Title: Blog 22: Mentorship
Label: Mentorship
Due Date: Thursday, May 14 by 8AM
Content:
LIA Response to blog:
Literal
- Done.
- Mentor: Dr. Karen Russikoff - Cal Poly Pomona
What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?
- I think all the foundation knowledge is the most important thing. My mentor has really given me a lot of information about my topic, from her class to our one-on-one sessions with each other. She was basically my Aladdin and showed me "a whole new world", the world being linguistics. I was able to learn about all the different branches of language acquisition, and that really helped me decide on what I wanted my whole senior project to revolve around on. If it weren't for my mentor and her interesting experiences with her TESOL summer classes in China, I would have missed out on something that I enjoy doing.
Applied
How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ? Please explain.
- My essential question is "What is the most important factor of child second language acquisition?"Since my mentor teaches Chinese kids a second language every summer, she has given me a lot of advice on how to give them a fun, but effective learning experience. I used the advice she has given me when I was teaching my sister's best friend's brother, Lawrence, English. Dr. Russikoff's advice helped me get Lawrence to open up to me and lower that affective filter, which allowed him to absorb more input.
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