Language school

sisters behind. It was really tough adapting to a new environment where the climate and the language were foreign to me. The first year of primary school was one of the hardest for me. Making new friends was not an easy task, I remember while all the children played with each other during the lunch period, I sat quietly and ate my lunch. When it was time for children to go outside to play in the school yard, I used to go to the library. I preferred the library over the playground not because I…

Speech Team as a Subculture At my high school, I was a member of the Speech Team for four years. Our team fits the definition of a subculture because of our unique cultural patterns (SOC 1001 lecture 2). By examining the cultural characteristics, material culture, and non-material culture, the Speech Team at my high school can be thoroughly evaluated as a subculture. The members of Eden Prairie High School’s Speech Team were a part of a subculture by cause of certain shared behaviors that…

Manning, n.d.; Morgan & Slade, 1998, p. 10; Ogilvie, 1994; Oxenburgh, 2015). The Strong and Smart documentary is rich in authentic displays of meaningful incorporation of Indigenous perspective into the whole-school ethos of the Cherbourg School. Within the classrooms of Cherbourg School, Indigenous…

Religion in Public Schools Introduction The argument of whether or not religious activities should be permitted in public schools has been a controversial and polarizing topic among many students, teachers, parents, and government officials. Some conservative people believe that schools should allow religious teachings in the classroom as well as prayer in school activities such as sporting events or major school ceremonies. They believe in encouraging freedom of religion in public schools and…

Imagine a person has just arrived in a new country. The people of the country speak an unfamiliar language, learn a new way, and their culture is completely different than this newcomer is accustomed to. This person is asked to learn the native language and perform tasks according to the culture’s standards. They have no help in this language learning process, and are asked to execute tasks and learn on the same level that other local residents do. This alone seems difficult, but incorporate a…

I completed my field placement observations at Fulton Elementary School located in the Highland Park area in the Pittsburgh Public school district. Students in kindergarten and fourth grade receive Itinerant and pullout instructional services from Mr. Harris. Mr. Harris provides direct services and collaborative-consultative services to help support the individual learning goals and objectives for students in the general education setting (Raver, 2009). As a special education teacher, Mr.…

1. Middle School Teacher (Video 5, Maime): Interacting with an ELL student who is at Emergence (early production) Stage is really hard. The student uses short phrases to express herself, but it seems that she understands more than she speaks. Here the teacher reads a pretty basic level book for the middle school student. While she reads, she explains any crucial word that the student doesn’t understand. She uses her thumb to act out ‘in’ and ‘out’. She knows that the action of her thumb will…

The curriculum offered at Clement Middle School has historical underpinnings from the establishment of common schools in the 19th century. Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Rush believed in free public education to the disadvantaged. Jefferson asserted that a nation cannot expect to be ignorant and free in a civilized world; and that “formal education should not be restricted to particular religious or upper–class groups” (Ornstein & Hunkins, 2013, pp. 58–59). Horace Mann also claimed that,…

to make the community of language move on to a new chapter when he developed a new language and a book to teach everybody how to speak it. Noam Chomsky is regarded as one of the greatest linguist in history because of his contributions regarding transformational grammar. Pei and Chomsky contributed to the language community of the world in many important ways. Mario Pei’s contributions although the greatest where unsuccessful makes him a more important figure in the language community because he…

issues only happened in my school. This is sad because education is the key of success and is the main reason of many people immigrating to this country. I found that the main gap of the Dominican immigrant students is in college attainment “for the foreigners (born in the Dominican Republic), in males, there was (10.9%) and in females, there was (10.8%) college attainment in 2010.” There are many reasons that contribute to this gap, first, we have these students facing a language barrier,…