Language education

schools and teachers to include a culturally relevant curriculum in the lessons, units, and activities. Hale states (2014), Studies shown and proven native students outperform non-speakers over time (p. 5). The article relates to the Dine (Navajo) language and culture loss through schooling and how it continues to hinder our learning of the core subjects. The pre-service teachers need to change that by aligning their lessons to the Dine standards. According to Hale (2014), “We must see how the…

In my Education for Social Change in the United States (EDU 300) class, we have learned so many things about the roots of some issues our society still facing today. In this class, there had been many answers to the questions I thought couldn’t be answered, because I used to think that things just happen. There are two important lessons that will stay in my mind thanks to this class. The first one is that we, all, in a way or another have privileges and the second one is that there is no justice…

Schools have a tracking system where they are able to categorize where each child stand within his or her education. This can be a low, middle, or high rating. But these ratings can have their negative connotations. If an individual falls under the poor or middle working class, his or her level of education is less vigorous, than those of a high working class. Finn states middle and working class students get left out of expressing creativity and attend…

Cultural Awareness As a future teacher I have learned it is my job and duty as an education to understand, respect and acknowledge every student 's culture. As stated by Gay, “Culture encompasses many things, some of which are more important for teachers to know than others because they have direct implications for teaching and learning. Among those are ethics groups’ cultural values, traditions, communication, learning styles, contributions, and relational patterns”(Gay, 2002, p.107). My…

individuals interactions and experiences within a society. He promotes the idea that all learning occurs within a cultural context based upon a framework of exposure to language and culture. Within a classroom there are many identities based upon each students previous experiences with language and culture. The experiences of language and culture in a classroom are as numbered as the students in the classroom. As a result each student brings their own unique Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory…

to be able to tackle language barrier so as to have good communication skills both in and outside the classroom. 3. Need to enhance his oral skills and being able to express his opinions 4. Need to cultivate the art of self-confidence and self-learning skills. 5. Need to increase her reading skills and understanding of language instruction and lessons taught in the classroom. 6. Need to enhance his English language skills (oral and written English) 7. Need to comprehend language teaching and…

asked my father why my grandfather never send any of them to school, my father will tell me that back then, Gambia did not have western education system like it is today. He said Gambia was still under colonial rule and the only western school system in the country was centered in the capital city and not in the villages. Secondly, back in those days western education was not seen as a requirement to hold a chieftaincy position or to be a district leader of once territory. There was no…

There are many good things derived from a college education done well as a well-done college education will help students in all aspects of life. A well-done college education is best described as one that allows the student to become a well-rounded, knowledgeable, individual who will be able to make their way through life in a way that both benefits them and those around them. The benefits derived from such an education are that it allows the student to become a better informed and more…

funding away from teaching as well as narrowing the scope of the classes, which hurts the level of education that students are receiving. When a teacher has to devote a time to teaching specific topics that are only on tests they lose the time to teach other subjects. Standardized tests narrow the entire curriculum in many schools, often squeezing out subjects such as music art, foreign languages and social studies. This is an issue because these subjects are very important, just because they…

Cultural difference in Education The way students are taught in the United States is different from how students are taught in Spain. In America students go from classroom to classroom for their classes in Spain students stay in the classrooms and the teachers change classrooms. Spain’s outlook on education and their sports in school are way different from how students in the United States view education today. The school week in Spain is very different from how our school system works in…