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My Disclaimer
Though my explorations of bicultural/bilingual experiences may allude to, or state quite blatantly, general perceptions about “Latinos” I by no means intend to offend anyone reading my blog. In addition, I consider my comments mere attempts to better understand why we communicate or hold certain ideals about one another. My main objective is to gain […]
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Why My Daughters Doctors Must Speak Spanish!
The U.S. does not have an official language, yet English certainly plays a vital role! I would be lying if I thought it wasn’t a necessary part of an individuals’ linguistic repertoire in order to succeed in this country. That being said, children at an early age pick up on the high status English carries […]
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Please Like My New & First Face Book Page!
You can find us on: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Interpretations-of-a-Bilingual-Life/669279549831707?notif_t=page_new_likes On the FB page I will provide updates with my most recent blog posts AND bilingual quotes I find interesting or quite funny.
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My First 30 days in Guayaquil, Ecuador
If I had a video of the images or words that caught my eye during my first 30 days in a 3rd world country you would see the following: Brown skinned workers arriving early in the morning to work in the homes of those more privileged… A new sound of birds chirping… Rain, rain, rain, […]
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Who makes it to the rooftop? A perspective of how social class and race play pivotal roles in shared experiences.
The following post was inspired by two other blog posts and an assignment by one of professors in graduate school. In other words, as you have seen on my blog a lot of my stories interweave with each other. They all contribute to the dense fabric that makes up my ever-evolving, never static identity. ENJOY. […]
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My Identity Mantra
I am not a remedial student. I’ve got this. I can write and articulate just as well as privileged peers. I am not that other person. I have agency. I can create spaces of agency. I know when I am living in a figured world that oppresses me. I know how to mediate and negotiate […]
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My many roles….
I just wanted to let those who actually read my blog (always wonder who does) that I haven’t forgotten about writing posts. I have become extremely busy with my many roles the more I delve into my studies as a doctoral student. Quick update: I have 3 courses left before I can take my qualifying […]
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Bilingual Instructional Strategies
There is some ground-breaking work to be done in the field of bilingual education. This work involves the development of instructional strategies that has the heritage language learner in mind. The following are a few terms (used by various researchers) who are starting to do work in naming and developing those strategies: Cross-language Transfer Translanguaging […]
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Poetic nuances in our bilingual life…
its a smile a caress its the fluttering lashes on your smooth skin its the the tone in your voice its the way you dance a smile, a kiss its what we do everyday play with arena point to aviones try out new words its the look in your eyes the tiza the paint el […]
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A glimpse into my academic life…..
This semester I am learning about language policy and discourse analysis. I am utterly reading pages and pages of material that are of utmost interest to me. I feel as if I have found my niche…or as I explained recently to a friend how my desire to become an anthropologist when I was a child […]
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