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  Mailen's Blog- VBlog #2 For my second vBlog, I decided to interview my friend, Christofer! Christofer and I both came from Cuba at around the same age and we also attended the same schools growing up. I was very excited to interview him and to see if we had any differences and/or similarities as English Language Learners.      In this interview, Christofer tells us about his childhood and how he had to adapt to moving to a new country and learning a new language. Christofer and his family, like many other immigrant families, moved to the United States looking for a better life. By the time he arrived in the United States, he was in the 4th grade. While he was in the 4th grade, he was placed in bilingual classes. Being placed in a bilingual classroom was very helpful to Christofer. He was able to learn English very fast and he was also able to make many friends. He talks about how being able to make friends helped him accelerate his English because in order to communicate with the

Mailen's First Blog!

  Hola amigos/as! Bienvenidos a mi blog :) Mi nombre es Mailen Rodriguez y soy de Cuba.  VBlog#1  <-- Hagan "CLICK" para ver mi video! As I stated above, my name is Mailen Rodriguez and I am from Cuba! I am bilingual, and I currently speak English and Spanish. Spanish is my native language and English is my second language. I learned English in school with the help of my amazing teachers. As soon as I started attending schools in the United States, I was placed in the ESL program. I started school in the United States during 2nd grade and I was in ESL up until 5th grade. From what I remember, my ESL teachers never spoke Spanish, which I believe helped me learn English a bit more. Since none of them spoke my native language, I was forced to communicate in English, and I would always try my best. Another tool that really helped me was Rosetta Stone! Rosetta Stone was a website that we used, which would help us improve our English pronunciation and would help us say complete