Intellectual Bilingual-Communication
In “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff, he thinks streets smarts should be considered an intellectual attribute. Also, colleges and universities tend to pay close attention to all the information written in books and do not allow their students to develop those skills that can help them succeed in the future. Graff’s point is that college and school should consider students attributes and talents and not only to see all students’ interests through “academic eyes” such as books and old history. In addition, expressing his appreciation for street smarts, Graff argues that “schools and colleges are missing an opportunity when they do not encourage students to take their nonacademic interests as objects of academic study” (270). Overall, schools should not overlook street smarts or students’ abilities or talents since it will help academically and professionally. If street smarts hold intellectual value, then one can argue that being bilingual or knowing more than two languages is also intellectual because it enhances brain capacity, it increases job opportunities, and it is becoming more beneficial to learn a second language. People live in a society where today more than one or two languages are spoken. …show more content…
Often, it is thought that it would be a waste of time to try to learn another language and that it would be impossible to learn more than one. However, knowing more than one language opens doors to opportunities and one is to advance professionally and personally. In an analysis regarding learning two languages, Kluger comments “it is the knock-on effects--not how the brain looks but how it functions--that argue most for learning additional languages, and it appears that the bilingual brain is simply more efficient” (1). Learning a second language will help to improve cognitive skills, also it lower the risk of getting brain disease as Alzheimer and dementia. In addition, learning another language will strengthen children’s brain function and upgrade their ability to perform in school and society. Overall, Graff suggests that “students would be more prone to take on intellectual identities if we encouraged them to do so at first” (Graff 265). Furthermore, parents choose to educate their children on a second language so that that they can be more prepared for the future. The point is to encourage children to be bilingual or multilingual so they can have more ways to communicate in society. In the United States, studying a second language is becoming more necessary and beneficial for personal and professional purposes. Studying a second language is required by most universities. Also, if a person is bilingual, he or she has a better chance of getting a job since we live in such a global economy. Today parents realize the significant of knowing more than one language; therefore, besides children’s first language, they are also learning their parents’ or family’s hometown language. As Lingxin Yan expresses in her article about children, parents’ primary goal is “keeping connections to their own cultural and language communities, and promoting bilingual skills for better job opportunities for their children” (108). Being bilingual helps a lot of people either in getting a job or being able to study in a good university. Graff express, “the sports world was more compelling than school because it was more intellectual than school” (Graff 267). Just as Graff explains that sports are as useful as school, learning a second language is also useful because it gives us the opportunity to
In “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff, he thinks streets smarts should be considered an intellectual attribute. Also, colleges and universities tend to pay close attention to all the information written in books and do not allow their students to develop those skills that can help them succeed in the future. Graff’s point is that college and school should consider students attributes and talents and not only to see all students’ interests through “academic eyes” such as books and old history. In addition, expressing his appreciation for street smarts, Graff argues that “schools and colleges are missing an opportunity when they do not encourage students to take their nonacademic interests as objects of academic study” (270). Overall, schools should not overlook street smarts or students’ abilities or talents since it will help academically and professionally. If street smarts hold intellectual value, then one can argue that being bilingual or knowing more than two languages is also intellectual because it enhances brain capacity, it increases job opportunities, and it is becoming more beneficial to learn a second language. People live in a society where today more than one or two languages are spoken. …show more content…
Often, it is thought that it would be a waste of time to try to learn another language and that it would be impossible to learn more than one. However, knowing more than one language opens doors to opportunities and one is to advance professionally and personally. In an analysis regarding learning two languages, Kluger comments “it is the knock-on effects--not how the brain looks but how it functions--that argue most for learning additional languages, and it appears that the bilingual brain is simply more efficient” (1). Learning a second language will help to improve cognitive skills, also it lower the risk of getting brain disease as Alzheimer and dementia. In addition, learning another language will strengthen children’s brain function and upgrade their ability to perform in school and society. Overall, Graff suggests that “students would be more prone to take on intellectual identities if we encouraged them to do so at first” (Graff 265). Furthermore, parents choose to educate their children on a second language so that that they can be more prepared for the future. The point is to encourage children to be bilingual or multilingual so they can have more ways to communicate in society. In the United States, studying a second language is becoming more necessary and beneficial for personal and professional purposes. Studying a second language is required by most universities. Also, if a person is bilingual, he or she has a better chance of getting a job since we live in such a global economy. Today parents realize the significant of knowing more than one language; therefore, besides children’s first language, they are also learning their parents’ or family’s hometown language. As Lingxin Yan expresses in her article about children, parents’ primary goal is “keeping connections to their own cultural and language communities, and promoting bilingual skills for better job opportunities for their children” (108). Being bilingual helps a lot of people either in getting a job or being able to study in a good university. Graff express, “the sports world was more compelling than school because it was more intellectual than school” (Graff 267). Just as Graff explains that sports are as useful as school, learning a second language is also useful because it gives us the opportunity to