Week 10- Hablar con Clase de ESL
This week we have done a lot. The big thing that we did was talk with students from the ESL biology class. We interviewed them. We recorded the interviews on video cameras and will put them on our blogs soon. We just have to edit them first. I think me and Carly did a really good job. We focused on using follow up questions to keep the conversations going. Unfortunately we ran out of time so me and Carly’s video isn’t as long as it could have been but I still think that it is pretty good. We tried our best. I have also been exchanging emails with students from epals. That has been very exciting. I like how I can relate to almost everyone of them. My goal is to talk with someone on Skype within the next week because I have a project coming up. A lot of people haven’t been on but hopefully I will have someone to talk to. I’m hoping that I will be able to complete my goals in time.
Reflection: a. In the interview we learned that Ashley was from Puerto Rico and she didn’t really like it. She likes Flemington much better. I could have asked why she liked Flemington better then Puerto Rico. I also could have asked what she likes about Flemington. I like Flemington too. She also liked to go to the beach and hang out with her friends. I could relate to this because I love the beach and I like hanging out with my friends.
b. I felt like I asked follow up questions really well. I asked her many questions about where she lived, what her family was like and their names. One of my goals was asking follow up questions so I was happy that I was able to complete my goal. I think I should work on saying the past tense of verbs more and work more on conjugating verbs. If I do this then I feel like I would have really met my goals in having a fluent conversations with a native speaker. Otherwise I feel like I did really well with this interview.
rachel g