Language proficiency

Taking the English standardized tests tends university students to pay more attention to English. Due to the fact that the purpose of the English standardized tests is an evaluation of the students' English language proficiency, consequently, the students certainly are enthusiastic to learn English more than usual for passing these English standardized tests. As Orie (2008) said that she took the practice exam of TOEIC and she collected more than 500 points then she wanted to improve her scores…

an official language (Sarah Palin Speak American). This demand, however, is not a new topic. Since this country’s birth, language-based discrimination has existed. For example, during the late 1700s, John Adams, a founding father and second president, tried to establish English as the official language of the United States (Schultz). One of the main arguments for an official language was that it would unify the country as a whole. However, the U.S. has never had an official language and yet it…

The process of learning new information has been researched extensively by cognitive psychologists for years in an effort to discover the most effective methods. One of the key components of being able to learn new information is an individual’s ability to retain information. For this reason, a key focus in developing more effective learning strategy is memory, which is responsible for retaining and accessing information to recall previously learned concepts. The significance of memory has been…

Article Summary The Australian students understudies knowing about education outside dialects. The examines just about education finished by Australian studding the language as other students dialect the contrasted with those different nations in addition to among Australian states, however additionally speculations recommend to study in school also, the obtaining dialect particular recourse to the study of remote dialect. There are many problems shows in the article with respect to dialect…

thing in common- they are learning and enjoying new concepts through a very powerful medium. One of the best ways that art influences people is through enhancing and building their oral language and vocabulary. So how exactly can teachers introduce fine arts into the classrooms to help build and enhance English Language Learners’, or ELLs,…

Disruption of English Learner & Context I decided to report my linguistic case study on a coworker who is learning English. Since I teach at an immersion school with a bilingual elementary program, many of my coworkers are learning English as a second language. I work closely with the second and third grade Spanish teacher and it is my second year working with her. Janet is a female, adult, Columbian native Spanish speaker. She has lived in Georgia near the metro Atlanta area for almost two…

theoretical literature concerning the “two solitudes” assumption in regards to the mediums of instruction dominant in second language teaching and bilingual education programs. He argues that this assumption has minimal research basis. The “two solitudes” assumption is rooted in the direct method, which imitated the way children learn their first language by using the target language as the medium of instruction and avoiding translation. The works of Cook (2001) and Turnbull (2001) are…

freedom, detrimental to the disadvantaged groups and hurting national interests by giving compelling evidences, logical and rational tone and effective counterarguments. Mujica argues that official English policy is responding to the declining proficiency among citizens, addressing the national unity and weigh on the cost of multilingual service by presenting figure-loaded examples and evidence, dramatic tone, relatively effective counterargument. The comparisons on effectiveness of arguments…

Introduction It is no secret that writing, whether professionally or as a pastime, is one of the most daunting tasks that faces not only native English speakers, but also those who use English as a second language (Jimenez, Esmeralda, Mira, Rodriguez, & Stephany, 2013). Not only does this difficulty encapsulate grammar issues, but also provides creativity, one of the rarest abilities innate in most prolific writers. This is a little bit scary, especially considering that much of the information…

that very way of life, and is often viewed in the Latina/o community as xenophobic and nativist. Federal Law in the United States actually stands in opposition to the notion of English-Only laws, refusing to codify English as the official national language, however that does not curb state level social movements advocating in opposition to the marginalized group. Exploring these ideas, it is important to dissect the specific examples of English-Only advocation, as well as the institutional…