English language

capital has propagated a contemporary gravitation towards English as a common global language. As the United States has been the country primarily responsible for the global proliferation of capital as well as home to the largest native English speaking population in the world, it would be a natural assumption to think that English would be mandated as the official language of the country. It is not. Although the supremacy of the English language in the United States remains a prevalent,…

communicate in more than one language has become really important, and not only in the professional world. According to UNESCO, learning another language opens up access to other value systems and other ways of interpreting the world, while encouraging intercultural understanding and even contributing to reducing xenophobia. The globalization of the 21st century’s economy, international business mergers and the growth of technology, have contributed to the need to master a common language to…

about language education. He says that there are some that disapprove of schools trying to protect the languages of minority students. These people believe that English should be the only language, and that education should focus on students gaining English speaking abilities. Subsequently, there would be no preservation of minority languages. It really grinds my gears that there are people who think it is a good idea for minority students to be forced into exclusively learning the English…

I began this revision by making a few small changes. First changing “go on” to “went” so that the past tense I chose to use would remain consistent. This made a bigger difference than I though it would; it makes it seem like there was more of a separation between the speaker and what was going on around her than I though tit would. I then changed “cold” to “small,” which flows much more smoothly into “shy.” “Cold” has a harder, more unforgiving connotation, when I wanted it to come across that…

Language is a very important thing when we talk about one’s personality, about a country, about patriotism, about uniqueness and also about politics as it is exactly the thing that determines changes or new visions about the world that sorrounds us. It can be a way of expression, but it can also be a way of manipulating, if we talk about politics. As we talk about English language, we have to state that during the time it has suffered a lot of changes specific to each period. Modern English…

identify any need for services to those with limited English proficiency (LEP), and develop and implement a system to provide those services so LEP persons can have meaningful access to them.” (Justice, 2000) This executive order only serves as a temporary fix towards helping non-nationals communicate with the Federal government. Government agencies such as the US Census, who collects data on limited…

Once phonological awareness has developed in any language, it transfers to other languages that are learned. Therefore, students who are literate in their native language will not need to develop this skill again in English; they will only need to become familiar with the sounds of English and to learn to discriminate sounds that are different between their native language and English. Phonics can be problematic because ELLs often have difficulty discriminating between similar Phonics can be…

Key Issues in Literacy: English Language Learners’ Deficits in Literacy The literacy instruction of English Language Learners (ELLs) has become an increasingly become a debated item in educational practice and policy, in state and local school districts across the country. According to the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Educational Sciences National Center for Education Statistics, in the 2012-2013 school year, there were 4.5 million ELLs in the nation's' public schools, making up…

John Luster’s article Using state assessments for teaching English language learners focuses on the English Language Learners (ELLs) in higher grades such as middle school and high school. In this article Luster talks about how unprepared teachers are to teach those ELL students. Luster states “most studies of ELLs have found that many teachers are underprepared to design and adapt lessons and assignments to make academic content comprehensible to ELLs. Few teachers are prepared…to teach initial…

of the English Language for English Language Learners. Yet even though there are many of these instructional programs that help out ELLs, it is up to the educators to determine what the best kind of program works for that specific student. Alike different programs, there are also various types of teachers that aid these programs. For example, mainstream teachers or bilingual teachers. Each different type of teacher plays a different role in the way they help out students acquire the English…