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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Bilingualism & Biliteracy: 1st homework

I. Give a description of the students in your school.

For this profile I chose a public school (Liceo Tecnico Femenino)'cause I'm teaching English in several places.

Generally speaking the girls that attend classes are between lower and middle class. Most of them having serious problems at home. They are not the ideal student but many of them are fighting to obtain the best grades so they can have access to a better education environment. Girls are between 13 and 19 years old. Some of the girls are pregnant and attend classes in regular basis.
They wear a grey uniform and books from the Government are given to them. For the lower class students there are some special programmes to help them study normally.



II. Describe a learner in class:

Yassna Maldonado:

She's a 17 year old. She's in 12th grade (1ºE). She's a mother of a one-year-old baby. This student has just received a grant from the government (beca presidente de la república) given to
the highest scores in this high school. She's quite concerned on her physical appearance and her studies. She also helps her mother at work while she is taking care of her baby. She lives in Casablanca (about an hour and half from Valparaíso) Despite the fact that she has lots of problems with his fiance (the father of her baby), she attends classes in regular basis and have a clear view of what English means in her curriculum. She is always taking notes on every single matter in classes. She's good at learing new things and keeping things in order. She's also the treasurer of the class.

Fabrizzio Araya M.


Analysis:

I think that this situation is very often in my country with the public education, poor school with students who have a lots of problems in their houses is sth that you have to face daily and you have to know how to deal with that. As the teacher mentioned there are some students who really wants to have a better education and that is why they are motivated to have better grades in order that they can entered to a good University and change their economical situation.

In the case of the student that he chose Yassna Maldonado, I can say that is a great example of motivation, you can tell how she is fighting for having sth more in life and with the grant I firmly belive that it is her big first step to succed in life, it is going to be hard but she has the willing to reach all her expection and goals.

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