SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY MS TEFL

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SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITYMS TEFL

• Learning To Forget Reflections on Identity and
  Language
• Class EFL 540
• Socio-Cultural Context of Language Teaching
• Professor Denis Hall
• Presenter Hsiu-Nien Chen (Nora)
• Date 02/02/04

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Background

• Author Benjamin Baez
• Workplace Department of Educational
• Policy Studies in Georgia
• State University
• Identity Puerto Rican ? American
• Language Spanish ? English Spanish

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The purpose and focus

• Tell us that how he was taught to forget Spanish
  in order to assimilate the new culture.
• Tell us how powerful the hegemonic language is.
• Critique those who oppose bilingual education.
• Talk about identity and social justice when using
  the second language

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Background

• Time Early 1970s, second grade
• Place New York city
• Role teachers, peers, mom of the author
• Purpose Forgetting Spanish to learn
• proper English
• Result Through language, the author
• became the successful person

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Question 1

• What do you view a immigrant who can speak fluent
  English in the U.S.?

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Question 2

• Do you agree that the language subjects us? Why?

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Question 3

• In the coming future, if you can teach diverse
  cultural students, what will you do to teach them
  the second language without losing their mother
  tongue?