Blog 3- Interview with an English as a Second Language Teacher
I decided to interview one of the teachers from my school that I am student teaching at: Diane Winborn ES in Katy ISD. Mrs. Guevara received her ESL certification last year, and she is currently teaching third grade ESL students. Like my last interviewee, she is very adverse to video and did not want her face shown. Therefore, I respectfully obliged. Please click here to watch to the interview. REFLECTION Mrs. Guevara and I touched on two key components of Second Language Methodology in the interview: SLA learning process and SLA teaching. In regards to SLA learning process, it is clear that Mrs. Guevara understands where her students are in their English language learning. In her circumstance, her students are advanced. Therefore, they are able to say things in English correctly including formulating questions. Ortega discusses the stages of English questioning that SLA learners go through. Mrs. Guevara’s students are able to question at the “inversion stage,” which ...