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from My Certification Journey

Writing and research from my path toward secondary ELA certification, grounded in a multilingual upbringing and my current classroom in Thailand.

Reflection
Eleven Languages, One Classroom
Growing up across eleven official languages taught me to notice how language shapes a classroom long before I ever stood in front of one.
4 min read · June 2026
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Annotated Bibliography
A running, critically annotated collection of the texts and research shaping my thinking on literacy, language, and secondary ELA teaching.
8 resources so far · Updated Jul 20, 2026
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Reflection
Scaffolding for Every Voice: Discussion, Home Language, and Vocabulary in the ELA Classroom
A student's home language isn't competing with their English, it's the foundation it's built on. What that means for discussion, vocabulary, and every lesson in between.
5 min read · July 2026
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Reflection
Sounding Right: Dialect, Rhetoric, and the Language Society Rewards
Dialect isn't a language problem, it's a power problem. A look at what political speech and mass media quietly reward, and what that means for teaching secondary ELA.
5 min read · July 2026
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