Luz Ortega Class: EDBL 603 Professor: Dr. Zahra Saleh-Johnson Poems about # 13 lives of multilingual children in public #12 school. Week 12 Reflection The story The Girl Who Would Sing by Kit Yuen Quan explained how difficult her life was as a Chinese immigrant. She was misunderstood not only for being an immigrant, but for being a woman as well. Many immigrants are able to relate to Kit Yuen Quan’s story for many reasons. One being that although many know the English language, they tend to underestimate themselves because they don’t feel confident enough to express themselves freely. There is a fear of being judged incorrectly, being assumed that since they look different (not American) then they must not be able to comprehend English. People have different methods of learning and how to express themselves, but that doesn’t mean that they feel courageous enough to say what they feel so they suppress their true emotions. The fear of making mistakes, being misundersto...
Luz Ortega Class: EDBL603 Professor: Dr. Zahra Saleh-Johnson October 10, 2018 Early Development of Bilingualism chapter 5 Reflection) Chapter five discussed the different ways children and adults can become bilingual. While some children grow up bilingual being spoken to in two languages at home, others have a home language and are taught a different language at school. When adults choose to learn how to speak a new language they often enroll in school. Children whose parents speak more than one language sometimes have a preference for one, where they become noticeably stronger in the particular language. This preference can be influenced by many factors, especially in the child’s environment. For example, family and friends can influence in a child’s language preference, if a special person or more people that the child feels more affection toward or look up to speak a particular language they would prefer to speak ...
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