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Richard Rodriguez
 A Perspective on Bilingualism

 By Stacey A. Murray & Hannah
Bergeman
Background Author
•   Born on July 31, 1944
•   Migrated to San Francisco, California and raised
    in Sacramento, California
•   Mexican-American
•   Attended Catholic school at age 6 and
    graduated from Sacramento's Christian Brothers
    High School
•   Earned a B.A. from Stanford University and
    M.A. from Columbia University
•   He was a Ph.D. candidate in English
    Renaissance literature at the University of
    California, Berkeley
•   Attended the Warburg Institute in London as a
    Fulbright fellow
Rodriguez Written Works
•   Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard
    Rodriguez (1981)
•   A collection of autobiographical essays
•   Mexico’s Children (1990)
•   Days of Obligation: An Argument With My Mexican
    Father (1992)
•   Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in non-fiction
•   Brown: The Last Discovery of America(2002)
•   Rodriguez's works have also been published in Harper's
    Magazine, Mother Jones, and Time Magazine.
History of Bilingual Education in
 America
Please click on the link below and watch this
  video about the history of Bilingual Education
  in America

Questions:
1. Is the initial goal of bilingual education identical or
   different from its goal in schools today? How?
2. Does bilingual education serve a specific purpose in
   educating first-generation American students or can
   schools do without it?
Vocabulary Terms from Rodriguez

1. Public Speech- a shared language, customs, and mannerisms used
   in public individuals in a specific country or region
2. Private Speech- an intimate, shared language, customs, and
   mannerisms used by members of the same household to
   communicate
3. Public Identity- a classification of one self that is owned,
   showcased, and recognized by oneself and others
4. Private Identity- a classification of oneself that is owned,
   showcased, and recognized solely by oneself and family members
   only within their household
5. Americanization- the process adopting American English language,
   customs, and rituals, while ultimately identifying oneself as an
   American.
Rodriguez on Bilingual Education
1. Public and Private Identity are separate things, and
  school must focus on teaching public identity


2. Translation: the difficulty is helping a student
   understand not just what the words mean, but also how
   they are being said


3. Be aware that students may be facing a disassociation
   with their family language, causing the learning of
   English to ostracize them from their families
Implications of Rodriguez Work
•   Rodriguez considers a native language private speech

•   Educators should not impose speaking English within
    students' households

•   Americanization has both cultural gains and losses for
    students and their families

•   Americanization can create a communication barrier
    between individuals who share a Native language and
    culture
Criticism of Rodriguez
          Many other Hispanics have responded that
            they do not agree with Rodriguez's
            claims about what they need from
            education.


          Norma Mota-Altman, a teacher, writes:
          Con Respecto, I am Not Richard Rodriguez


          Question:
          How do we know, as teachers, how each
            student needs to be approached to be
            successful?
Criticism of Rodriguez




Norma Mota-Altman and others argue that learning one language gives you
  tools to understand concepts in another language
What can a teacher do?
"The simple fact that we are unlike each other is a terrifying
  notion. Where diversity is shared - where I share with you
  my difference - that can be valuable." - Rodriguez
(Click here for the remainder of the interview)



Rodriguez Urges:
1. Teach diversity, even when not in curriculum
2. Understand your role in teaching "public identity"
3. Give students enough tools to be successful in the new
   language, so they are not caught in "homelessness" with no
   language at all
How is language linked to culture?
"All my other classmates, including myself, although fluent in more
   than [one] language, eventually 'chose' one dominant language. I
   put chose in quotation, because the choice is more of an indirect
   one. It depends on what language you choose to explore art,
   what language you use to communicate, what language you use to
   satisfy your curiosity..." - Matteo Catanzano
(This quote comes from a TED Conversation surrounding the importance of teaching students
    to be bilingual. Click here for the remainder of the conversation)
Questions:
1. How does teaching language change, when the goal is for students
   to understand far more than simply words?
2. What role do teachers have in determining what language
   students use for things like curiosity? Do we need that to be
   English?
Reflection Questions
1. What right do teachers have in determining the
  cultural and linguistic foundations of a child? Is it
  enough to work toward teaching them a public identity?


2. How should teachers work with families to increase
  student success in learning English? Were Rodriguez's
  teachers and parents right to force him to speak only
  English?


3. Does learning English force students to become more
  Americanized?
References
Destinationcb. (2009, May 22). A history of bilingual education. July 18, 2012 from
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tIppleeIjk


Catanzano, M. (2011, December 03). Re: Does the future of education lie in bilingualism? Is it even
   possible? [Online forum comment.] Retrieved from TED Conversations:
   http://www.ted.com/conversations/7509/does_the_future_of_education_l.html


Is bilingualism a problem? (n.d.). Retrieved July 20, 2012, from Language Enhancing the
           Acheivement of Pasifika: http://leap.tki.org.nz/Is-bilingualism-a-problem


Mota-Altman, N. (2003). Con Respeto, I am Not Richard Rodriguez. The Voice , 8 (5).


Rodriguez, R. (1997, August). A View From the Melting Pot: An Interview with Richard
         Rodriguez. (S. London, Interviewer). http://www.scottlondon.com/interviews/
         rodriguez.html.


Rodriguez, R. (1982). Hunger of Memory. New York: Bantam Books.

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Rodriguez 2012

  • 1. Richard Rodriguez A Perspective on Bilingualism By Stacey A. Murray & Hannah Bergeman
  • 2. Background Author • Born on July 31, 1944 • Migrated to San Francisco, California and raised in Sacramento, California • Mexican-American • Attended Catholic school at age 6 and graduated from Sacramento's Christian Brothers High School • Earned a B.A. from Stanford University and M.A. from Columbia University • He was a Ph.D. candidate in English Renaissance literature at the University of California, Berkeley • Attended the Warburg Institute in London as a Fulbright fellow
  • 3. Rodriguez Written Works • Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (1981) • A collection of autobiographical essays • Mexico’s Children (1990) • Days of Obligation: An Argument With My Mexican Father (1992) • Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in non-fiction • Brown: The Last Discovery of America(2002) • Rodriguez's works have also been published in Harper's Magazine, Mother Jones, and Time Magazine.
  • 4. History of Bilingual Education in America Please click on the link below and watch this video about the history of Bilingual Education in America Questions: 1. Is the initial goal of bilingual education identical or different from its goal in schools today? How? 2. Does bilingual education serve a specific purpose in educating first-generation American students or can schools do without it?
  • 5. Vocabulary Terms from Rodriguez 1. Public Speech- a shared language, customs, and mannerisms used in public individuals in a specific country or region 2. Private Speech- an intimate, shared language, customs, and mannerisms used by members of the same household to communicate 3. Public Identity- a classification of one self that is owned, showcased, and recognized by oneself and others 4. Private Identity- a classification of oneself that is owned, showcased, and recognized solely by oneself and family members only within their household 5. Americanization- the process adopting American English language, customs, and rituals, while ultimately identifying oneself as an American.
  • 6. Rodriguez on Bilingual Education 1. Public and Private Identity are separate things, and school must focus on teaching public identity 2. Translation: the difficulty is helping a student understand not just what the words mean, but also how they are being said 3. Be aware that students may be facing a disassociation with their family language, causing the learning of English to ostracize them from their families
  • 7. Implications of Rodriguez Work • Rodriguez considers a native language private speech • Educators should not impose speaking English within students' households • Americanization has both cultural gains and losses for students and their families • Americanization can create a communication barrier between individuals who share a Native language and culture
  • 8. Criticism of Rodriguez Many other Hispanics have responded that they do not agree with Rodriguez's claims about what they need from education. Norma Mota-Altman, a teacher, writes: Con Respecto, I am Not Richard Rodriguez Question: How do we know, as teachers, how each student needs to be approached to be successful?
  • 9. Criticism of Rodriguez Norma Mota-Altman and others argue that learning one language gives you tools to understand concepts in another language
  • 10. What can a teacher do? "The simple fact that we are unlike each other is a terrifying notion. Where diversity is shared - where I share with you my difference - that can be valuable." - Rodriguez (Click here for the remainder of the interview) Rodriguez Urges: 1. Teach diversity, even when not in curriculum 2. Understand your role in teaching "public identity" 3. Give students enough tools to be successful in the new language, so they are not caught in "homelessness" with no language at all
  • 11. How is language linked to culture? "All my other classmates, including myself, although fluent in more than [one] language, eventually 'chose' one dominant language. I put chose in quotation, because the choice is more of an indirect one. It depends on what language you choose to explore art, what language you use to communicate, what language you use to satisfy your curiosity..." - Matteo Catanzano (This quote comes from a TED Conversation surrounding the importance of teaching students to be bilingual. Click here for the remainder of the conversation) Questions: 1. How does teaching language change, when the goal is for students to understand far more than simply words? 2. What role do teachers have in determining what language students use for things like curiosity? Do we need that to be English?
  • 12. Reflection Questions 1. What right do teachers have in determining the cultural and linguistic foundations of a child? Is it enough to work toward teaching them a public identity? 2. How should teachers work with families to increase student success in learning English? Were Rodriguez's teachers and parents right to force him to speak only English? 3. Does learning English force students to become more Americanized?
  • 13. References Destinationcb. (2009, May 22). A history of bilingual education. July 18, 2012 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tIppleeIjk Catanzano, M. (2011, December 03). Re: Does the future of education lie in bilingualism? Is it even possible? [Online forum comment.] Retrieved from TED Conversations: http://www.ted.com/conversations/7509/does_the_future_of_education_l.html Is bilingualism a problem? (n.d.). Retrieved July 20, 2012, from Language Enhancing the Acheivement of Pasifika: http://leap.tki.org.nz/Is-bilingualism-a-problem Mota-Altman, N. (2003). Con Respeto, I am Not Richard Rodriguez. The Voice , 8 (5). Rodriguez, R. (1997, August). A View From the Melting Pot: An Interview with Richard Rodriguez. (S. London, Interviewer). http://www.scottlondon.com/interviews/ rodriguez.html. Rodriguez, R. (1982). Hunger of Memory. New York: Bantam Books.