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                                  Backup Link:  https://youtu.be/BXC-slLKF70    Jeevan was born in America however was the daughter of two Indian parents who taught her Punjabi (an Indian language native to the northern Punjab region of India). She began learning English at a young age, however struggled with learning English in an environment which was fully English based (though she admitted having patient teachers who would work with her to help her improve her language skills). Her school environment overall, however, was not a program which fully catered to ELL students. As a result, she was initially a student who was at a disadvantage learning English.     One disadvantage she had was the environment in which she began learning English. Her environment was not suited well for ELL's as her school's program included many outdated systems (namely pull-out...

Backup Link:  https://youtu.be/60DPZRceQMA  Hello, it is a pleasure to meet you. My name is Lee Anthony Witt. I am an education major at the University of Houston intending to receive certification for Earl childhood through 6 th grade as a generalist. Currently, I am a student teacher at Blackshear Elementary for grades 2 through 5 in math centered classes, though I prefer to teach subjects such as social studies as I feel it offers a more engaging environment for students to broaden their worlds. My experience with people who speak another language now is quite limited. Though I am from a predominantly Mexican background, I grew up in a household which only spoke English and my extended family was largely the same. Neither of my grandparents’ houses spoke in a language other than English and though one side was bilingual, they never spoke to me in Spanish. Growing up, I attended Catholic schools until the twelfth grade which had no ESL students. The only sec...