Blog Entry 3: Interview an Instructor
As I was conducting this interview, I realized that it differed drastically from my last interview with an ELL student. Dr. Monica Gonzalez is an University of Houston instructor who teaches an educational course of Mathematics for future teachers. In the interview, she discussed methods that she utilized as an college instructor but also shared tools that she used during her elementary and principal days. She stated that motivation plays a key role when teaching her students and she always as to keep in mind the various entities in which each one learns. She believes that it is important to showcase various methods of motivation, whether visual, auditory, or physical. Many students who come into the classroom have different levels of English proficiency. Some students are able to capture the language more if it’s spoken while others may gravitate to the language in a written or signed form. According to Ortega, “Human language manifests itself in spoken, signed and written systems acr...