When I read the article and the stories, I realize that these are vivid pictures about what is going on in class room. I realize the meaning of needing to learn English and wanting eagerly to learn English. This can be seen when you read Ivan's situation. He had been asked to do a project which he thought it was a silly thing. Although he saw that it was as childish, he did it. He thought he did it appropriately. His teacher did not accept his work and he would not participate in the activity. Normally, He felt bad toward himself. You can feel how he felt when he was described as a poor student while she had a strong tendency toward Learning English. I think we have to ask ourself as teacher some questions like this, what kind of students in my class room?, what is the curriculum? And so on..
When I read Wong's story I was remembering my first time learning how to speak. The thing that I was afraid of is I did not like to make mistakes. I was not able to participate with people who were speaking fluently. My concern was about making mistake. I took many courses in English and my teacher told me that my English is not bad. The problem was that I can speak with my teacher and I could not speak with others. My be because he did not care about my mistakes or he inspired me to speak even I did some mistakes. I did my best and I met my teacher outside the class room and hanged up for hours. After that my English had improved and I could speak English with others.
From the passage I realize that social identity is “multiple” which means a site of struggle and subject to change. I understand that learning to speak English is an investment, so it can create a social interaction. However, some people lose the chance to speak because of the power relationship in society and being not ready to invest their identity p62.
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