The Past, the Present & the Future
digital story-telling
Throughout the history, the American economy has been built on immigration, and new immigrants have brought with them new skills and energy to the work force.
Parts of the new immigrant workforce emerge from the ESL students at City College of San Francisco. They immigrate to the U.S. as adults and study English, life skills to help them to start a new life in a new culture. Many of these students work full-time or work several jobs at the same time, but they try to attend ESL classes whenever they can. These students have great determination to work hard and have become contributors to the American society.
Here are some excellent examples of ESL students who share their perspectives about jobs in the past, the present and the future through digital story-telling in the following slideshows. Making these slideshows also gives students the chance to practice using the Past Tense, the Present Tense and the Future Tense in English.
Hope you enjoy their inspiring stories!
by Cora Chen , ESL instructor:
Gloria Moran
Gloria Moran shows us her wonderful work experiences in the past, the present and her dreams for the future in her photo story and her composition:
https://goo.gl/photos/nsgKaY2fxL8m5TZr7
My name is Gloria Moran, I was born in El Salvador. I grew up in San Miguel city. I have five sisters and three brothers. I began school when I was six years old, and finished elementary school when I was fourteen years old. Then I moved to San Salvador City to study in high school and the university. I finished university when I was twenty-five years old and I graduated with a bachelor’s degree of Business Administration. In that same year, I started to work for the government in the Secretary of Finance in the Department of the Treasury and, in the Office of Economic Policy and Fiscal. In my free time, I played basketball at the institution for a long time. Then, I got married and I have two daughters. When they grew up, I started traveling to train myself when I met a lot of people and attended work meetings in different countries, such as Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Costa Rica and Guatemala. I miss that job and my hobby of playing basketball in the institution.
In 2016, I moved to San Francisco. I’m very happy because I have my husband and my three brothers near me, but I miss my daughters, they are my best daughters in the world, I love them very much.
At the moment, I’m studying English in City College of San Francisco. I have learned a lot. I want to learn English because it’s very important for work and communication with other people. I will try my best to study English for a great future in the U.S.
Someday, I want to work for the government in social areas also with children in the United Nations or UNICEF.
https://goo.gl/photos/nsgKaY2fxL8m5TZr7
My name is Gloria Moran, I was born in El Salvador. I grew up in San Miguel city. I have five sisters and three brothers. I began school when I was six years old, and finished elementary school when I was fourteen years old. Then I moved to San Salvador City to study in high school and the university. I finished university when I was twenty-five years old and I graduated with a bachelor’s degree of Business Administration. In that same year, I started to work for the government in the Secretary of Finance in the Department of the Treasury and, in the Office of Economic Policy and Fiscal. In my free time, I played basketball at the institution for a long time. Then, I got married and I have two daughters. When they grew up, I started traveling to train myself when I met a lot of people and attended work meetings in different countries, such as Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Costa Rica and Guatemala. I miss that job and my hobby of playing basketball in the institution.
In 2016, I moved to San Francisco. I’m very happy because I have my husband and my three brothers near me, but I miss my daughters, they are my best daughters in the world, I love them very much.
At the moment, I’m studying English in City College of San Francisco. I have learned a lot. I want to learn English because it’s very important for work and communication with other people. I will try my best to study English for a great future in the U.S.
Someday, I want to work for the government in social areas also with children in the United Nations or UNICEF.
Note: More new stories will be posted here soon.
Suggested follow-up class activities after watching the above slide shows:
1. Encourage students to work in pairs or in groups to talk about the following by using the Past Tense, the Present Tense and the Future Tense in English.
The Past: The job I had in my native country
The Present: The job I have now in the U.S.
The Future: The job I would like to have in the future
2. Encourage students to make their own slide shows and share their digital stories on their class websites.
Here are some free slideshow creators:
https://www.canva.com/templates/presentations/
http://www.kizoa.com/
http://photopeach.com/
http://www.slideboom.com/
http://www.slideshare.net/
http://www.slideoo.com/
http://www.smilebox.com/