Hello Kate-Lynn here, my name is Kate-Lynn Brown I am a senior here at the University of Houston, Go Coogs! I'll be graduating this May, May 9th with my Elementary Education Degree K through 6 generalist. As of right now I am in cy-fair ISD I and I am a 5th grade science teacher at Fiest elementary. I want to teacher kindergarten or 2nd grade but i love this opportunity to teach in a high grade. However, it's not for me they are too old haha. I am dyslexic so I was also so hindering of taking another language. So I did 3 years of ASL at the end of my video you will see me say " hello, my name is Kate-Lynn Brown " I love American Sign Language. However, I am very uneducated with other languages and cultures so I am very thankful to take this class and become a better teacher.
Sunday, January 20, 2019
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Hello Kate-Lynn here, my name is Kate-Lynn Brown I am a senior here at the University of Houston, Go Coogs! I'll be graduating this May, May 9th with my Elementary Education Degree K through 6 generalist. As of right now I am in cy-fair ISD I and I am a 5th grade science teacher at Fiest elementary. I want to teacher kindergarten or 2nd grade but i love this opportunity to teach in a high grade. However, it's not for me they are too old haha. I am dyslexic so I was also so hindering of taking another language. So I did 3 years of ASL at the end of my video you will see me say " hello, my name is Kate-Lynn Brown " I love American Sign Language. However, I am very uneducated with other languages and cultures so I am very thankful to take this class and become a better teacher.
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Hello Kate-Lynn! Your vlog Entry 1 video was so insightful on a small bit of your life. I also want to say 5th grade isn’t so bad right? On a serious note, I feel as if some people forget that sign language is a form a language rather it’s orally or not. I would consider you an Instructed Learner of sign language since Instructed learners learn additional languages through formal study in a school or university, through private lessons etc. (Ortega, 2013). You also gave awareness on how teachers can have a form of disorder as well. We take courses hearing about student’s dyslexia and other situations, but never the educator. I want to commend you for that.
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Hi, Kenielle! I agree with a lot of things that you have mentioned in your comment. Sign language is a language that I also find people often forget about. When I was in high school, I also noticed that people would take the sign language class because they thought it would be "easy". According to Ortega, "All languages, no matter how different from each other they may seem (Arabic from American Sign Language), share fundamental commonalities, a universal core of very abstract properties" (2013, p. 2). I find this very interesting, and it also makes me optimistic if I find myself wanting to learn another language. To date there are more than 6,500 documented languages and I believe that it is very important to help as many students as we can in the classroom regardless of which language they come from (2013, p. 2).
DeleteHello Kenielle, thank you for the comment! Everyone has their difference preference and for me 5th graders are personally too old for me. I like the younger kids where I can be dorkier and more childish with them. I forget as well that ASL is a second langue , I always tell people I don’t know another language because of that. According to Ortega, “most people…learn additional languages from a mixture of both naturalistic and instructed experiences” (Ortega, 2013), so I guess I can thank my dyslexia for ASL.
DeleteHey there Savannah, thank you so much for the comment! I forget ASL is a second language as well, and I cannot tell you how many kids signed up for ASL because it was “easy” and then failed because they never took it seriously. There is a lot of memorizing as I am sure with any language. Ortega states “the most important and well-studied sources of universal influence are age, mother tongue, environment and cognition (Ortega, 2013). I hope every sees the true hard work in any language.
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ReplyDeleteHello Kate-Lynn,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed watching your video. I really enjoyed the part where you mentioned feeling really happy when you surprise a student by telling them that you know ASL because I’ve had many similar situations except it involved Spanish. I love seeing those little faces light up once I respond to them in Spanish and say yes. I also like how you mentioned ASL as your second language in your video since many people don’t recognize it as a language. Although this shouldn’t be the case since Ortega states that, “SLA is about any language that is acquired other than the first, not just about acquiring L2 English” (Ortega, 2013, p.7). This means that it should also apply to ASL too.
Ortega, L. (2013). Understanding second language acquisition. Routledge
Hi Yesenia! I love how encouraging and acknowledging everyone on this post has been regarding ASL as a language. This is so true and is evident in the book “"daunting linguistic variety, however, all languages, no matter how different from each other they may seem (Arabic from American Sign Language from Chinese from English from Spanish from Swahili)," (Ortega, 2013, p.2) While we can clearly see it stated in the book its so great seeing future teachers being aware and educated in regards to sign language. This makes me confident that we will all be vey inclusive teachers.
DeleteHey there Yesenia, thank you so much for commenting on my video! Yeah, I love how much it amaze them. I still sometimes see them on Fridays and Birks, and they are like “hey you’re that teach who can sign”. Ortega says "SLA as a field is interested in understanding the acquisition of second languages in both naturalistic and instructed contexts." (Ortega, 2013). So I hope I do all my kids justice no matter the struggles they have!
DeleteHi Katelyn! I really
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed getting to learn a bit about you and your Language experiences. It’s easy to forget that ASL is afterall a language and that in order for educators to be inclusive and accommodate to all language learners it would be useful to have some training in sign language. (Ortega, 2013) I think your experience with dyslexia is going to help make you an incredibly empathetic teacher.
Its easier to understand your students that live with disabilities when you have experienced it yourself.
Hey There Viv, thank you so much for the comment! I forget sometimes that ASL is a second language as well. It’s not very common. And thank you so much I really hope I can help my kids at the best I can! I feel I always remember the to make sure I use their accommodations. Ortega “SLA is about any language that is acquired other than the first, not just about acquiring L2 English” (Ortega, 2013)
DeleteHi Kate-Lynn! I enjoyed getting to learn a little bit about you and your history with learning a second language! I have been in classes with you for a while now and did not know that you know some ASL. I think it is so awesome that you do know it and forget to even include it when thinking of different languages. It is just as important as any other language since it helps you communicate with others that many people would not be able to speak with! As Ortega states there can be a "daunting linguistic variety, however, all languages, no matter how different from each other they may seem (Arabic from American Sign Language from Chinese from English from Spanish from Swahili)," (Ortega, 2013)
ReplyDeleteHey gabby thanks for the comment. I forget that ASL is a second language a lot as well. We do not have any deaf or hearing-impaired students but we use ASL every day in class with our students whether it be the bathroom sign or just putting a rush on lining up. Like Ortega said“, all languages, no matter how different from each other they may seem (Arabic from American Sign Language from Chinese from English from Spanish from Swahili), share fundamental commonalities…” (Ortega,2013).
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