Multilingual Essay

According to a report on IZA World of Labor, an online publication that prints research materials often used in policy-making in the United States, “Enrollment of limited English proficient students in US public elementary and secondary schools reached 4.4 million in 2011/2012, or 9% of total enrollment, and is growing much faster than enrollment of other students” (Chin). This is the outcome of a massive influx of immigrants from all parts of the world exacerbated by globalization. Naturally,…

that I have always had the same interests. Especially, I consider that learning English is essential for me, because I want to work abroad and travel everywhere. I do not know if I will have a job which will allow me to use many languages, as in a multilingual environment, or if I will have to focus on only one, like translation; but what I know for sure is that in both cases, English will be…

I love that this reading addressed one of the things that came up in another discussion board previously: the fact that we hold students to a grammatical standard without simultaneously teaching what that means. The text says, “Language issues beyond simple ‘grammar’ correction are not addressed extensively even when the assessment of student texts is based at least partly on students’ proficiency in the privileged variety of English… [students are] being held accountable for what is not being…

Unit 8 Assessment Culture and Teamwork Exercise Questions Pre-Meeting Small Talk Video How does the culture of the participants influence meeting start times and approach to small talk? What was the effect on the team atmosphere as a result? (3 marks) Victor notes during his thoughts about the meeting, he was surprised that the amount of time that was spent discussing off-topic subjects at the beginning of the meeting. As a result he felt impatient and was looking at his watch which Rob…

Seafaring Slaves and Their Freedom Slaves have been the cornerstones of western civilization since the middle age. During the gory chapter of the Indo-Atlantic world, there were numerous stories of the seafaring slaves. Despite the uncultured savage background of all of these slaves, some of them played crucial parts in the global trading network at the time. In Chapter 5 of McDonald’s book Pirates, Merchants, Settlers and Slaves, the author Kevin McDonald depicted the accounts of several…

This term paper had the goal to outline Joseph Conrad’s short story “An Outpost of Progress” in terms of a Postcolonial Gothic reading. Within the domain of Postcolonialism, scholars differentiate between literature, whose plot occurs in the height of European colonialism, and works that emphasise the certain effects of colonialisation. However, both types of colonial texts reinforce the crucial exploitation undertaken by Europeans as well as their forcibly imposed civilisation, which causes the…

In a modern world like ours, it has become commonplace for people to know more than one language. Being bilingual is an incredible asset in Canada that incredibly increases your job prospects or chance of being hired right out of university. It benefits you in various ways, ranging from knowing the language to help communicate with others, to having a successful and well paying job. Science proves that learning another language also improves your multitasking skills and improves your memory.…

Silence is an important aspect of the Hindu tradition. Silence is a preparation, a way of knowing oneself, and also of knowing the world, as is revealed in the tapashyaa(s) (meditation) of the muni(s) (sages). In fact, the word ‘muni’ has its origin in the Sanskrit word ‘mauna’, meaning silence, the maintenance of which is believed to inculcate power and knowledge, as opposed to speech that saps all energy. Silence, as a spiritual entity, is common both in the Buddhist philosophy and in the…

young ages. Other countries ensure that diversity is a regular part of their children’s minds. In Saudi Arabia children learn two language while in elementary school and continue that language until high school. It is very common for students to be multilingual in many countries around the…

Although, the Zapotec communities revitalization projects are not as massive as native american efforts to revitalize the language in the United States, efforts are being made in a smaller scale in Oaxaca, Mexico and in California. One of the problems that the Zapotec communities in the United states face is the rationalization of Mexican immigrants as one ethnic group. It becomes complicated to know what specific communities of Zapoteco speakers are coming from because of the racialization…