International Mother Language Day

these school focus more on developing students’ communication skills, ability to use English orally rather than grammar knowledge. Students who come to English Conversation School are often looking for improving their school studies, developing international business skills and social skills or preparing for travel. In other cases, Japanese parents usually send their children to these schools to make sure that they can early build up English foundation. In order to satisfy all those demands,…

In his article “What is literacy?”, James Paul Gee maintains that the definition of discourse: “a socially accepted association among the ways of using language, of thinking, and of acting that can be used to identify oneself as a member of a socially meaningful group or ‘social network’”. In the reading, discourse talk into production of goods in a society “dominant discourse” and assent to talk about those groups that have disagreement when using them as “dominant groups”. When people discuss…

Literacy in Languages Literacy is defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “the ability to read and write”. Many of us are blessed to be able to read and write. In Malcolm X’s article he considered being literate, as “In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life.” He explained the critical part of being a literate person, which is to free him self. Being a literate person is an essential skill to have in order to survive in this world. Learning a different language is a…

life and never clearly understand it. Growing up in the church and my grand parents forcing me to go to Sunday school I never fully understood the point of all the different stories that we read about or why we were reading about them. The biblical language made it equally tough because they read to us from the King James version, which is totally different from the convention English of today. As an adult Iunderstand the bible was written from different sources and that it is a guide on how we…

the idea of becoming a mother at the young age of nineteen is a difficult thing to imagine. At this age, you're just beginning your young adult life, funds are sparse, and motherhood is a very big responsibility. The number of orphaned children throughout the world is astounding, the Amazima organization founded by Katie Davis has made great strides in diminishing the number or orphaned, uneducated children. Despite these odds, Katie Davis decided to take on the role of mother through…

middle of the war and if I was not afraid to die, my fiancée supported me because she knew it was my dream and my mother knew she would not be able to stop me. I left all fears behind and I was confident everything would work out. The first obstacle encountered was the language, I could not speak English as much as Hebrew but for all who want to visit Israel, English is the second language of Israel, at least 90% of the people will be able to speak the basics in English, in my team only two…

Zhao Rui Ting , and Tina Zhao are all different name variations for my mother. She was born Guangzhou, a city in China and immigrated to the United States after marriage. Unlike many other immigrants, 婷婷 was lucky enough to be a stay at home mother, yet because of this, she faced many problems that involved finance. Living in a foreign country without an income, 婷婷’s life represents those who are burdened by financial and language barriers. Her birth name “趙瑞婷” is pronounced “ziu seoi ting” in…

Looking down at the shiny knobs of the shower unable to figure out how to work them Jennifer broke down. Thrust into a world with a father and stepmother she didn’t know, in a country whose culture she didn’t understand with a language she couldn’t speak, for the first time that day she truly realized her knew reality and that she wouldn’t see the family she was so close to for years maybe even decades. Back in Haiti her family was placing their hopes of coming to America on her: she knew she…

it. If it has not already been created, coming out with a version that translates the language into something more relevant to our day and time would be wonderful. This would not be a new concept as many other important works have been translated for better comprehension such as the bible. The majority of our generation prefers reading relatable accounts such as the English Standard Version or the New International Version instead of the original King James Version. However, if one did…

produce a substitute of mother’s milk for those children’s who couldn’t accept breast feeding form their mothers. (history of nestle, 2012)Nestle company was the nutrition, health and wellness company in the world. The Nestle Company also become more famous in all countries and become one of the international company that growing faster. Nestle become more growers company day by day. After few days the most confusing and in the long run is the “breast milk substitute infant formula”. Because of…