Second Class Citizens Essay

I learned my third language, Spanish, at the age of 23 while living in Venezuela. There were two primary ways I learned vocabulary. I would go to market every Friday morning and help the fruit and vegetable man set up his little vender’s hut. The time of working with him and purchasing 500 pounds of fruits and vegetables was spent learning new vocabulary and how it was applied in a real life event. I also would go to the local university every Wednesday and sit with the college students…

business owners also used this language as their common corporate language. For instance, there is one company in Japan named as “Rakuten” they also used just English in their occupation field whether externally or internally, in Japan highly populated citizen speaks and understand only Japaneses which is a mother tongue of Japan but if we talk about their business fields, so they used “English” for their dealing and other fields as well. Commonly where ever we go in all over the world the most…

In the compound “slaughter/fall” (125) the second element can not only mean “a fall in battle” but also “feast” or “fill.” So there is sometimes doubt about accuracy in translating. In the Finnsburh Episode the Danes are fighting the Frisians, and the poet says: “So they offered terms [of peace]” (1085). The “they” (hig) is indefinete and could refer to either warring party – intentional ambiguity; there is debate among scholars as to the proper referent of “they.” In line 1149 a sea-journey is…

of good behavior). Provide additional support for understanding English ELL students will need additional support to assist them in understanding the instruction provided in English. This support will be helpful, however, to all students in the class. The teacher should provide nonlinguistic examples that help to explain or clarify the content that is presented. Some suggestions are: · bring in objects, photographs, or other materials as examples; · use visual organizers and graphics to…

play it safe with small talk. "This involved the gathering of biographical data, the avoidance of disharmony, and the observation of the other's behaviors" (Helms ¶ 21). They are very cautious and hesitant in their interaction with others. "In the second stage, exploratory affective exchange, the individual begins to relax their guard a bit and share some…

That is why many countries believe it is not important to make learning other languages mandatory for their citizens. It is true that more and more people are learning and speaking English nowadays. In fact, it has become a global language over the past several decades, so being a native speaker of English has advantages. English is now the dominant language of…

When examining Idiocracy as a piece of dystopian fiction it is very important to define the term dystopian. According to google the definition for dystopia is a perfect world often imagined existing in the future. A world that is the by-product of the reaction between ominous social social trends. The impacts of such trends are so deep into the society that it changes the way we as humans evolve ourselves. We have come a long way and to survive in the world as we move forward we not only have to…

who come to this country should be given a timeline to learn this language. The system to help immigrants learn English is already established, there are many adult schools, community programs, and colleges such as Rio Hondo that offer English as a Second Language (ESL) so making it mandatory would only help this situation. Also, when it comes to the workplace, many of the hazards and safety precautions are in English and without knowing the meaning of some of this warning, it cannot only…

dominant discourses” (4). For instance, when monolingual writers and multilingual writers try to apply for work position, the manager definitely picking the multilingual writers, because they can speak several different languages. When one learns a second language, it can open up the writer to new persuasive techniques. Unlike monolingual writers, the multilingual writers somehow can relate to the discourse and can provide a stronger claim to the discourse. Academic discourse requires the…

After the Six Days War ended in 1967, the Israeli began establishing a settlement in Gaza Strip and West Bank. Almost four decades later, an increase terrorist threat to Israel, protecting the interest and security of the Israeli at two fronts was putting many strains on the government’s national security. In 2003, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon officially announced that he was pulling out his people from Gaza Strip and northern West Bank . The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) and national police would…