In our group today, we discussed question number 3: "How realistic is it to expect (and demand) from our NNEST students to develop an English self? According to the readings, what are the pitfall and challenges in teaching voice to ESL students?" Just as our class discussion today did, our mini discussion on this question left me with more questions than answers. One question that we seemed to continually fall back on was this: Is the self inseparable from language? Raul mentioned how his voice in English and in Spanish was, at this point, different. Yet, I wondered if there was ever a chance that those two (perhaps somewhat distinct) voices could ever come together to create one unified voice. But would a person even want that if the voices did?
That being said, do all NNEST students even want to develop an English voice? What if they are simply trying to pass a test and have no desire to do so? Should those students wishes be respected?
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