InterviewArvizu Juvera Edilia Gpe.

The Interviewee

The interviewee is a Mexican young male, that has study all his life in Mexico.

He was enroll in the second year of junior high into a private school where he had to take English as a subject.

He is currently studying the B.A in English teaching in Universidad de Sonora, where he has already pass TOEFL.

Besides using the language in an academic context, he enjoys listening to music, playing online video games, and communicating with native speakers.

Questions asked in the interview

1. Why did you learn English?

2. Tell me the experience of your journey learning English as a Second Language.

3. What are your positive and negative experiences when learning English as a second language?

4. Do you feel like a different person when speaking your second language (English)?

5. Do you feel like a different person when speaking a different language than your native?

Summary

I learn English because I was enroll in a Jr. high where English was an obligatory subject there. It was difficult for me (at the beginning) because I had to start from cero, the teacher there help me a lot because she was patience and encourage me to practice the language through music, videos, movies, and I love playing video games. I think there are no negative experiences when learning the language, but on the other hand there are a lot of positives experiences; starting that now I cross the border and I can communicate with native speakers, I can help my parents do shopping in the United States and I am in an undergraduate program to teach English as a second language. My future life will be around the language.

Connections with readings

Chapter 1: because the interviewee is aware that he is a bilingual person, do to the context where he lives he has language choice, school he speaks English at home he speaks Spanish with out a consequence.

One reading I can connect the interviewee is with chapter 2: the measurement of Bilingualism. Because when he was enroll in jr. High he knew that in order to not be held back he had to work on the language. He knew his limitations but thanks to his teacher he was able to successfully learn the language to now be enroll in an undergraduate English program.

Chapter 4, because the student Is aware that English is spreading worldwide, so he got enroll in the B.A.