Entry 3 Video - Interview with a Teacher For this entry, I interviewed Mrs. Briseno. Mrs. Briseno is a Special Education ELL teacher in Corpus Christi ISD, and she has been teaching ELL’s for about 14 years. I have known her for many years as we both grew up as neighbors in a small town in the Rio Grande Valley. She started off her educational endeavors with a bachelor’s degree in Social Work. She then decided to pursue a master’s degree in Special Education. Mrs. Briseno is now a first year doctorate student, pursuing a degree in Education and specializing in literacy. She was an ELL student herself. One of the things I asked Mrs. Briseno was about ELL’s and cognition. She mentions that comprehension is not really an issue when students speak an L1 they can transfer from. Students use the L1 to drive L2 learning and they are able to use cognates. I feel as though this works if the L1 is something tha...