Family And The Language Institute

Being born into a Spanish speaking family has highly changed my life and the way I interact with my community. Having the ability to speak Spanish helps me communicate with not only my parents but as well as those families that may need translation. When reading an article, book , or even just watching T.V. it is very essential to be able to understand Spanish, so that you will know what you are reading or watching. Growing up with Spanish-only speaking parents who at times need translations motivates me to learn the language even better,so that I can not only help them but myself as well.

Communication is fundamental in my family because it’s how we show affection to one another, and how we become closer. I remember when we were at my grandma’s house on Thanksgiving one year, my grandma was treating my mom and her brother quite differently. When I later asked my mom why, she said it was because her brother was older and her mother respected him more. Both of my parents communicate differently with me than they do with my younger brother, or anyone else in our family. They hold me to higher standards, and they consider me to be the responsible one, because I am the oldest. Their communication styles are different, however, because both of my parents view me as a distinct individual, and know how to prepare me to handle a variety of situations in the future.

along and 3 years later my brother joined the family. My dad attended college back in Mexico, he was

Please keep our LES/SRE family in your thoughts this week after they lost a precious student last week (Jayla was the daughter of the Pre-K Para at SRE). I did go by the services on Saturday morning and it was so endearing to see so many members of the LES family, Ms. Perrin, and Ms. Terry in attendance.

With them I shared all those years including my school, we were all in the same grade. Juampablo, Lenna, Arielito, Daniela, Lester, Beatriz and me, we were inseparable. We did all the schoolwork together. The weekends were the best part almost always we went camping for a river called (arcoiris). One of the things that we enjoyed most was when we dump the electricity, since we loved to play pranks. We hid the clothes of the other children, we released the animals of the neighbors and we began to run. I will always remember all those fun times and the good friends we

My family of five is blessed to have unique names that are quite different from the common “Sams” and “Johns” floating around the United States. However, it is not the tongue twister names that confuse people as they get acquainted with my family. When I share the names to others, I never fail to baffle people at the end of my list, Heonsu, Misug, Onyoo, Youngeun, and Sarah. “Sarah?” they exclaim. “Wait, what? Why is her name different?”. Every time this occurs, I am forced to explain in my practiced speech tone, “My family immigrated to the United States from South Korea when I was six. We all have Korean names, but my little sister was born here, so she has an American name.” Most people are satisfied with this answer before I can splurge with more information. They just leave, scratching the backs of their heads and continue with their mundane tasks. As a result, no one truly knows all the bizarre events that led to my little sister’s common name.

Bimpe and I met back in the spring of 2011 at the University of Missouri Kansas-City. We were both undergraduate students then and Bimpe had a job as an assistant to the department chair. One beautiful morning, I decided to walk one of my lecturers to his office after a class, while I used the opportunity to ask him a few questions. Bimpe had her office right by the entrance into the departmental offices and immediately I walked in with the professor, I saw a young lady working on the computer. I was introduced to her by my professor. We started talking and kept talking, and that was the beginning of our relationship.

One night, we were sitting on the porch in rocking chairs. I went into a long preamble in which I said that it was neither necessary nor expected that she should give any sort of response at all but that I needed to tell her... that I loved her. She took me at my word and said nothing at all. We met on August 11th or 12th of 1967 and got married November 25th that year, after three months. I'm not even sure if we were ever officially ‘engaged.’ We just set a date and did it. That was nearly 48 years ago and—except for the nine years we were apart—we've been together ever

Me and Debbie had always been so happy, laughing and sharing together. And through our whole time together, I knew from the start that we were meant to be solemates. I would take a bullet for her, and surely she would do the same for me. Every morning I would go to her car before school and bring her Monster and Taco Bell. Every day for two and a half years, we would see each other, and be happy together. We would talk about our classes, and gossip about our friends. Her favorite color was green, and mine was an obviously superior blue. And although we had our ups and downs, we always made it through.

The family life in Chile is important to the Chilean society. as the couples and married people in Chile start to have their own life and have their own kids they don't talk to relatives as much anymore and don't really visit them anymore either. Usually the kids in a family will live with other relatives for going to school and other purposes for an amount of time from here and there. Really the only time that a family will meet is for

“Family Literacy is about reading and so much more” (“Connecticut Family Literacy Initiative,” n.d.). Because I feel that students will be to relate to this topic, I would use the menu planning, label reading and/or grocery shopping list in the classroom. This can be something that the child’s family would be able to help them with while giving them a literacy activity to work on together. In the class, the students would be able to discuss the foods they buy, the food they eat, and read food labels.

Theres many different types of pizzas in the world pepperoni, cheese,spinach, meat lovers, pineapple, Italian sausage, and anchovies and then, their’s that pizza that’s not common i’m that pizza the one you’ve never heard of or had I may look different but i’m just a pizza. I am a TMNT, pizza loving,catholic, actor that loves his family.

Before reading this book, I never placed much emphasis on the correlation between language and identity. I have come to the realization that for many of my students, their identity surpasses academic concerns. The first language a child learns is critical to his or her identity because it contributes to positive self-esteem. Reading the first four chapters, I understand the importance of maintaining the native language and the benefits associated with them. As discussed in Translating Childhoods, there is a connection between maintaining bilingualism and students performing at higher achievement levels. As educators we should utilize bilingual students to expose other students to different languages during activities, providing an opportunity

Throughout history, the family has been the primary source for learning. Before the advent of schools, children were taught at home by their parents, older siblings, grandparents, and/or other relatives. With the introduction of formal schooling, the teaching of values, cultural practices, and skills such as cooking, sewing, farming, and trapping continued to originate in the home. Today, in spite of the vast public and private educational systems, some parents are choosing to teach their children at home, confident in their belief that teaching in the context of family is the best way to ensure the learning the desire.

Today genograms are used in education, psychology, and medical settings to identify the connection between families and identify how members of the family communicate with one another. There are several types of genograms that are created for many reasons such as ethical, career, and sexual. These genograms help an individual map out the connection of their contextual history and developmental framework. My experience of creating a genogram was an amazing feeling and it helped me discover several factors that occur in my life as an adult. The interview with mom helps me to identify a lot of unknown features that can be possible genetically transmitted to my children. During my genogram creation, a few explanations of conflicts were