English-language education

To me, the English language has sometimes felt like a non-topical subject; the ever-present facet of the daily lives of people across the world. In my years before higher education, language did not really have an impact on how I viewed the world, because it felt like a part of standard living; English and Korean at home, English at school. Even with the study of English in Advanced Placement classes, I always felt that the study of English was even sometimes stress-inducing, reading the works…

to Speak English” is Jamila Lyiscott’s powerful spoken word essay given at TEDSalon NY2014. The “tri-tongued orator” explains that speaking three English dialects at home, school, and friends does not make her any less articulate or educated. She gives a voice explaining the complicated history and present-day identity that each language represents. Using emotional and logical tactics, she reminds the audience that the many dialects of English are as valid as the more standardized English used…

ASSIGNMENT 7 Mr. Anastasia In discussions of whether students should have the right to their own language, two controversial issues or questions in the article “Students’ Right to Their Own Language” have been : “What should the schools do about the language habits of students who come from a wide variety of social, economic, and cultural backgrounds?” (20) And “Should the school try to uphold language variety, or to modify it, or to eradicate it?” (20). While for academic writing purposes…

During the 14th Century the English language was mainly spoken by the uneducated lower classes and the language began to see some of the grammatical complexities and inflections gradually disappear. The many genders that were used for nouns had almost entirely vanished. Adjectives that once had as many as eleven different inflections were reduced to just two used for singular and plural. However, in modern English today adjectives will often perform just one. Also pronunciation stresses…

Spoken and written language differs depending on the context they are used. This is because the meaning differs depending on the environment. Thus, the English used in education systems is usually different from that used in family life. Culture has an impact on the language used in the different contexts. For example, students in the same class may have different pronunciation of words due to cultural interferences. The written language and the spoken language also vary within the same context.…

conflict arose in society: should American schools offer bilingual classes for non-English speakers, both English and non-English speakers, or no bilingual education? Bilingual education creates an opportunity for all students to gain a second language, improve their chances in the work field and immerse themselves in a different culture. Some parents want their children to receive the opportunity to learn a second language unlike them. Parents like Tao Ryan didn’t learn Chinese and would like…

Language is the process with which people communicate, encoding and decoding information to connect, understand, and create meaning of one’s environment (DeVito, 2009). Language is never devoid of cultural or social influences and behaviours (Caruso, 1997; Green, 2006; Emmitt, Zbaracki, Komesaroff & Pollock 2010; Gee & Hayes, 2011; NativLang, 2013), it is a “cognitive phenomenon…a set of rules in our mind that tell us how to speak”, (Clark, 1996, as cited in Gee & Hayes, 2011, p.6), and a…

The world of language is both complex and diverse .Language is open to interpretation based on perception of both written and spoken language which is dictated by many variables including; cultural background, social status, environment, age and the context in which communication takes place. The aim is to explore Language and the role it plays within a child’s life from early infancy to young adulthood. Language is vital in a child’s life in ensuring their needs are met, shaping their identity…

the world speak English. This language found at large over all the American continent is now spoken across our planet. Non-native speakers have adopted English as the lingua franca to be able to communicate better with each other to facilitate commercial, cultural, or administrative exchanges just to name a few. Many of the countries today that speak the English language are former British colonies, Canada not being an exception to this. Even though it has two official languages, one being…

The idea that Chicano English has a low social status is not novel to speakers of the dialect. Ms. Guerra, a San Francisco native who speaks Chicano English, says she feels like people take her less seriously, especially because her “vocabulary and grammar is not good to begin with.” Note that Guerra may think that her vocabulary and grammar is “not good” because she compares to to the standard and what she was taught in school, and does not validate the correctness of her own dialect. Rather…