Language education

diversity. As a society though, the current standards must be up kept and the education that the future is receiving must be continually improved. We can begin by showing them that every single human that sets foot on the ground below is connected to them and each other. This task can be accomplished largely through the use and instruction of language. Although our languages, dialects…

University was outside the ordinary. Howard University had two courses designed to enable students to pass the language exams in order to get into graduate school. Schools may vary on languages taught in school; however, I believe it is important to be fluent in another language other than English. It is important to know more than one language, especially in America. America has many different languages, and currently there are cultural clashes because people often times do not how to react…

research. The main reason why humans existed is through language. It unites us all individuals into one from all the different worldviews. It is the bridge that connects us present from our past and to our future. Through language the future would know and appreciate everything that we live for today. It outlines humanity. It is the way humans grasp for things intellectually (Thomas and Israel, 2010). The key to the heart of the people is language. If we lose the key we lose the people itself.…

Education today focuses on individualized education and learner autonomy. Students are supposed to be responsible for their own learning and should be made aware of their strengths and weaknesses. Intelligence has traditionally been measured by using I.Q. tests but those testsare only measure one type of intelligence. I.Q. tests are not an entirely accurate way to determine who are intelligent and who are not. Therefore the multiple intelligence theory is very important to modern education…

differences in order to find one’s own sense of self. They are surrounded by different languages and cultures every day but yet some young Americans still cannot identify different countries or oceans on a map. Douglas McGray effectively uses statistics, appeals to history, appeals to fear, and irony in his essay “Lost in America” to persuade educators in America to put emphasize on diverse cultures and languages in their learning curriculum. McGray uses many statistics in his essay to validate…

the No Child Left Behind Act came to be, there was what was known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, issued by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The act consisted of the federal government offering more than one billion dollars a year to schools with hopes to aid in their success as well as take care of the students, whether they are advantaged students or disadvantaged students (Education Week, 2015). However, in 2002, this act was reinstated and adapted to what we know today…

When discussing education as it relates to Mexican Americans, educational levels are important to consider as these levels may impact the value of education, the role of education, and educational systems. For example, the systems of education are much different for those who are in kindergarten as opposed to systems of education for those who are in college. According to Altschul Mexican American children tend to have lower academic achievement than others, even other immigrants. This is…

The first pieces I added were first and second language theories, I added this because some of the theorists have impacted my learning. Also, we had just learned the second language theories in class, so when updating it was important to add in a few theorists that had impacted my learning. I had also added in a few learning factors that I have felt contributed to…

Education as Ideology In The Making of Americans, E.D. Hirsch makes the argument that a curriculum based education system works much better than an anti-curriculum based or child-centered approach to education, offering up numerous studies to support his claim such as the increase in math scores on the SAT after elementary schools began to adopt a core curriculum (page 42). Hirsch states that since the beginning in the late eighteenth century, schools have had a duty to make every child…

Carole Edelsky's Making Justice Our Project: Teachers Working toward Critical Whole Language Practice is an elaborate analysis describing the pedagogy of “whole language” teaching. Edlsky gives reasons and examples to explain why the whole language has the power to impact social injustice in lower-income communities. This book is relevant because many educators are working towards finding methods so that no student will be left behind in learning. Edelsky uses multiple examples from other…