Chapter 5 of Wong was really rather interesting, and it caused me to think and raised a few questions.

First, interestingly enough, Wong states on page 159, "English is the language of the elites..." This statement directly ties back to what we talked about last week in class. It is incredibly important to emphasize that it is okay for students to use their L1 and L2 as if they were equal. We cannot degrade other languages that are not English and give them a lower status because we see ours as 'superior.' In the US, there's this notion that, "We live in America, therefore we should only speak English." No wonder other cultures have a continual conflict of trying to meet the status quo, while, at the same time, maintain their heritage. A clear example of this feeling that English is superior and others languages used in the United States can be an embarrassment are seen in the dialect between Lucia and her daughter.

Wong expresses the importance of "Knowledge for Whom?" as her main topic of this chapter. We as TESOLers need to base our curriculum on what the students need to know English for. We need to understand their purpose to create a dialogical curriculum that is effective and is really centered on, as the book says, "the heart" of what students want.

Double consciousness is defined as "looking at oneself through the eyes of the other and "measuring one's soul by the tape of another world."" and "having the awareness that one is measured by the standards of the unmarked Anglo American or the White European American core group." (175) I think these two statements say a lot in themselves. First, it tells us that in American, we see things on a narrow road. You are classified as white or different. Implying this idea of double consciousness means that an individual sees himself as others define him, instead of for what he truly is. Feelings of double consciousness are especially ignited under racism and colonialism and this affects how many children today assimilate and learn English as well.