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A Closer Look At Mahsa
Hayley MinnerBilingualism
Background Information
•From Mashhad, Iran•8th grade•14 years old•Currently literate in Farsi and in English•Entered an English-speaking school for the first time 12/14/01 after 5 years of formal schooling in Iran.
Challenges
• Non-English proficient in 2001– Apple, dog
• School– Less emphasis on homework– Longer school day– No uniform– Mixed classrooms
• “Uncovered” women (grocery store and beach)
Family Support
• Goal was to provide daughters with a better education
• Parents value education
• Parental Dedication and Motivation– Memorizing words/Tests – Parent/Teacher Conferences
Idea Proficiency Test Scores
•4/13/04–Oral = D–Reading = 26–Writing = 16
•5/4/05–Oral = F–Reading = 38–Writing = 17
** Mahsa has gone from Non-English Proficient to English Proficient in 3 ½
years! **
Inner Function of Bilingualism
•Count = English•Pray = Arabic•Curse = Farsi•Dream = both Farsi and
English•Self Talk = Farsi
Communication
• Uses Farsi outside of school with her parents, sister, grandma, uncle, and friends in Iran
• Uses English in school with her friends and teachers and with her American aunt and 2 cousins
• Majority of TV programs are in Farsi
• Watches movies in English and Farsi
Hobbies:Field Hockey
PianoShopping
Baby-sittingReading
Class Picture at age 10 in Mashhad, Iran
Iranian Wedding Traditions
Mahsa’s cousins and aunts in Iran
County-Wide ESOL Fieldtrip to Assateague