Outline your earliest memories of spoken and written language.
Describe what memories you have about speaking, or being spoken to in your earliest years.
- Describe how your family prioritized language, speaking, books, literacy, etc.
Be sure to utilize ample detail and discussion to explore and express these experiences.
- Describe your connection to your current feelings about English Language Acquisition (ELA).
- Explain how those memories connect to your current experiences/feelings about language and literacy.
- Describe how your career path is reflected in or inspired by those experiences.
- Describe how impactful early language exposure is to us as humans and students.
What can you extrapolate from your own experiences and the experiences of others?
- How do early language/literacy experiences affect a person’s feelings about language/literacy later in life?
- Connect the theories relating to language acquisition and literacy development to this discussion.
- How do those theories help you understand your own experiences with language, and the experiences of others?
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