Bilingual Observation

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Being a bilingual person, I might have some types of difficulty in learning certain materials because it takes some time to process information. I try my hardest to stay focused and on top of the information that is being given. Just like everyone else if I am not interested in a certain topic I would not pay attention. Having some types of interest is important to me that will keep my focus, on task, and I will learn something. Also, having some types of diagrams/charts, examples, different ways of explaining, and several resources this is a great help for me to better understand the material. For example, I am not a math person so I need several examples, visualization, and a very good explanation. My math high school teacher was terrible …show more content…
Raphael Martinez (executive director) gave us the welcome and gave us an overview of the school. He told us that during the morning the students could talk either sign language or English, but in the afternoon it was voices off everyone speaks sign language. My partner and I went to a second grade class, some of the students are older than a second grader, but their level is at second grade. The classroom is small that was divided into two classes, the first half was for students with special needs and the second half was a second grade class. I am used to hearing students talk all day long entering the classroom was different because it was very quiet. I notice that the hearing students were teaching the deaf students how to read, the hearing student would read the book first, then translate using sign language to translate to the deaf student. After a few minutes they switch to math. Everyone was sitting in a round table facing the Promethean board. Mrs. King gave them a word problem, it took several tries for the students to understand what the problem was asking. I notice that in order to grab students' attention Mrs. King would tap on the Promethean board or
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