...Bilingualism – Education aspect Twisted Tongues: The Failure of Bilingual Education This article talks about the failure of bilingual education in the United States. Part of the article gives personal experiences from people who have dealt with bilingual education, in which they have bad experiences. Most of the them say that they feel like their children are discriminated against because of their last name or ethnicity. For example, in one experience the parent says that their child was shy during his kindergarten examine and did not talk and the administrator put him as bilingual even though he wouldn’t speak, then assumed the child did not understand. The article goes on to talk about different problems within the education system, how parents feel about it, what is being done to help the situations and the emphasis being taken on bilingual education (Porter, 1998). Bilingualism in Education This article talks about the advantages of bilingual education in the United States. The author feels that if a student learns another language throughout their schooling that they have a better chance of possible even picking up on a third language. Additionally, the author feels that it would benefit them to learn other languages so that it is easier to adapt to different cultures, especially if they were to travel around the world. It would open up many opportunities for them and teach them more grammar as well as heritage of their culture (Wordpress). Bilingualism – Politics...
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...The issue of bilingual education in the United States has come up quite frequently throughout history, and whether it would benefit the students whose mother tongue is a language other than English. In Aria by Richard Rodriguez, he goes into the past and present of his life growing up with Spanish being his first language in school in the U.S. He later goes on to say, how he in fact, was and is against having a bilingual education in the school system, for it took away an individual's private language and turned it into a public language. However, such a statement seems to contradict to how he ended up to be with language, which is the fact that Spanish ultimately faded away from his life, no longer making it the private language he strongly...
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...habits, skills etc. at our own pace. This type of development is normally done from the time we are born until we are toddlers, typically around age three. One of the skills we learn is language because it allows us to communicate with other humans who share the same or similar language. While not everyone speaks a second language, in a globalized world like today, it is certainly not unusual for someone to speak more than one language. Those who do are either simultaneous bilinguals—learn two languages at once—or are sequential bilinguals—learn a second language after learning the first one. Since language is an acquired skill, we all vary in language development, meaning facing language delay is to be expected in some toddlers. For toddlers raised in bilingual households, who is more likely to face language delay and who faces it to a greater extent – simultaneous bilinguals or sequential bilinguals? Before beginning to talk about the extent of language delay among simultaneous and sequential bilinguals, it is important to distinguish what type of language delay is being discussed in this particular context and why it is important to look out for language delay in any child. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “delay” as “a situation in which something happens later than it should.” So, if a child is facing a delay in language, he has not reached the expected milestone of his age group. These milestones are how speech therapists determine whether or not the delay in language...
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...challenges and opportunities to the American education. In this study, the writer will explore the arguments of both sides of the English-only issue, which started decades ago and is still very active today. Emphasis will be placed on the comparison and contrast of the positions presented by advocates and opponents of the English-only debate and will be supported with state’ voter-driven initiatives and laws relating to English language learners. English-Only Debate Paper In the eighteen century, education in the United States was provided in different languages: German, Dutch, French or Swedish. After World War I, when German was a proscribed language, the American population started to think about an education solely in English. However, until 1968, the language policies were left to the discretion of the school, church, city, or state. At this time, the federal government dictated how the non-English-speaking students should be taught, and therefore, started a very controversial debate in the public education sector (Porter, 1998). “In September 1995, Representative John T. Doolittle (R-Cal.) proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would establish English as the official language of the United States” (Answers.com, 2010). Comparing and Contrasting Both Sides of the English-Only Issue In the United States, the English-only debate has become more and more prevalent. The English-only movement advocates for an education provided in English as the official...
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...“Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu The Faculty of Economics Master in Business Management, C1 Doing Business in Japan 2013 Introduction Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. Together, these four islands hold about 97 percent of Japan's land area. Japan has the world's tenth-largest population, with more than 126 million people. Honshū's Greater Tokyo Area, includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures. It is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 30 million residents. Japanese culture has evolved greatly from its origins. Contemporary culture combines influences from Asia, Europe and North America. Traditional Japanese arts include crafts such as ceramics, textiles, lacquerware, swords and dolls; performances...
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...Reflecting on the course My role as a teaching assistant has not developed or changed in ways I would like. However, this course has taught me that teaching assistants are a key element in the provision of high-quality education. Study Topic 2, p.17 (Balshaw and Farrell 2002) suggest that, ‘Teaching assistants have often been in several jobs and learnt a variety of skills’. I support Year 1 children in both numeracy and literacy. In the morning I discuss the lesson plan with the teacher and get a clear understanding of the learning objectives. If I feel the children might find something difficult, the teacher will suggest ways I can give extra support. I get the resources ready and prepare the classroom as necessary. As suggested by Clark (2002) in Study Topic 12, p.7, ‘The physical learning environments that a school provides impact on the teaching and learning that takes place inside.’ I am more aware of how the learning environment can help and benefit the children’s learning, and make it as stimulating as possible. After reading Cremin et al, (p.133) I found it interesting to know that our classroom uses the zoning method. This method allows the teacher and me to work well as a team and select the right children to work together in a positive, constructive way. This course has also helped me realise the importance of observations and assessments, as Wragg (1999) suggests in Study Topic 9, p.23, ‘Classroom observation that is skilfully handled can benefit both the...
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...First and second person pronouns include the following: I, me, my, myself, mine, we, us, our, ours, ourselves, you, your, yours, yourself, and yourselves. (NOTE: Although APA requires this page to be single spaced, and not indented, your professor may have other requirements). The word, Abstract is centered in bold. Title of Paper Here Your Subheading for the Introduction Here The above subheading should consist of a phrase, not a complete sentence. You must write using correct grammar, punctuation, and APA format (proper in-text citations). Briefly describe what your paper will entail. Give a brief background of the topic. Although the thesis statement should be in your introduction, it should not be the first sentence....
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...The Way of Words Hola! Hello! Bonjour! Today there are over 6,000 forms of languages that are spoken in the world. We are living in such a culturally diverse world and encourage others to embrace everyone’s race, gender, ethnicity, age, religion, and even personal beliefs. However, a common issue today is sometimes people do not embrace each other’s characteristics. Characteristics of a person describe their features and qualities. In today's society multiple people experience oppression, the cause of that is those individuals interpret and express their power of language differently. This is a problem because certain groups or cultures experience oppression due to the power of language. Language evolves our ideas and beliefs into reality...
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...Code Switching Code Switching, in terms of language, is the use of more than one language, by a person or more, during their conversations with each other. Code Switching is done simply because those persons know more than one language and have more than one language in common. This switch may last for a couple of sentences, for only a single phrase or may be only for a single word. It depends on how the persons take it with themselves and the others. In the article Code Switching it is written that “the switch is commonly made according to the subject of discourse, but may be for a variety of other reasons such as the mood of the speaker. For example, a person might only swear in French Language” ( 1 ). As described in the article Code Switching, there are number of situations why code switching occurs: A family that has recently immigrated to a country where a different language is spoken may switch back and forth between that language and their mother tongue, while they are learning the new language……...(this phenomenon is Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria)……………… Also, in countries with a large number of people from different ethnic backgrounds, communities will commonly switch between the language of their indigenous roots……….. code switching regularly happens between North American Mormon missionaries stationed overseas.”( 1 ) Because of the effectiveness of code switching it is widely used during our conversation. Code switching helps us to express ourselves...
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...portraits his personals stand on immigration as neutral. Every time the author refers to immigration he refers to the fact that Romney favors and then disfavors the immigration reform. A perfect example of this is found at the beginning of the editorial when the author uses the words “flipped and flopped” when he refers to Romney’s history on immigration. As the editorial continues the author mentions how Romney changes his view on immigration just to position himself on the spotlight. The author even calls him a hypocrite, how can Romney get an endorsement by an individual that supports the building of a fence to keep illegal immigrants out, but on the other hand hires immigrants to tend his lawn. The author obviously feels Romney is a joke; full of double talk, having no solid stand as to what he really believes should be done with the immigration problem. Although in this article, only immigration is in discussion, the author allow us to know that he is not in favor of Romney, and Mr. Romney should not be counting on his vote. According to the author, “In this campaign, Mr. Romney has shed all good sense,” (“Romney’s Hard Line,” 2012) with this statement, the opinion the author has of Romney is very clear. After this statement, the author gives another example to reinforce his opinion, by telling us on the same day Romney was endorse by an anti-immigrant, (which he accepted), In South Florida his campaign was running an add opposing bilingual education; however, at...
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...Khalid Al Mansuri Dr. Davidson LING 513 October 16, 2014 Outline I. Topic Gender and Number Agreement in the Oral Production of L1 Arabic Among Bilingual Arab-Americans. II. Thesis Statement This study investigates Arabic heritage speakers’ knowledge of gender and number agreement and concord morphology in two syntactic contexts; subject-verb agreement and noun-adjective agreement. Additionally, how does their dominant language (English) may affect the correct usage of gender and number agreement in the two syntactic contexts. III. Hypothesis There is a negative influence of the dominant language (English) on the mastering gender and number agreement in Arabic among bilingual Arab-Americans. IV. Methodology A. Participants: Ten participants (Bilingual Arab-Americans). B. Data Collection Two tasks: 1. Oral-production task: includes the description of 10 pictures via PowerPoint. The purpose of this task is to produce examples of subject-verb agreement in Arabic as the following: a. human-singular masculine. b. human- singular feminine. c. human- plural masculine. d. human- plural feminine. 2. The second task is: Demonstrate and compare these pictures; each picture has contrastive adjectives, For example, happy/sad. Five pairs-pictures. The purpose of this task is to elicit examples of noun-adjective agreement in Arabic as the following: a. human-singular...
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...www.sciedu.ca/wjel World Journal of English Language Vol . 1, No. 1; April 2011 On Attitudes to Teachers’ Code-switching in EFL Classes Mingfa Yao School of English Language and Culture, Zhejiang International Studies University 140 Wen San Avenue, Hangzhou 310012, China Tel: +86-571-8157-8296 E-mail: mingfayao@163.com Received: February 27, 2011 Abstract Code-switching is commonly viewed with suspicion in EFL classes. The present article is to investigate and show the teachers and students’ attitudes to code-switching (CS) used by teachers in EFL classes in China. A four-section 20-item questionnaire was developed and distributed to the students and teachers. The data from the questionnaire were tabulated, and frequencies and percentages were conducted by SPSS program. The results display that students have the similar opinions with the teachers in most of question items. This consistency suggests that teachers and students have a similar positive attitude to teachers’ code-switching in EFL classroom. However there are some discrepancies in attitudes between the two samples in some question items. These discrepancies suggest that the use of code-switching in EFL classroom should be adapting to the practical teaching. Keywords: Code-switching, Attitude, Investigation, EFL class 1. Introduction In many cases, code-switching is commonly viewed with suspicion in EFL classes. Teachers and researchers in English as a second or foreign language have, on the whole, been concerned...
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...Bullying in Schools 1 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION EXPERIENCES, PERCEPTIONS, AND ATTITUDES OF THIRD GRADERS TOWARDS BULLYING A RESEARCH REPORT RESEARCH ADMIN 5163 BY Jimmy C. Clark. PRAIRIE VIEW, TEXAS 2008 Bullying in Schools 2 Table of Contents Page Abstract……………………………………………………………………………3 Chapter 1. Statement of the Problem Introduction-Background and Content………………………………………….5 Statement of the Problem……………………………………………………...10 Purpose of the Study…………………………………………………………..11 Research Questions…………………………………………………………....11 Null Hypothesis………………………………………………………………..11 Significance of the Problem…………………………………………………....11 Operational Definition………………………………………………………….12 Chapter 2. Review of Literature……………………………………………………12 Chapter 3. Method…………………………………………………………………...20 Identification of the Research……………………………………………………20 Design……………………………………………………………………………20 Target Population………………………………………………………………..21 Sample of Participants…………………………………………………………...22 Sampling of Procedure…………………………………………………………..22 The Instrument…………………………………………………………………...23 Statistical Techniques……………………………………………………………27 Summary of Research Procedure………………………………………………..27 References……………………………………………………………………………28...
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...Australian Education Review Second Languages and Australian Schooling Joseph Lo Bianco with Yvette Slaughter Australian Council for Educational Research First published 2009 by ACER Press Australian Council for Educational Research 19 Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell, Victoria, 3124 Copyright © 2009 Australian Council for Educational Research All rights reserved. Except under the conditions described in the Copyright Act 1968 of Australia and subsequent amendments, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the publishers. Edited by Carolyn Glascodine Cover illustration by ACER Project Publishing Typeset by ACER Project Publishing Printed by BPA Print Group National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Author: Title: ISBN: Series: Notes: Subjects: Lo Bianco, Joseph. Second languages and Australian schooling / Joseph Lo Bianco ; Yvette Slaughter. 9780864318374 (pbk) Australian education review ; 54. Bibliography. Language and languages--Study and teaching--Australia. Language and languages--Study and teaching—Bilingual method. Education, Bilingual--Australia. Other Authors/Contributors: Slaughter, Yvette. Australian Council for Educational Research. Dewey Number: 370.11750994 Visit our website: www.acer.edu.au Acknowledgment The Author and Series Editor wish to acknowledge the contribution...
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...through since they were young. While there are many types of higher education, 4-year universities, technical schools, online schools, there is one school that stands out in terms of quality and service; Gallaudet University. Established in 1864 and named after one of the founders of the school, Gallaudet University is the leading private university specifically designed for deaf and hard of hearing people and is located in Washington D.C. Gallaudet has much to offer such as programs in liberal education and career development, athletics, and an enjoyable campus life. Gallaudet University will build upon its rich history as the world's premier higher education institution serving deaf and hard of hearing people to become the university of first choice for the most qualified, diverse group of deaf and hard of hearing students in the world, as well as hearing students pursuing careers related to deaf and hard of hearing people. Gallaudet will empower its graduates with the knowledge and practical skills vital to achieving personal and professional success in the changing local and global communities in which they live and work. Gallaudet will also strive to become the leading international resource for research, innovation and outreach related to deaf and hard of hearing people. (Vision Statement of Gallaudet University; Gallaudet.edu) Gallaudet is achieving their vision statement by creating a barrier-free, bilingual learning environment in emphasis on American Sign Language. It...
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