Dual language

Stated in book titled “Beowulf A dual Language “written by Arthur Howell, one third of the vocabulary compound is words and for the concept of “the sea” in the poem , there are 50 different compound; likewise there are 50 compounds for the concept of “a battle”, and 30 words for “king” “…

Education Kindergarten class at PS 120 and at a Dual Language First grade class at PS 163. Viewing a live classroom provided a novel learning experience from veteran teachers using various methods or strategies of teaching while observing the students’ responses, the classroom environment amalgamated with the interaction of students. On Friday 3/16/18, Ms. Hong’s Kindergarten class had 25 Chinese students concluding an 08:25 morning meeting, whence a language arts lesson commenced. A…

33% Latino, 2% White and 1 % African American. Out of the total number of students in the school, 837 students are ELLs. This school has a Dual Language program, in which instruction is provided in two languages in order to foster the students home language as well as English. We follow a Balanced Language Model (50/50), reflecting that the two languages are evenly balanced. Students received half of their instruction in English and the other half in either Spanish or…

This group focus is to im-prove our dual language component at our school. We believe that we are not meeting our mission “to ensure that students are bilin-gual and biliterate in English and Spanish and prepared for work and higher education and a global, diverse society.” At this point we notice…

Nonfiction language arts unit. In my class 19 out of my 24 students are English Language Learners and 6 have Individualized Educational Plans. My special education students get pulled out services daily, bur my ELL students do not because they are part of a Dual Language program in which they are supposed to get additional support from their Dual Language teacher. I have 4 above grade level students, 15 on grade level, 3 below grade level and 2 severely below grade level. Their language level…

In 1812 railroad technology and steam engine technology collided changing the known world which helped form the world we know today. The Middleton Railway in Leeds, United Kingdom was the first to use a steam powered locomotive to generate revenue and has been in operaton ever since. The creation of the railroad and how it has connected the world has left it never the same again (railserve.com, n.d.). The railroad soon came to America in 1820 and began to immediately impact society. The “golden…

p. 29) . This, however, set up the opportunities for states to disagree. Shortly after, the states got together to create a first of its kind system of government in an attempt to keep each other accountable and named it Federalism. It created a dual federalism system of government where there were very distinct and separate responsibilities between the national and state governments (Bowman & Kearney, 2014, p. 39). After the Great Depression, however, it evolved into a cooperative…

What impact has TM Landry had on me? An impact is the way an outside force influences an individual’s behavior. Everyone has experienced an event that has shaped their beliefs or influenced their actions. These events can vary from a death to moving schools. This was the case with Sean. Sean waited at the bus stop as he replayed the last two weeks. Sean’s dad had recently moved them to a different state for his new job. Since Sean was an introvert, he dreaded the idea of starting over in…

In this book she wrote, “It is possible and desirable to make the actual study of language diversity a part of the curriculum for all students” (Delpit 1998). This idea reflects my experience because Seymour is a dual language school that fosters to both English and Spanish speakers. Therefore this quote is pretty much the philosophy of this school. They believe that if a child speaks two languages that their education should reflect that. When it comes to me helping the students we do not…

The dual coding processing theory was first described by Allan Paivio. According to him, “verbal and visual stimuli are processed separately but simultaneously in working memory” (Paivio and Clark, 1991). Paivio notes that, the visual and verbal processes are…