English language

achievement. (Berger, 2014). Erickson states that identity foreclosure is, "when an adolescent adopts parents’ or society’s roles and values wholesale, without questioning or analysis" (Berger, 2014, p.458). My hope is to one day become a high school English teacher, but a part of me has always wondered if that is what I really want to do or if it something that has been chosen for me. As stated previously, I am the oldest in my family and as of now, I have 2 younger siblings and 19 younger…

William Shakespeare is one of the most significant figures in English literature. To an extreme, he is one of the most significant figures in the English language itself. Shakespeare wrote thirty-seven plays in his lifetime. That does not include The Two Noble Kinsmen, which he collaborated on with John Fletcher, and two lost plays nobody will ever see again. His work was revolutionary for the time. It added significant depth to story telling. Shakespeare also pushed the boundaries of what was…

Voyage to Brobdingnag, A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan, A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms”. By the way, the first and last part is extremely important in the whole story, because it should be satirizing on English government and society. Even through part two and three were just not plentiful as first and last parts, but it’s still a main part in the story, just like the transition part on this whole story. In the first trip to Lilliput, I think the war…

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…

I can communicate across both languages very fluently, which means I would get more job opportunities. My mom raised two kids (both who speak English), so she picked up English as well and it allowed her to integrate into the American society where she can interact with others. In the packing shed, her employers really liked her because she was able to communicate in English—of course she had a thick accent, but her English was understandable. Breaking the language barrier was difficult for my…

Language is a tool we use to create the life we desire. Living in the United States means having to speak English. Glenn Davis, in Speaking English Right, says “English speakers in the United States earn more money than non-English speakers.” As in today companies are looking for people with good social security numbers and as we know most Mexicans that weren’t born in the United States don’t have social security numbers. My aunt was born in Mexico in a small town call Ixcatiopan. Coming to…

students in the school. I'm going to focus this journal entirely on the Spanish language and dialectic differences between cultures, as well as the difference between Hispanic and Latinx. Spanish, and how it is spoken, varies greatly from region to region. There are 10 major Spanish dialects in the world. For instance, there are two major dialects in Spain, the first of which is Castilian Spanish, the official language spoken in northern and central Spain; The second is Murcian, which is spoken…

The Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once said, “The limits of my language are the limits of my world.” Language can unlock many doors, but our world can also be limited to what we know about it. This is the cruel reality that many of us face when arriving in a new country, not being able to speak the language. One feels as everything around us has broadened, but our world has shrunken. One feels impotent, unable to communicate with the people that surround us. For this reason,…

John Fouberg UND Graduate School T&L 550 Assessment and Evaluation in ELL Education Dr. Vacek Throughout the readings in this course, one recurrent theme is the need for instructional supports for all students; this is especially salient for English language learners (ELLs). Central to this need to differentiate instruction tailored to each student’s needs is the capacity of instructors to augment instruction. To do so presupposes that teachers are cognizant of discrepancies in student…

the language change. Going through specific study cases this work will identify the factors that causes dialect accommodation phenomenon and the effect that this is having on identities of local communities. Analyze geographical factors and social-psychological implication will give us a clearer picture of the dialect continue change that has been occurring in Britain, and it’s consequences. Dialect leveling is an inevitable consequence of contact between two dialects or a standard language…