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Hi. My name is Jessica Nuspliger and I am currently a senior in early childhood education. I unfortunately do not have the knowledge nor background of multiple languages. It is my goal to one day be able to speak Spanish, if not speak it at least understand it.
Hi Jessica, I love that you have a big family and I come from a large family as well. It's great having a large family because you will never have to worry about being alone there is always someone to hang out with. We all I feel go through the the stage where we don't know what we want to do in college and we switch our majors multiple times. In college your views on the world change and we aren't the same people we were as freshman. It's crazy how most us us have at least taken a foreign language for two years and most of us learned nothing from it. I think that is something that the school system should look into, something is not working. That is great that you are wanting to learn more languages, I really admire that! I do agree with you that being around the people that speak the language is a great way to learn the language. I have enjoyed watching your video and getting you know you, best of luck!
ReplyDeleteHi Kaylie. Coming from a large family has its advantages as well as disadvantages. How big is your family? It is rare to find large families as large as mine in this generation. Figuring out what I wanted to do has taken me a little longer than normal, but hey better late than never right? I am determined to learn a second language. I have purchased Rosetta Stone in 27 languages. Surely I can learn at least one right?
DeleteI have 3 brothers and 1 sister so there is 5 of us and I am the middle child. I love having a large family because I am extremely family oriented, my family will always come first to me. It's okay that is has taken you a while to find out what education path you want to take. I had switched my major around a couple of times to and now I am a double major with a minor and certification. I hope you get to learn another language!
DeleteHi Jessica,
ReplyDeleteGreat video! I loved getting to know a little about you through your video and hearing about life your experiences. I'm just like you in the sense that I am eager to learn different languages and expand on them. I recently, just began learning ASL taught by my little sister and I must say its not as easy as I originally anticipated however; I really enjoy it. I have been taking what I have learned from her and I'm applying it to my student teaching as well as job (nanny) teaching other children. In high school I was required to take foreign language and I choose Spanish but it really got me no where luckily I had my mom; whose fluent otherwise there's no way I would have ever passed! It's so good to see you wanting to self motivate yourself to speak and learn other languages! I wish you the best of luck and really enjoyed your video!
Jolie,
DeleteYou are lucky that you had your mother's help with passing your second language in school. I wish I had that advantage. Actually, I am a nanny as well, the children I watch speak both English (their first language) and Mandarin. Hearing their family converse in their language only motivates me, who knows maybe I will be trilingual and take up Mandarin as well.
Wow! Now that's impressive. I don't much if anything on Mandarin, but I think the more the you know the better. Due to children being so diverse now you never know what type of children your going to end up with, so I commend you on learning another language especially one that you are not familiar with. I enjoy learning about new cultures but I haven't had the motivation to pick up new languages besides the two I'm already familiar with and trying to still learn now? Are the children whom you nanny for advanced in English like they are in Mandarin?
DeleteI as well do not know much of Mandarin. You are absolutely right in today's society, Houston is so diverse and the classroom's really show that. In the class I am student teaching now there are two young children who just moved here from India less than 3 months ago. English is their second language, and honestly not that good. These two students in particular have extra help with ESL in our class. Do you have any students like that in your class?
DeleteYes, actually I do. In my classroom I teach kindergarten and I have one that speaks Russian and only understands the bare minimal for English while I have another child who speaks Spanish and luckily he has older siblings to where he has picked up a lot of English and is an ESL student and working on his speech. I am trying to work on helping the Russian speaking child the most by showing him pictures and relating it to words. Do you ever do that? As far as your Nanny job goes I think being around them you will begin to pick it up rather quickly. They say repetition is everything, so I image once being around these kids for days and months you will slowly begin to pick up on words and things.
DeleteHey there Jessica,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed listening to your video and learning about your life as it all sounds so interesting. I really liked hearing that you made the switch from accounting to teaching and learning, mostly because you chose a career that you are passionate about. Glad to hear to are teaching in the grade you like the most, I am also currently doing my students teaching in a 3rd grade classroom and I really like so far. I also took Spanish in middle school, but didn’t continue my learning into high school like you did. It’s also good to see you use integrative orientation (Brown & Lee, p. 92) as you try to learn more about your boyfriend’s home language and culture. I hope the Rosetta stone and other resources will help you learn the languages you strive learn. Lastly going off what you said in your video. I think adaptability is a great trait to have when learning a language, because I think that people’s languages and speaking styles differ depending upon the people they are surrounded by.
Hello Shawn,
DeleteThank you for your response. My family is interesting and it is never a dull moment with my family. Do you have siblings or are you an only child? Making the decision to change my career and go back to school was an extremely tough choice. So far, I am not regretting my decision. Being in my boyfriend's country and hearing their language only makes me that much more determined to learn. On their island they speak both French and Dutch. If I learn Spanish, I am halfway there with French.
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DeleteI do have siblings, three in fact, all boys and I am the oldest out of all the siblings. What country is your boyfriend again? It’s very interesting how they speak both French and Dutch in their country. Thanks for the reply, I hope you able to learn those languages so you can communicate with your boyfriend’s side of the family!
Hi Shawn,
DeleteI had to look more into integrative orientation because of your comment. It's an interesting idea that one has to integrate ourselves into other language groups, and that there are so many reasons a person is motivated to acquire a new language. I feel that Jessica's wanting to be accepted in her boyfriend's community, and to be able to communicate with his family, is an admirable reason to learn a language. The motivation behind it and being immersed in the community should help her to learn quickly!
Jessica,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your honesty in your video. I can empathize a bit with struggling to learn a second language. Being a Vietnamese speaker myself, I am very uncomfortable at times when I am around other Vietnamese speakers who are much more advanced at speaking it than I am. It makes me feel like I'm not a Vietnamese speaker at all sometimes.
I am interested in learning if any of your family members speak a second language or has interest in it. Learning alongside a friend or family member may help you moving forward. I am very excited for to use that Rosetta Stone and refreshing your Spanish. I think tools such as that are so helpful since we all don't have the time to get back into a classroom to learn a second language. Perhaps I should do the same and refresh myself on my Spanish? Awesome video, thanks!
Hello, Jessica!
ReplyDeleteI’m glad you were able to find what you were passionate about and brave enough to pursue it. I bet you have a lot of fun in the third grade classroom. Is there a particular subject you would prefer to teach, or did you prefer to have a self-contained classroom?
Wow! You certainly have a large family! I bet you have a blast during family events!
I hope you are successful in learning Spanish as you seem genuinely passionate about learning it! I recommend listening to music and watching movies and tv shows in Spanish with English subtitles. It might help as it is a slightly more immersive way to experience the language.