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Field Experience Makayla Brown Saint Leo University EDU 341: ESOL Found Cross Cultural Professor Wittrock 04/25/2024

Hello, my name is Makayla and I'm glad to be back at elementary school for the practicum. I'm working in Mrs. J.'s kindergarten class, and if you don't mind my saying it's an experience. I'm really enjoying working in a kindergarten classroom. Working with all students is my favorite part of the job. My cooperating teacher allows me to work with the ELL students and the students that have some difficulty reading. I have been working with this particular student for a good portion of my practicum. Her name is going to be Soljee's name for the time being. Soljee is six years old, and she is in Mrs. J’s kindergarten class. She was born in the U.S., and she's been living here her entire life. But her family's from Azores, the Portuguese Islands. Her family is really big in religion, they are Catholics and here is a fun fact about Soljee. Soljee's a princess from the Portuguese organization in the north. They speak Portuguese and English in her household. Soljee speaks fluent English but she is still labeled as a ELL student. Soljee likes herself and she likes pink, that's her favorite color. She's very fond of playing with her toys and dogs. But I'm still not sure how many dogs she has. She's got two, maybe five, I don't know. Their names are Zelda, Daiya, Romeo, Wants, and Bruno. She is still the biggest Barbie fan in this world. She loves Barbie. She does not like the color black. She is not a dinosaur fan, and she does not like Ken from Barbie either. She does not like cars because she does not like playing with boy toys. Her favorite foods are fruits, such as bananas, oranges, strawberries, purple and green grapes, vegetables such as Carrots and Broccoli, Mac & Cheese, Crabs, Chicken, Fish, Juice, and Sandwiches. We have also had a very important conversation about the milkshakes. In her book, milkshakes are not very good, but she loves ice cream and milk, so I was confused. Christmas is her favorite holiday, and she likes to get presents as well as spend time with the family.

BICS and CALP I'm going to discuss Soljee's use of BICS and CALP. Let us first define these two words to get a better understanding. BICS is a social language. Essentially, BICS is a term for everyday social skills. Example: talking to other kids during recess, calling someone on the phone. It's just social interaction with other people. Soljee's very good at interacting with people. She's always talking and laughing with her classmates. She's always front and center whenever the time comes for recess, having a good time with her friends. The CALPS stands for the students' academic practice. Soljee's doing very well in this area when it comes to reading. Every time we've got a reading station, Mrs. J. sends the students who've been struggling with me. Soljee is not among those students, she is able to work independently during reading stations. She's good at writing, too, and she gets distracted easily. Science and social studies are done at the end of each day. We're usually watching the videos about these two topics. She pays attention, but she is easily distracted, Soljee does really well in her special classes. I usually go with them to music or art when I'm at school for my internship. In these classes, Soljee is very engaged. She’s dancing, playing instruments, drawing just overall participating. First and Second Language Acquisition The first language is the language that a person learns as his or her native tongue, usually in conjunction with his or her mother tongue. It's a language that people grow up with naturally. On the other hand, a language that has been mastered after first language is referred to as second language. It's a language that's not the native language of the person, but it's acquired over time. The study and learning of a language other than the first language is part of the second language acquisition process. The universal grammar can influence learning in both first and second language acquisition. Universal grammar may affect the way you learn second language, whether

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