Entry 2- ELL Interview
ELL Interview In this interview, I decided to interview my mom. My mom has always been an inspiration to me, at 12 years old she came to the United States without knowing any English and she attended school in Brownsville. My mom was born in Brownsville, Texas but she was raised in Mexico until she was 12 years old. Her desire to learn English was greater than any fear. She moved to the U.S with family members and began 6th grade there. Her first day of school was one of the hardest things she had faced at that age. She had lunch by herself, her teachers were not very welcoming and she did not make any friends because she couldn't speak the language. She remembers another student who welcomed her and guided her through the school. She attended school here until she was 14 and then went back to Mexico to attend a technical school for accounting. Unfortunately, she did not learn any English in school. Instead, her family members that lived in Brownsville taught her English by...