German Oral Preparations Mein Name ist Vanessa, ich bin fünfzehn Jahre alter Thema : Familie und Freunde 1. Wie würden Sie Ihre Familie beschreiben? Können Sie Ihre Familie beschreiben? Mein Familie und ich essen immer abendessen zusammen. Wir liebe Witz zumassan 2. Aus wie vielen Mitgliedern besteht Ihre Familie? Wie viele Mitglieder/Personen gibt es in Ihrer Familie? Wer sind die Mitglieder Ihrer Familie? Ist Ihre Familie groß? Kommen Sie aus einer großen Familie? Meine Familie
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Chris Kahl Jordan Benoit English February Name People do not decide their own names, so it does not make sense that it affects who they are. Even so, In The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisnero, of the character’s names have greater meanings than just a name. Several of them have more than one name, like Meme Ortiz, çwhose Spanish name is Juan. This shows where he is from, and many people that live in Esperanza's neighborhood have an American name and a name from their heritage. In The House
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Comparison the cities of Canada and the U.S The article on About.com, “Comparing the City in the United States and Canada” by Ping Zhou discussed the differences between the cities of the U.S and Canada. These two countries are tied together either geographically or economically. Though those cities share almost the same traits with each other, there are still some differences among them when “broke down some of those traits”: Sprawl, Transportation and Ethnic Diversity. The first comparison
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My honors seminar would be called The Different Dialects of the English Language: What We Can Gain From the Way We Speak. This discussion based class would aim to understand how and why different dialects of the english language are formed and what judgements others make based on the dialect a person is speaking. We would begin by talking about why dialects are created and the different dialects we think we have. The discussion would focus on the formation of dialects and then shift to the perception
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her work. When she walks down the street she observes all the different types of English. When she was a child she spoke two different types of English. She spoke proper English and broken English depending on who she was around. When she was in school she had to speak proper English because that is where it felt right. When she is at home she speaks broken English because her mom does not speak very much English. Her mother was sometimes judged when she went out in public and had to speak to
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It seems that since Ifemelu arrived in America, problems seemed to follow her. Ifemelu found it difficult to make money to pay for her share of the rent; every job she applied for, she did not get. She told her woes to Obinze, who then offered to send her money. She responded by saying, “How can you be sending me money from Nigeria? It should be the other way around” (178). Regardless, he still sent the money which I think was the beginning of when she felt like she failed him. Desperate for more
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To teach this paragraph to English Language Learners in this particular classroom may not be an easy task. The main reason for is because a significant number of students are at the Intermediate CELDT. For that reason I will begin with vocabulary instruction. This will help students to have a basic understanding of the content and in the words of Zwier, (2011) “tools for understanding and for communicating meaning in our content areas” (p. 188). Then I will continue with a Read-Aloud. This will
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students and according to the teacher only two are ELL’s students, both females and Hispanics, both were born in the United States. The teacher told me that both students understand and speak English well, but they had problems spelling, writing and reading. The parents of both students do not speak any English and are not able to help them with their studies. The Title I teacher goes to the general classroom twice a week for fifty minutes. The lesson I observed was on how to write the last paragraph
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primary languages, you demonstrate that your students first languages are valued. Teachers can use bilingual books for oral and written language development in English by asking students to talk and write about the books. Students can also use the books to advance development in their first language, or as an asset when they are reading in English. Activities will include interactive materials that make abstract concepts clear and concrete. By using some concrete materials, students can further recognize
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In the article “On Internet Slang, IMHO” by Teddy Wayne is about how internet slang is used along with the link to a news article/newspaper are being used in social media. The newest industry like the Huffington Post write a short sentence or word along with a link or photo are called fragments.People who post links to an article say a word and then the link. The one word is a more important headline that what the article’s headline is when posting on twitter, facebook, or other social networking
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