Language proficiency

Flanagan, D. P., & Chaplin, W. F. (2013). English Language Proficiency And Test Performance: An Evaluation Of Bilingual Students With The Woodcock-Johnson Iii Tests Of Cognitive Abilities. Psychol. Schs. Psychology in the Schools, 50(8), 781-797.…

Proposition 227, three language ideologies, dominant language ideology, monoglot language ideology, and standard language ideology are present. Dominant language ideology corresponds to the idea that certain sets of presuppositions about a language might be specific to that certain language from others and are to be above the other languages, mainly used by the people of power (Hauck, Lecture; 11/9/2017). For example, in Proposition 227 it states that, “The English language...is spoken by the…

Phinney et al. considers more subjective aspects of ethnic identity, and treats immigrant language proficiency as one of three factors contributing to it, along with parental cultural maintenance and ethnic peer groups. It finds language to be a significant aspect in ethnic identity in that it is reinforced by cultural maintenance and peer interaction (2001, p. 151). While participants’ relation to language varied with national origin, it played similar roles in narratives of ethnic identity…

Summary Ajit Narayanan describes his work surrounding children with autism. With regard to language, the main issue that children on the spectrum experience is difficulty with abstraction and symbolism. After all, language is an arbitrary representation of reality. Therefore, pictures rather than words have been shown to aid these children with comprehension. In particular, Narayanan (2014) developed a program called Avaz, which essentially converts sequenced pictures into spoken sentences.…

girl when she becomes a slave. Different from some other slaves, Aminata is intelligent. She knows two different languages and baby catching skill. After she ships to North America, she learns how to read and write in English. These skills help her survive through the boat, South Carolina and Nova Scotia. Finally, she is free and back to her homeland. The baby catching skill, language skills and, reading and writing skills that Aminata learns in Bayo and St. Helena in her early age become…

What is knowledge? In a layman term, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, knowledge is defined as ‘the fact or condition of having acquired a practical understanding or command of, or competence or skill in a particular subject, language, etc through instruction, study or practice skill or expertise acquired in a certain subject through learning’ (Oxford English Dictionary, 2014 Oxford University Press). On the other hand, in the sociology of knowledge, it is defined as the study of the…

using previous knowledge and experience to support the learning or new information. It is essential in all classrooms, for all students, but it particularly important for ELL students as they are not only absorbing new academic information but a new language as well. Scaffolding makes input more comprehensible but also serves to decrease the fear or boredom that comes from a student’s limited understanding the classroom. There are three main types of scaffolding: verbal, procedural and…

increased demand for people who were able to translate foreign information, a responsibility given to professional linguists. As defined by Merriam-Webster’s College Dictionary, a linguist is “a specialist in linguistics [which is] the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics” (“Linguist”).…

Language is our primary source of communication. Some people even say that language is what separates us from animals and makes us human. Communication is the method through which we share our ideas and thoughts with others. Although there are thousands of languages in this world, the one of languages which obviously became the universal language, English language. There are several factors that make the English language essential to communication in our current time. The main reason why English…

learned to speak two languages when I was a child my mother did not speak English so she spoke to me in Greek. I talked to her about when I first started to say words and she said my first word, Sirus, which was the name of the next-door neighbors dog was said at the 12 months. According to my mom I was very good at speaking both Greek and English growing up because my father spoke English to me. I was also put into Greek school so I could further my skills in the language and I did this until…