Second Language Methodology Spring19 Jeroy Williams

My second entry into my Vblog is an interview I conducted with a formal ELL student who was able to share with me her experiences as an ELL student placed in ESL classes. In this Vblog I interviewed a former ELL student, Mary De Leon, who gave me insight into her experiences with learning a new language and her experiences with being placed in regular and ESL classrooms. As a native Spanish speaker, Mary is a part of 3.5 million ELL students whose native language is Spanish, this makes up over 80% of students identified as ELLs (Wright, 2015, p. 8). I asked Mary who was her most memorable teacher while learning English and how did this teacher have a positive effect on her success as an ELL student. She mentioned one teacher that supported her and didn’t make her feel like an outcast when she did have trouble with certain words in English. This teacher made sure that the students helped one another when they were struggling, which created a positive atmosphere in the classroom ...

Jeroy Williams' Blog Welcome to the first entry of my blog! Below the video is the written script of my dialog. Enjoy and thank you for watching!        Hello, m y name is Jeroy Williams, I am a senior at the University of Houston and currently student teaching at Melillo Middle school in Pasadena Independent School District. I began my college career at Galveston Community College as a EMT student which somehow lead me into the Engineering program and now I am one semester from becoming a Math Teacher. I received my Associates in Science at Galveston College and then took a year off from school before applying to the University of Houston to begin my degree in teaching. Through all of my experiences with changing majors and taking different classes, I’ve experienced both students and teachers who are English Second Language Learners and Speakers. I’ve seen first hand, my peers struggling to understand certain information given by our professors and I’v...