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The main idea of this article by Karaman and Tochon (2010) was the fundamentals of language to gain a more profound comprehension of the feelings that new teachers who participate in international teaching situations gained in the nation of Ecuador. The only person who was the focus of this study was a future Spanish language instructor. Her record of the things she learned and her comments, analysis and recorded discussions represented the information that comprised the study. The methodology was based on word regularity before and while she was involved in the international study. The results she discovered from her recorded experience showed areas where the program’s leaders could have better prepared students for their experiences. One area that she thought could have been better organized was housing. She also concluded that there should have been more organized methods found to help future teachers to gain stronger lessons from the experience that would more fully develop their teaching skills for the future.
Landerholm and Chacko (2013) underscore that it cannot be understated that the twenty-first century has had a great affect
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Such issues as being gainfully employed, income, and receiving government assistance are all affected by language proficiency. The writers pointed out that though immigrants normally have the same rate of employment as adult citizens, they average higher rates of poverty. The writers of this article talked about the significance of local and national appraisals as a good way to help immigrants’ live better by learning of their plight and helping them to raise their standard of living. The article challenged readers of the need of better educational programs in language and reading and writing in the immigrant communities of

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