Multilingual Essay

What is knowledge? In a layman term, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, knowledge is defined as ‘the fact or condition of having acquired a practical understanding or command of, or competence or skill in a particular subject, language, etc through instruction, study or practice skill or expertise acquired in a certain subject through learning’ (Oxford English Dictionary, 2014 Oxford University Press). On the other hand, in the sociology of knowledge, it is defined as the study of the…

people that keeps growing. The police department decided to help this problem by having multilingual employees, multilingual materials such as documents, cultural training that involved police officers to engage in training about the new cultures in Storm Lake, meeting participation which means that the police department attends all meetings in Storm Lake such as town meetings to school meetings, multilingual citizen academy, task force participation about sharing information on their growing…

Dual language in the global village. In T. Fortune and D. Tedick (ed.), Pathways to Multilingualism: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education (pp. 22–45). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. Summary of article #2: The author pointed out three needs of bilingual or multilingual which are the growing of busses and commerce around the world, people traveling form one country to another, and the telecommunication revolution. Then the author describes the models of DLI.…

mid-1990s. Kebab Norwegian was rapidly adopted by the media and by word of mouth, and generally refers to the vernacular, the most relaxed and least conscious way of speaking, Norwegian amongst young people with and without immigrant background in the multilingual urban spaces of Oslo. The term was first coined in 1995, then as a designation of slang from other languages, including Arabic, Spanish, Urdu, and Berber to mention a few, combined with the dominant standard Norwegian dialect. Language…

carry in an election, and have begun to reach out to members of the community. A multilingual ballot is now required by Federal law in districts who have at least 5 percent of the eligible voting population that do not speak English. Creating a multilingual ballot in cities with a large Latino presence is a major step in encouraging voters. However, a major factor against this effort is, many…

students difficult to master their own lessons. However, if they use a language that is more acquainted to them from their previous schools, then they will more likely to understand and appreciate the lessons being taught in school. This is when the Multilingual Education (MLE) comes into play (citation). The purpose of this is that the students are taught in their native language, specifically in the subjects of Math and Science. While the students are learning the concepts in their native…

Being a bilingual speaker myself, and having grown up in a multilingual home, I was particularly interested in this topic. Bilingualism is on the rise, “It has been estimated that more than half the world's population is bilingual, that is lives with two or more languages. Bilingualism is found in all parts of the world, at all levels of society, in all age groups. Even in countries with many monolinguals, the percentage of bilinguals is high.” (Grosjean, Myths about bilingualism). This means…

After attending class and participating in the discussion on multilingualism and multiculturalism, I am more aware of the difficulties multilingual and multicultural students face. The Five Tricks card game we played in class really opened my eyes to what these students experience. During the card game, I became frustrated and agitated with those around me because I thought they did not learn to play the game correctly. It was important for me to play by the rules, because my family and I get…

In “To Build the Tower”, Glissant offers his own take of the myth of the tower of Babel. His goal is to argue that “It is possible to build the Tower-in every language,” (109), which he does so by arguing the importance of regarding other languages. The relationships between languages have BLAH. Glissant explores the history of the relationship of the world’s languages. The idea that you either “Live in seclusion or open up to the other,” (103) was what legitimized language domination in history…

body, growing more confident and comfortable with myself in the process. I learned songs in Swahili, Galic, Japanese, Farsi, and Swedish to name a few, creating in me an interest in language. Because of this, I aspire to become bilingual, or even multilingual. I am currently taking AP Spanish, and I hope to learn German or…