Today in learn and serve I was able to work with a Chinese American student whom I have been able to work with each week. This week we were working on her pronouncing words and by sounding out the word figuring out which letter it began with.
It was quite interesting to see that the mistakes she was making with her letter sounds are the same mistakes all kids make while learning them. She was making mistakes when it came to the G and J, also C and K. You could see the look at her face was so confident. She knew that she knew the letters and words and was excited to show me how much she had progressed.
After we played a game and she did amazing she just looked over at me, gave me a thumbs up, and just smiled. It was so nice to see her happy and proud of herself. Before, at the beginning of my placement, she was scared to talk in front of me because she seemed embarassed. It was hard to ever see her happy, or proud of herself. It felt so good to see that she was proud of herself!
Please attend to culturally relevant terminology.
ReplyDeleteOriental is not acceptable.
This comment is not meant to diminish your work with students.
Consider how such language enforces stereotypes. Find out EXACTLY where this student is from (or her family) to provide the appropriate descriptor of her cultural background/dominant language.
To earn full credit, a hyperlink that would provide a relevant connection would be:
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