Language Essay

Language development starts off with phonemes, the smallest distinctive sound unit in language. According to the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, phonemic awareness helps kids focus on phonemes in words. Some approaches to help kids include analogy phonics, analytic phonics, phonics through spelling, synthetic phonics, and embedded phonics. These approaches are given to a kid based on the way they comprehend phonemes (n.pag). The Dyslexia Reading…

themes, plot points, etc. I would have assisted students with confusing language and started a conversation about interpreting Shakespeare’s works by explaining his play on words and the structuring of his sentences without going into the historical and cultural ramifications. The students will have an understanding of what context the language was used in the novel prior to starting this lesson. 1. How did language evolve from our…

The Norman French language was used by the residents of Normandy. Originally, the Normans were descendants of Vikings and throughout their escapades; they had settled in northern France. William the Conqueror, or other known as Duke of Normandy, had invaded an island of Britain and settled a new acquisition. During the new settlement, the Normans had abandoned their old language and had adopted a dialect of French with Germanic influences; this language is known as Norman French. Throughout…

The professionals in teaching languages have had an academic setting in the field of mother tongue and foreign languages, in their structure or form and at their contextual use. However, given the interinstitutional and international agreements, in itself the globalization, language teachers have been displaced into the backdrop. Now the native speakers (from other disciplines) are certified as a professional instructor of languages. On the one hand, they are supposed to manage the grammar form…

reported that 22% of children less than 5 years of age living in the United States are Hispanic (Facts for Features, 2008). While Spanish is currently a minority-language, the growing Hispanic population indicates that this may change in the years to come. With that in mind, schools across the nation should consider hiring more speech language pathologists (SLPs) and/or providing further bilingual assessment training for their current SLPs. Especially in densely populated cities,…

the University of British Columbia, Michael T. Woodworth and Stephen Porter conducted a well-known study on the language of psychopaths, “A growing set of research suggests that subtle patterns in word choice can reveal underlying cognitive and emotional processes” (Hancock, Woodworth, & Porter, 2013, p.103) Using the Wmatrix linguistic analysis and the Dictionary of Affect and Language, evaluated the speech patterns of convicted murderers. Because most of our word selection occurs…

Should English be the Official Language of the U.S.? Immigrants all across the U.S. face the threat of having their culture destroyed through the languages they speak. By making English the official language of the U.S., immigrants lose culture because they are being surrounded by people who are pushing them to be within the norm that we’re all used to, (Article Myriad, 2016). Doing this is unfair and insensitive to immigrants, excludes them entirely and destroys the diversity that the U.S.…

English Language Listening Skills 1. Telephone – This is an activity that could be used to help students listen carefully to their classmates by listening to a message and passing it on to the classmate next to them. This is a fun way to encourage students to try to listen to the message and pass it on correctly. 2. Audio textbooks- Audio textbooks are helpful to Emergent Bilinguals because they help students follow along by listening to the voice while they are reading. These books provide a…

Wardhaugh terms language as a “communal possession”: an entity that belongs to a certain group of people. However, it can be argued that scripted language is not only a possession but also evidence of the existence of a people and culture: the absence of any written records from the Xia dynasty keeps us from acknowledging it as China’s first historical dynasty. Scripted language disguised as inscriptions on oracle bones or streaked characters in the foreground of modern artwork, carry forward…

and inspire EL students to succeed. EL students are placed into their neighborhood schools. However, the EL student’s parents have the right to request open enrollment to their choice of school. One assessment that the district used is the Home Language Survey (HLS). This assessment is more a survey for the parent or legal guardian to complete. This information will help the school to provide appropriate instruction to the student. The HLS will remain on file in the student’s…