English-based creole languages

limited English proficiency, which is much higher than the median elementary schools in Florida, which is 10% (Kings Trail Elementary School). Lastly, the location of Kings Trail Elementary School is in San Jose, which is characterized as low income, moderately education and mainly young professionals age twenty-five to thirty-four. Spanish was spoken regularly in class; in fact, one of the teachers would give her instructions in English and then again in Spanish, due to the fact that English…

I view myself as being independent and very capable. I know that gender stereotypes can influence how a woman specifically views herself in terms of being successful in what is deemed as masculine roles or leadership positions (Davis et al, 2005). Therefore, I am even more thankful to my family for not pushing those implicit rules into me but for allowing me to grow into a strong person. I have had to fix my worldview because I realized that women or girls in developing countries are not always…

specifically the Gilman Scholarship. I will also take advantage of the fact that Hood College requires students to take a foreign language for 2 semesters, therefore, studying abroad in the summer is a perfect way to meet those requirements while gaining eclectic experiences. Since I am going to continue to and have previously taken Spanish abroad, I will focus on that particular language. I have already been to Alicante, Spain; where, I learned many dialects and types of Spanish spoken abroad.…

Second language question: Bilingual Children Age plays a significant role in learning a new language. It is not easy to learn a new language for adults. There are many difficulties and obstacles facing those who want to learn a new language. Languages differ from each other, the most important way of reading and grammar. Learning a new language like a child at the beginning of learning to speak. According the essay “Literacy: A Lineage”, by Melanie Luken, who was a French and English major at…

How does language affect the way I think? This complex question has become quite popular over the years. It is difficult to measure, for sure, how significantly language impacts the mind given to the amount of different life experiences and interactions that make up part of how a person thinks. Each person we meet, in some way, affects us. Language is the link that shape our interactions and impacts our minds. Language most definitely affects how we think, but we can never be sure to what…

according to the white people. Language of prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes is all around us and people use it to maybe non-intensionally insult someone other race group. James Baldwin states that it’s the way one talks to people or through ones writing you can sense discrimination or an unwelcoming tone, but Brent Staples suggests that it’s through looks and actions. Both would agree with the statement that people stereotype someone through the body language. The way people…

but the order of these definitions should be rearranged to fit this time period. Before going into the uses of the word cool, let me give a small background of it’s actual origins. Cool started of as a Germanic word, but also came into the old English language as col or colian verb. It is also…

Learning English as a second language is very challenging, but not impossible. As it is the way in any type of language, mastering the English language requires frequent reading, talking, and writing. As a freshman student at Tennessee State University, I am taking the English 1010course, and I have been studying and preparing for thecourse very hard to achieve the highestgrade possible in the class. This commitment demandsplenty of time and hard work. It also requires a diligent…

world, monolingualism is becoming more and more of an anomaly. Business is conducted across countries, cultures, and people while media is often successful in a multitude of languages. Benefits aren’t always so tangible - a study by Kathleen Marcos (1998) showed children who have a higher level of fluency in two or more languages are more flexible thinkers, better communicators, and have more doors to other cultures as well as a greater job pool in their futures. She found that bilingualism…

gender. It used to mean “child” or “young person” regardless of the gender. Obviously, our language has changed and now girl is gender specific and sometimes age specific. This evolution can often be refered to as slang. Slang is often derived from old words with new meanings or completely new words with new meanings. Because of its unstructured nature, many linguists believe that slang is “lazy” English. Walt Whitman, the author of Slang in America, uses a variety of rhetoric devices to…