrated to San Francisco, California and raised
in Sacramento, California
• Mexican-American
• Attended Catholic school at age 6 and
graduated from Sacramento's Christian Brothers
High School
• Earned a B.A. from Stanford University and
M.A. from Columbia University
• He was a Ph.D. candidate in English
Renaissance literature at the University of
California, Berkeley
• Attended the Warburg Institute in London as a
Fulbright fellow
3. Rodriguez Written Works
• Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard
Rodriguez (1981)
• A collection of autobiographical essays
• Mexico’s Children (1990)
• Days of Obligation: An Argument With My Mexican
Father (1992)
• Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in non-fiction
• Brown: The Last Discovery of America(2002)
• Rodriguez's works have also been published in Harper's
Magazine, Mother Jones, and Time Magazine.
4. History of Bilingual Education in
America
Please click on the link below and watch this
video about the history of Bilingual Education
in America
Questions:
1. Is the initial goal of bilingual education identical or
different from its goal in schools today? How?
2. Does bilingual education serve a specific purpose in
educating first-generation American students or can
schools do without it?
5. Vocabulary Terms from Rodriguez
1. Public Speech- a shared language, customs, and mannerisms used
in public individuals in a specific country or region
2. Private Speech- an intimate, shared language, customs, and
mannerisms used by members of the same household to
communicate
3. Public Identity- a classification of one self that is owned,
showcased, and recognized by oneself and others
4. Private Identity- a classification of oneself that is owned,
showcased, and recognized solely by oneself and family members
only within their household
5. Americanization- the process adopting American English language,
customs, and rituals, while ultimately identifying oneself as an
American.
6. Rodriguez on Bilingual Education
1. Public and Private Identity are separate things, and
school must focus on teaching public identity
2. Translation: the difficulty is helping a student
understand not just what the words mean, but also how
they are being said
3. Be aware that students may be facing a disassociation
with their family language, causing the learning of
English to ostracize them from their families
7. Implications of Rodriguez Work
• Rodriguez considers a native language private speech
• Educators should not impose speaking English within
students' households
• Americanization has both cultural gains and losses for
students and their families
• Americanization can create a communication barrier
between individuals who share a Native language and
culture
8. Criticism of Rodriguez
Many other Hispanics have responded that
they do not agree with Rodriguez's
claims about what they need from
education.
Norma Mota-Altman, a teacher, writes:
Con Respecto, I am Not Richard Rodriguez
Question:
How do we know, as teachers, how each
student needs to be approached to be
successful?
9. Criticism of Rodriguez
Norma Mota-Altman and others argue that learning one language gives you
tools to understand concepts in another language
10. What can a teacher do?
"The simple fact that we are unlike each other is a terrifying
notion. Where diversity is shared - where I share with you
my difference - that can be valuable." - Rodriguez
(Click here for the remainder of the interview)
Rodriguez Urges:
1. Teach diversity, even when not in curriculum
2. Understand your role in teaching "public identity"
3. Give students enough tools to be successful in the new
language, so they are not caught in "homelessness" with no
language at all
11. How is language linked to culture?
"All my other classmates, including myself, although fluent in more
than [one] language, eventually 'chose' one dominant language. I
put chose in quotation, because the choice is more of an indirect
one. It depends on what language you choose to explore art,
what language you use to communicate, what language you use to
satisfy your curiosity..." - Matteo Catanzano
(This quote comes from a TED Conversation surrounding the importance of teaching students
to be bilingual. Click here for the remainder of the conversation)
Questions:
1. How does teaching language change, when the goal is for students
to understand far more than simply words?
2. What role do teachers have in determining what language
students use for things like curiosity? Do we need that to be
English?
12. Reflection Questions
1. What right do teachers have in determining the
cultural and linguistic foundations of a child? Is it
enough to work toward teaching them a public identity?
2. How should teachers work with families to increase
student success in learning English? Were Rodriguez's
teachers and parents right to force him to speak only
English?
3. Does learning English force students to become more
Americanized?
13. References
Destinationcb. (2009, May 22). A history of bilingual education. July 18, 2012 from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tIppleeIjk
Catanzano, M. (2011, December 03). Re: Does the future of education lie in bilingualism? Is it even
possible? [Online forum comment.] Retrieved from TED Conversations:
http://www.ted.com/conversations/7509/does_the_future_of_education_l.html
Is bilingualism a problem? (n.d.). Retrieved July 20, 2012, from Language Enhancing the
Acheivement of Pasifika: http://leap.tki.org.nz/Is-bilingualism-a-problem
Mota-Altman, N. (2003). Con Respeto, I am Not Richard Rodriguez. The Voice , 8 (5).
Rodriguez, R. (1997, August). A View From the Melting Pot: An Interview with Richard
Rodriguez. (S. London, Interviewer). http://www.scottlondon.com/interviews/
rodriguez.html.
Rodriguez, R. (1982). Hunger of Memory. New York: Bantam Books.
