“I got tired of that feeling, feeling guilty that I don’t provide them with enough practice. I just decided you know what, I’m going to just give it all, everything I have and that I don’t have.”
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah — FOX 13 News is highlighting the cultures and contributions of both Hispanic and Latino Americans through National Hispanic Heritage Month which runs from September through Mid-October.Since 2003, she has worked as an English as a Second Language teacher at Granite Park Junior High School, which is a school with a high poverty rate.
“I came to America, not just to improve my English, but I really wanted to see what opportunities were here,” she explained. Her speech recognition technology gives students practice reading aloud and receiving immediate feedback on how many words they got right. Teachers across the country and as far away as Australia are now implementing it in their classrooms.
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