English-language albums

English has been spoken in America as a national language for so long. Every American knows how to speak and even right fluent English. The American English, though slightly differs with the British English. In the recent times, there has been an ongoing debate about whether the country should be multilingual or remain with the monolingual ways of speaking English as the national language. There have been various scholars writing about English as a language. Their viewpoints differ significantly…

our nation has created numerous forms of accents and regional terms to amass what we define as English in America. We all see the way we communicate to be justified even though we aren’t speaking our very own language in the proper form. Some people oppose this and find that if we all speak English within the proper context, we could communicate towards one another to a better extent. In “Why Good English Is Good for You,” John Simon uses anaphora, similes, personification, allusions, and…

nevertheless taught in a mixture of English and Chinese. It is a difficult and painstaking process to adjust in a…

these issues, international students can face even greater challenge adjustment problems that may affect the student’s academic success and wellbeing (Poyrazli and Grahame, 2007). One of the major issues that these international students face is language barrier that surrounds them in a new country (Yakunina et…

came to America to create a better life for their children but unfortunately they could not speak English. They also did not allow me to interact with kids of different races because they were fearful it would corrupt me. By the time I was suppose to start school, I could not speak English, and I was scared to suddenly be thrust in this new environment. I had trouble making friends because of my language barrier and I would distance myself from the other kids. After a few years I started…

My family's heritage is from Mexico. I was never told that I am Hispanic, I was only told that I was Mexican but I was also told to refer myself as an American. I did not even know the term, Hispanic, until I was in the eighth grade, when I saw my mother doing some paper work. I asked her what it meant, she said, "It's like another word for Mexican". I am part of the second generation in my family to be born in America. That means my parents did not teach me Spanish, so I had to learn it…

America is known for having freedom to improve people education. There’s so many things that can help people learn how to read and write. Not many country outside of America have literacy, they can’t learn or improve their reading and writing skills for different reasons. America forces student to go to school which it’s an advantage, but sadly a few disadvantage things can happen. Literacy is the ability to read, write and comprehend, it could be learned in many different ways. Not all…

“Basically they are in the middle between two different worlds and that’s the dilemma. That’s the struggle.” (Martha H. Bigelow; Mogadishu on the Mississippi: Language, Racialized Identity, and Education in a New Land pg. 94). First generation immigrants are torn between multiple cultures, with their parents' views different from the views of the country they are raised in. Through this, first generation immigrants struggle with finding themselves in life and don’t feel as if they belong to…

Language barrier is another reason to considerable for the immigrants. Additional, the language barrier is a common reason and challenge for immigrant, but it also could affect a lot to individual's development in the new country. They might have to face prejudice in different way within the community where they live in. Many immigrants are a source of cheap labor because they don’t have the ability to speak a new language. Beside, others face bully and abuse in their community, especially…

political barriers. Barriers that have not discourage me from achieving my dreams but instead have only amplified my aspirations. To become successful in the United States, one has to be able to speak English as easily as one breathes air. For me, coming from a foreign country, learning this new language was not an easy task. When I first came to the US, I was the lowest ranked student in my class. My teachers struggled to help me because few of them spoke any Spanish. Without any help, I…