Interview 3: Claudia Manuel
Blog 3: Interview with Claudia Manuel For my second interview, I sat with Claudia Manuel. She is the partner teacher to my mentor teacher and teaches third grade social studies, reading and science in Spanish for the dual language program at our school. From her experience, the critical or sensitive period will not stop someone from learning a new language. She says that anyone will be alright if they want to learn a new language as long as they are willing and work hard to practice. Ortega (2013), also states that there are many cases of exceptional learners who began learning their second language after puberty who have performed as well as native speakers. Ortega (2013) also states that L1 and L2 transfer can happen when learners feel that what works in one language will work in the other. When encountering L1 or L2 transfer she says the best thing to do is correct them in a way that does not bring them down or make them feel bad. She also uses a lot of visuals and pictu...