Class Feedback by Rosa Jimenez

2025-11-22 21:23:47 UTC

I LOVED the linguistic culture shares. They helped me feel closer to everyone. I loved how we shared bilingual children's books. I also loved the autoethnography project. I liked how we sat in a semi-circle every class. I loved the timeline activity. I also liked how we went to the migration event and to the IME conference as part of class time. I liked being a facilitation anchor with another student. All the readings were also super powerful! I liked how they were organized/hyperlinked onto the class syllabus. I learned so much in this class!

Readings

2025-11-22 21:24:03 UTC

I LOVED the Rethinking Bilingual Education book. The readings were really thought provoking and helpful in thinking about the context and strategies for bilingual education.

2025-11-22 21:24:35 UTC

I really enjoyed the linguistic autoethnography project- it provided an excellent opportunity for self reflection and personal growth about my experience with bilingualism in education. I also loved seeing the class's linguistic family trees! The living syllabus was also very helpful. I liked the amount of collective work in class and learning from peers' experience in the field. I also loved going to all of the various events included in the course!

2025-11-22 21:28:24 UTC

I wish we had had time to share our autoethnographies and visuals with the whole class rather than in 2-3 groups, because I would have loved to see every classmate's visual. I also think that it would have been better to write our final definition of bilingualism as a discussion post or separate assignment rather than trying to cram it in with the autoethnography or final project, because I felt like mixing our elongated definition with the other assignments affected the flow of those papers. Other than those things, this was an overall amazing class, and I am so grateful for all the dynamic activities and thoughtfulness you put into everything. Thank you!

2025-11-22 21:29:06 UTC

I struggled with the online class session and structure of that particular facilitation- would have preferred an opportunity to meet and discuss with a small group live over zoom. I also wish that the online session had coordinated more with other courses in the building as I still had to come in to the city both teaching weekends (my other course was remote on a different day) but that just comes down to unavoidable schedule conflicts.

2025-11-22 21:30:37 UTC

Sometimes I felt like we could have used class time in a more structured way, and I felt like there could have been more learning through the lecture format to put the readings in context. Also I would have loved more unstructured discussion - like in a seminar where you get to hear from everyone. Small groups sometimes make it hard to hear a wide range of people's stories and perspectives. I also wish we could have heard people's culture shares earlier on so we could know everyone in the class earlier. It was a really humanizing part of class. would have loved for it to be in the beginning of class versus end, also. And then sharing the autoethnographies a bit could have built on that.

Openness

2025-11-22 21:31:41 UTC

I enjoyed how much it was open to us to engage with assignments and readings in our own way!

2025-11-22 21:32:27 UTC

So grateful I took this class with everyone! In other courses I've had with you (Profa) there is always such a strong class community, and despite changing enrollment at the beginning of the semester I still feel that you facilitated a strong community of welcoming and belonging with everyone.

Spanish flagged?

2025-11-22 21:32:33 UTC

Random! I tried naming myself "pata chueca" on the padlet and it flagged it as inappropriate so I am now doing an experiment

2025-11-22 21:32:53 UTC

Giving me broad perspectives and theoretical support to find the problems I may neglect usually in past teaching experience, and it is a very opening and inclusive environment for me as a student speak English as second language, encourage me to engage in to the collective work, this is very helpful to combine different thoughts and opinions from other folks and link them with my own.

2025-11-22 21:34:34 UTC

Thank you for a great semester. I learned a lot and enjoyed being in your class! I hope to take more classes with you in the future. I have learned so many great pedagogical practices thanks to you! Also, thank you to all my fellow classmates. I learned so much from everyone here, and I hope we keep running into each other in other classes or throughout the rest of our journey here at USF! I appreciate everyone in this class so much, please keep in touch <3

2025-11-22 21:35:39 UTC

It was amazing to engage with the content and connect it to our stories. Our assignments were so purposeful in leading us on that journey of self-discovery in the context of language. I enjoyed doing the assignments and getting feedback in a timely manner. It was so helpful to receive that guidance.

Prem

2025-11-22 21:36:45 UTC

Incorporating additional examples or case studies from diverse immigrant and multilingual communities, especially South Asian contexts, could make the course feel even more closely connected to students’ real-life experiences.

2025-11-22 21:37:45 UTC

Having more time to engage in up and coming/innovative research and structures being implemented for language learners.

Prem

2025-11-22 21:38:21 UTC

I am grateful for how Dr. Rosa supported my learning this semester. As someone navigating bilingualism across Nepali and English, her guidance helped me reflect on my own journey as an immigrant student, parent, and educator. I feel more confident applying translanguaging, culturally responsive practices, and linguistic justice frameworks in my research and community work. Thank you for creating such an affirming and transformative learning space.

Wonderful Class

2025-11-22 21:39:13 UTC

The class flowed well with the assignments perfectly timed.

Prem

2025-11-22 21:39:37 UTC

Dr. Rosa’s bilingual education course was a truly meaningful learning experience. Her teaching style is kind, supportive, and exceptionally well-organized, which created a welcoming environment for all students. I appreciated how clearly she explained complex concepts and how intentionally she connected theory to real-world classroom practice. Her encouragement and constructive feedback helped me grow both academically and personally. Overall, her approach made the course engaging, accessible, and deeply relevant.

Thank you

2025-11-22 21:40:01 UTC

A huge thank you for letting us reclaim something that was taken from us, our language. Gracias por todo!

2025-11-22 21:40:51 UTC

It's so exciting to continue work in this area, thank you for leading us forward with further resources/readings.

2025-11-22 21:43:10 UTC

It is my first time feel that I gain benefit from the community support work, the thought exchange among the peers and produce new, giving me different directions and angles to see and address the questions I met before, and find out the strong link between learning and practicing.

Affirmed

2025-11-22 21:44:13 UTC

I've been holding lots of questions about Bilingual Education. I had become curious about the history of the programs and was so happy to find that all of the readings go time to a point that I am ready to create a lesson series.

Intellectual Nourishment

2025-11-24 16:26:31 UTC

This first semester has been one of academic healing. I did not expect to engage with old narratives that I thought I had tended to when it has come to higher ed. After yesterday's last classes of the beginning of a journey, I am nourished. I am nourished by the intellect of this community. Intellect for us, by us and with us. USF is a an academic affinity space that has nurtured a part of me I did not know could be nurtured. And so with deep gratitude for profa being a part of that with this class and so much more, onward and forward.