Saturday, April 26, 2008

Richard Rodriguez- "Aria"

Key Words- unfamiliar, bilingual, family, learning

Author's Argument- bilingual students are at a disadvantage when the are not taught the same language that is taught at their homes, and are made to learn english, why cant they learn in their own language

Evidence- "supporters of bilingual education today imply that students like me miss a great deal by not being taught in their families language" p.34

Comments- first of all id like to say that the post before Kozol was supposed to say Dennis Carlson, i mixed that up pretty bad, but i swear this is the post about Rodriguez. anyways, i agree with Rodriguez to an extent, i believe that they should be taught in both english and their own language, so that will get the best out of both languages, they will be able to go farther with English and they will be able to stay connected at home with their native language, it isnt all that hard to get together a system that would make this happen id imagine, i dont know though, but i certainly do believe that students can not loose their identity at home and should still hold onto that language.

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Ashley said...
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Dr. Lesley Bogad said...

John,

while your posts show a general understanding of the basics in each article, I wish you had been able to use them to go into more depth and work through the issues each raises.

And yes, Charlie is the funniest baby ever.

LB :)