...more students that are coming to the United States that cannot speak our native language. Many teachers are struggling in their classrooms to help these students learn what they need to learn while they are in the classroom because of the language barrier. To teach children in a classroom setting, teachers need to be able to communicate with their students. In today’s society, our teachers are still teaching English to all students in the classroom setting. There is a big problem with this because there are many children who do not speak English as their first language. There are many challenges facing teachers and students alike in the world of education. In the classroom, one of the main issues involves the language barrier. As travel becomes easier and more accessible, more and more students are traveling to the United States from foreign countries. Many of these foreign families are placing their children into the educational system and they do not speak English. When clear communication cannot exist, this then leaves teachers and students alike struggling in the classroom. Although the subjects of Language Arts and English are taught in schools, as the student progress in school, the basics of the English language are no longer covered. Many teachers are struggling in their classrooms to help these students learn what they need to learn while they are in the classroom because of the language barrier. To teach children in a classroom setting, teachers need to be able...
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...the AJA Registrars Inc. Time, Language, Culture and Attitude: Barriers to Students’ Academic Achievement HEIDI P. BANUELOS ORCID No. 0000-0001-8169-7732 umheidi.banuelos@gmail.com University of Mindanao Davao City, Philippines ANA HELENA R. LOVITOS ORCID No. 0000-0002-4624-2553 lovitos.phd@gmail.com University of Mindanao Davao City, Philippines ABSTRACT Barriers to students’ academic achievement have gained importance in educational research. The primary goal of this study was to determine the level of barriers to effective family involvement in education and student achievement of the 5 selected public elementary schools. The researcher used descriptive-correlational method using a standardized and validated questionnaire. The respondents of the study were the 86 B’laan parents of 5 public elementary schools of Kiblawan in Davao, Philippines using universal sampling. Employing mean and Pearson r as statistical tools, results showed that the level of barriers to effective family involvement to education and to the level of student achievement were both moderate. Moreover, results indicated that there is a significant relationship between the barriers to effective family involvement to education and student achievement in government primary institutions. Students had the confidence on their parents’ ability to assist them in their studies. However, there is a need to train students to be academically inspired through parental involvement in school activities since some of...
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...and Benefits (Awarding employees monetarily or non for work done) • Industrial Relations (Dealing with employee relations) • 3 Dimensions of IHRM: 1. Broad human resource activities of procurement, allocation and utilization 2. National or country categories involved in international HRM activities o Host Country – Where subsidiary may be located o Home Country – Where HQs may be located o Other Country – Where labour, finance and other inputs are obtained from 3. 3 Categories of employees of an international firm o PCN – Parent Country Nationals (Nationals where HQ is located) o HCN – Host Country Nationals (Nationals where subsidiary/facility is located) o TCN – Third Country Nationals (Nationals where resources are obtained from) Difference between IHRM and HRM Activities • More HR Activities o Activities such as International Taxation, International Relocation and Orientation, Language Translation Services and Host-Government Relations. • Need for Broader Perspective o HR managers working in international environment need to design and administer programs for more than 1 national group of...
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...Foreign studies about Academic Performance And Objectives Louisiana studies show foreign language students outperform their non-language peers on standardized test measures. •Bureau of Accountability (1984) •Eileen Rafferty (1986) •Mic Lang (1990) •Taylor-Ward (2003) The LDE, Bureau of Accountability (1984) conducted a study comparing the attainment rates and scores of 2nd, 3rd & 4th grade foreign language and non-foreign language students in reading, writing and math. It reported the number and percent of students reaching and not reaching a 75% performance standard on the Louisiana Basic Skills Testing Program during the 1983-84 school year. In each instance, FL students significantly outperformed non-foreign language students by 2-6 percentage points. Rafferty (1986) compared the 1985 basic skills Language Arts and Mathematics test scores of 13,200 randomly selected Louisiana 3rd, 4th, & 5th graders who did vs. did not study a foreign language. Both groups were matched for race, sex, and grade level. Significant differences appeared across all grades in Language Arts, with FL students scoring higher than non-foreign language students. By the fifth grade—this advantage was more than doubled in favor of the foreign language group. For math, however, 4th grade foreign language students showed some disadvantages, but by 5th grade, they performed better than the non-foreign language students. Lang (1990) explored the relationship of foreign language in...
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...this particular family because I wanted to really see what it’s like in a family that is unfamiliar with the typical “American” way of life since they have moved from Iran. They moved to America when she was just a year old, so though America is not her parent’s original hometown, it is now hers and will be raised as an American. Sara has very strong and distinct personality and characteristics. On a social level, she is a very friendly child who is always smiling. She is very respectful to not only her parents but to her little sister as well, which carries onto her classroom environment and her parents say that she is the same way with her classmates. She has developed a great sense of confidence in their ability to perform at school and with peers and it shows through activities such as the school talent show or in her music class. She takes piano lessons and also attends a Sunday school weekly for a Persian Society where she takes classes to learn the Persian language and writing. She also loves to play soccer with her classmates during her outdoors recess time. She has reached the middle childhood milestone of her life. A lot is changing for her and other children at her age because they are gaining their sense of who they are. This is the time their personalities and actions are developing. These characteristics would fall under the 2nd, 3rd and 4th domains of the Benchmarks. The second one is Social and Emotional Development, the third one is the Approaches Toward Learning...
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...redefined Ireland’s population profile. According to the 2006 Census approximately 10% of its population was of migrant origin (Darmody, 2011). Cumulative disadvantage constitutes itself in a variety of ways in education, for example, socioeconomic status, language barriers, school segregation, and power dynamics. Socioeconomic status is a major factor affecting children’s educational outcomes. Most immigrants leave their home countries in search of better economic prospects (Achiron, 2012), and once they arrive in the new country, they often settle in communities where there are other immigrants who share their culture. Their children attend school together, and these schools typically have a large share of immigrant students. Resulting from this, these schools usually tend to be more socioeconomically deprived than other schools (Achiron, 2012). This is something that the OECD warns people about, as they have learned that high concentrations of disadvantage in schools can have a strong influence on students’ outcomes in life. For example, it has been argued that these children are often guided toward less promising educational tracks because of their perceived deficiencies, particularly with regard to the proficiency in the language of...
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...Effects on the Social and Cognitive Development of the Alaga. Social Development. The process in which children acquire the behaviours, habits, expectations, skills, and standards that their social group has is called socialization. Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory, which states that “human learning occurs either deliberately or inadvertently by observing the actual behavior of others and the consequences of them” (Bandura, 1999, page 5). The Social Learning Theory states that people learn through watching other people, such as their parents and/or teachers, and copying the behavior that they have seen. In other words, they learn through observing and imitating others. This process is called Observational Learning or, simply, Modeling....
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...with the right skills and training, and provide them with an environment in which they can make a powerful impact (Denisi/Griffin, 2012). Compare and contrast two main differences between domestic and international HRM. One main difference between domestic and international HRM is that staff are transferred to different countries to work various roles within the international company’s foreign operations; these employees are called expatriates, who temporarily work and live in a foreign country. For a human resource department to operate in international HRM, they must participate in a variety of activities, such as international taxation, administrative services for expatriates, and services for language translation (Dowling/Festing/Engle, 2013). The second difference between domestic and international HRM, is that IHRM requires a greater involvement in the personal life of the employees. The HRM are responsible for making sure the expatriate understands all the benefits of the compensation package, including the cost of living, premiums, taxes, etc. In the domestic HRM, the involvement with an employee’s family is narrow and may not spread past providing employee and immediate family health benefits. Another example of proving assistance to a domestic employee may be providing transportation and assistance relocating from one...
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...opinion, Mr. Higgins had been losing his effectiveness as one who was to represent the U.S. parent company because of his extraordinary identification with the Japanese culture. The Weaver Pharmaceutical Company was one of the outstanding concerns in the drug field in the United States. As a result of extensive research it had developed many important drugs and its product lines were constantly improved, giving the company a strong competitive advan¬tage. It also had extensive international operations throughout many parts of the world. Operations in Japan started in the early 1930's, though they were limited to sales activities. The Yamazaki Pharmaceutical House, a major pro¬ducer of drugs and chemicals in Japan, was the franchise distributor for Weaver's products in Japan. Export sales to Japan were resumed in 1948. Due to its product superiority and the inability of major Japanese pharmaceutical houses to compete effectively because of lack of recovery from war damage, the Weaver Company was able to capture a substantial share of the market for its product categories. In order to prepare itself for increasingly keen competition from Japanese producers in the foreseeable future, the company decided to undertake local production of some of the product lines. From its many years of international experi¬ence, the company had learned that it could not hope to establish itself firmly in a foreign coun¬try until it began manufacturing locally. Consequently, in 1953 the company began...
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...To achieve Sterling’s objective of increasing revenue and to capitalize on opportunities in foreign markets, particularly the UK, it is critical to develop a strategy on foreign market entry. While I understand management’s concerns regarding focusing on new product innovation and managing a foreign branch, I am confident that these can be addressed and that revenues can increase. After analyzing various costs, benefits, and firm factors, I recommend that we proceed with a wholly owned subsidiary in the UK, while continuing to research opportunities in other markets (Exhibit 1). A subsidiary would contribute additional profits of over $1.4 million in the first year, while allowing us to maintain our focus on a quality product, customer service and employee satisfaction (Exhibit 2). Additionally, our experience in the US taught us that a lack of involvement in marketing and selling activities could result in lower sales, despite strong market potential. We need to maintain control over techniques used in selling our product to achieve optimal sales results as well as to enforce our strict product specifications. It is also important that we act in a timely fashion, as while the UK is currently the only EEC country where seals are a legal requirement for corporations, it might not be a legal requirement in future. Its currency is also strong at the moment, with £1 = CAN $2.10, an indicator of economic stability and potential growth. While licensing was also considered...
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...Cover Sheet Title The Effectiveness of Parental Involvement for Improving the Academic Performance of Elementary School Children Reviewers Chad Nye, PhD Jamie Schwartz, PhD Herb Turner, PhD Contact reviewer Chad Nye UCF Center for Autism & Related Disabilities 12001 Science Drive, Suite 145 Orlando, FL 32826 Phone : 407-737-2566 FAX : 407-737-2571 email : cnye@mail.ucf.edu 1 1.0 BACKGROUND The role of parents has long been thought to be centrally important to the academic achievement of their children. However, this role had neither been analyzed nor systematically studied using an experimental design until the 1960’s. The evaluation of the Head Start Program in the United States (Coleman, Campbell, Hobson, McPartland, Mod, Weinfeld, & York, 1966) fostered a national focus on outcomes related to parental involvement by suggesting a substantial relationship between parental involvement in their child’s education and their child’s success in academic domains. Subsequent studies have been presented which support the findings from Coleman, et al. (Duff & Adams, 1981; Henderson, 1987; 1988). Even so, other studies have reported either mixed or no significant differences between experimental and control groups when measuring the effect of parental involvement on student achievement (Griffith, 1996; Heller, & Fantuzzo, 1993; Henry, 1974; Keith, Reimers, Ferman, Pottenbaum, & Aubrey ,1986; Ryan, 1964; Searles, Lewis & Morrow, 1982). Some of the discrepancy across studies...
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...Is Greater Parental Involvement at School Always Beneficial Is Greater Parental Involvement at School Always Beneficial? From the beginning of time, parents have been involved in their children’s lives and served as their protector, guide, teacher, and life skills coach. Many different aspects of parenthood will eventually transfer to a classroom setting, where a parent would continue a support role and become more deeply involved in their child’s education. This involvement would change over time and with change would come adjustments that would either assist or hinder a child’s ability to function and reach full academic potential. Early Parental Involvement Before organized schools came into existence, parents were the primary teacher for their children. Their role as educator was essential if the village or community was to grow and prosper. Children served in many capacities, and as soon as they were able to assume grown up responsibilities, they did. These responsibilities were what kept their heritage, culture, and people alive and well enough to pass traditions onto their posterity. If parents had not been involved in their child’s learning, little by little their culture and heritage would have been lost. As the originator of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud’s, emphasis on early childhood experiences would prove an essential step in understanding behavior and the vital role behavior plays in a child’s ability to learn and thrive (Ormond...
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...Assessment Angela Davis Grand Canyon University ESL 523N May 19, 2010 Abstract: This paper is to inform the reader about the procedures that are followed when distinguishing the English Language Learners. There are several steps to be followed when determining ELL students, to be defined as a ELL student the individual must be 3 to 21 years old, enrolled in elementary or secondary school, either not born in the United States or speaking a language other than English, and having difficulty in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding English and not meeting the state’s proficient level of achievement to successfully achieve in English-only classrooms. After reading this excerpt, you will have gained full knowledge of the ELL students. During the procedure of producing an ELL student, there are various steps that are taken. A test must be administered before anyone can be labeled as an ELL student. Also during my research, I found out that it is illegal to put a bilingual/ESOL aide or paraprofessional in charge of a classroom that is not under the supervision of a certified teacher. According to King, Title III of the NCLB Act requires that all teachers in language-instruction educational programs for ELL students be fluent in English and any other language used by that program, including written and oral communication skills. When determining if the student should be classified as an ELL student, the states and the schools are responsible for testing...
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...Content-Based Instruction (CBI) is a significant approach in language education (Brinton, Snow, & Wesche, 1989). CBI is designed to provide second-language learners instruction in content and language. Historically, the word content has changed its meaning in language teaching. Content used to refer to the methods of grammar-translation, audio-lingual methodology and vocabulary or sound patterns in dialog form. Recently, content is interpreted as the use of subject matter as a vehicle for second or foreign language teaching/learning. * | Benefits of content based instruction 1. Learners are exposed to a considerable amount of language through stimulating content. Learners explore interesting content & are engaged in appropriate language-dependant activities. Learning language becomes automatic. 2. CBI supports contextualized learning; learners are taught useful language that is embedded within relevant discourse contexts rather than as isolated language fragments. Hence students make greater connections with the language & what they already know. 3. Complex information is delivered through real life context for the students to grasp well & leads to intrinsic motivation. 4. In CBI information is reiterated by strategically delivering information at right time & situation compelling the students to learn out of passion. 5. Greater flexibility & adaptability in the curriculum can be deployed as per the students interest. Comparison to other...
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...Case John Higgins Leonard Prescott, vice president and general manager of Weaver- Yamazaki Pharmaceutical of Japan, believed that John Higgins, his executive assistant, was losing effectiveness in representing the U.S. parent company because of an extraordinary identification with the Japanese culture. (Japan is shown in Map 2.5.) The parent company, Weaver Pharmaceutical, had extensive international operations and was one of the largest U.S. drug firms. Its competitive position depended heavily on research and development (R&D). As an integral part of its growth strategy, Weaver actively entered the Japan market and subsequently captured a substantial market share. To prepare for increasingly keen competition from Japanese producers, Weaver and Yamazaki established a jointly owned and operated manufacturing subsidiary to produce part of Weaver's product line. Through the combined effort of both parent companies, the subsidiary soon began manufacturing sufficiently broad lines of products to fill the general demands of the Japanese market. Imports from the United States were limited to highly specialized items. The company conducted substantial R&D on its own, coordinated through a joint committee representing both Weaver and Yamazaki to avoid unnecessary duplication of efforts. The subsidiary turned out many new products, some of which were marketed successfully in the United States and elsewhere. Weaver's management considered the Japanese operation...
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