Last time I blogged I was thinking about doing an inquiry project about the impact of voucher programs on education, but then I realize that it is too broad, and that I would not be able to use my observations to answer it. So, started thinking about one of the requirements for the inquiry question: to choose something meaningful to me. My teaching major is Spanish, so I am interested in the impact of learning languages for students. I would like to find out if learning a new language makes students open up to new ideas and perspectives. Are foreign language students less likely to discriminate, to be judgmental, or to be racists?
Also, I would like to know how students are motivated to learn a foreign language. Do they understand the benefits of speaking and writing in different languages? Do they think it will help them in their future careers? Or do they think it is fun? These are some of the questions I would like to inquire about. I hope I have the opportunity to be in a Spanish or another language course, so that I can see the interaction between teachers and students, and especially how students react to studying a foreign language.
I know the observations will be interesting and very helpful because I will get a lot of information. I know that I have to be careful of not making assumptions, so I am just going to try to record what I see, smell, and hear. I did not attend high school in the United States, so I guess that is good because I do not have any ideas yet of what language courses are like in public school, so I can observe everything as if I were from another planet… just like a Martian coming to an American public school! This is my first field experience too, so I am really excited about it.
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