Aria

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Blog #7

Argument

    In the article "Aria" by Richard Rodriguez, he talks about bilingual education. Rodriguez argues that only certain languages should be taught. For example, only languages that is able to be used.
 

    Rodrigues explains how his life was growing up. He always had a hard time understanding people in a primarily English region. He had to learn to speak English clearly so that he would be able to communicate with others and to fit in. For many kids, this is difficult having to learn another language when you only know your native one.

    I can relate to this with Inspiring minds. I have a couple of students where Spanish is their first language. And in order for them to communicate with the teacher they have to speak in English. I feel bad for those students who have to go out of their way to be able to communicate with their peers or their teachers. Students should be comfortable in classrooms when speaking their own language. 


    In high school and college you can pick whatever language you want to speak given the choices. I chose to speak Italian because I'm Italian and I love the culture. What I didn't realize, is that not many kids speak Italian. In the future I might go on Duolingo and learn basic words in order to be able to help students in the future!







Comments

  1. Ben L. Blog: FNED 246 Schooling For Social JusticeNovember 21, 2023 at 12:09 PM

    Nice post! I liked how you related it to your service learning, and that you want to learn another language in the future.

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