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Hello!
My name is Amber Hernandez. I am currently a senior here at the University of Houston. My major is Human Development and Family Studies with EC-6 Generalist certification. I was raised in Houston, TX and love our city. I want to teach elementary school 2nd or 3rd grade. I would like to teach math, reading and writing because I am currently teaching those subjects in a 3rd grade dual language classroom on the English speaking side.
My own experiences with language include mostly exposure with little acquisition other than my native language, English. My father is a native Spanish speaker and my mother is a native English speaker. As a child and toddler I could understand Spanish and utter a few things, however my parents separated and I lived with my mother for the majority of the time. I would only hear Spanish when I went to visit my dad and he only spoke the language with my other family members and not me because I was not taught. When I started taking Spanish classes in junior high and high school, I was able to do well learning vocabulary however it was always a struggle to use the correct grammar outside of the present tense. I barely passed the classes and still I only can understand a limited amount of Spanish when it is spoken to me. The little Spanish that I do know is not very helpful to me because I am not confident in speaking, even if I do know what I should say. I have insecurities about my accent and whether or not I will say things with bad grammar, etc. When I graduate school and have more time for outside learning, I plan to give learning Spanish another try. I know it will benefit me not only in teaching with my ELL students, but also with my family and communication.
My name is Amber Hernandez. I am currently a senior here at the University of Houston. My major is Human Development and Family Studies with EC-6 Generalist certification. I was raised in Houston, TX and love our city. I want to teach elementary school 2nd or 3rd grade. I would like to teach math, reading and writing because I am currently teaching those subjects in a 3rd grade dual language classroom on the English speaking side.
My own experiences with language include mostly exposure with little acquisition other than my native language, English. My father is a native Spanish speaker and my mother is a native English speaker. As a child and toddler I could understand Spanish and utter a few things, however my parents separated and I lived with my mother for the majority of the time. I would only hear Spanish when I went to visit my dad and he only spoke the language with my other family members and not me because I was not taught. When I started taking Spanish classes in junior high and high school, I was able to do well learning vocabulary however it was always a struggle to use the correct grammar outside of the present tense. I barely passed the classes and still I only can understand a limited amount of Spanish when it is spoken to me. The little Spanish that I do know is not very helpful to me because I am not confident in speaking, even if I do know what I should say. I have insecurities about my accent and whether or not I will say things with bad grammar, etc. When I graduate school and have more time for outside learning, I plan to give learning Spanish another try. I know it will benefit me not only in teaching with my ELL students, but also with my family and communication.
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