Reflection for Vlog #3!

My interview for vlog #3 was with my own mother. I chose my mom because she was a bilingual teacher for 12 years and is now a bilingual diagnostician.  She has experience in the field and working with bilingual students so I thought she would be the perfect person to interview. 

            The first thing that I would like to point out is that my mom said she believes the best way for a child to learn a second language was through a classroom setting.  She may have her own experience with this but in my opinion I believe the best way for a child to learn a second language would be through a naturalistic approach mixed with an instructional setting. This is my opinion based on the readings from the textbooks.

            Another answer my mom gave that I would like to point out is her approach to using technology in the classroom with bilingual students.  I agree with her that the computer offers great audio and visual aspects that would help build vocabulary and comprehension with both bilingual and general ed. Students. 

            The last thing I would like to agree with my mother on is how important current research and techniques are in the bilingual classroom. To be the most efficient teacher one must put in the effort to learn how new research is affecting the field.  As years go by and technology gets more advanced so does our knowledge on virtually every topic. It is important to implement these new discoveries into the classroom to benefit bilingual students.

            Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the interview with my mom and hope to learn a lot more from her as well as this class. It is essential that we, as future educators, are aware of how a bilingual classroom is ran, because one day we may be in that exact position.