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My Second Language Acquisition Timeline

By mguada

  • Date of Birth in Columbia, South Carolina

    Date of Birth in Columbia, South Carolina
    I was born in the United States of America but my first language was Spanish because that was my parents language choice.
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    Exposure to English was minimal

  • Sequential childhood bilingualism. First real exposure to English

    Sequential childhood bilingualism. First real exposure to English
    I attended Kindergarten in an English speaking school in Germany. Informal language acquisition.
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    I became bicultural. Attended English speaking schools

  • Codeswitching: I was in a "bilingual" school

    Codeswitching: I was in a "bilingual" school
    I attended Antilles Middle School from 1983 - 84. Classes were in English with the addition of one Spanish course. There was a lot of codeswitching going on.
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    Attended a Spanish speaking high school

    I was living in Vieques and spoke English only with my older sister.

  • Higher Education UPR

    I took many English courses that helped develop greater fluency in the four basic language abilities: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

  • Teaching English to ELL students

    My first 2 years were with a bilingual group
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    English teacher

  • USC Bilingual Education