Minority language

obstruct Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. The authors introduce language revitalization, types of effective schools and classrooms for Bilingual students, Biliteracy and Multiliteracy, assessment measures for Special Needs and Exceptional Bilingual students, and Deaf people. The authors also address issues surrounding Bilingual Education and Bilingualism through a sociocultural perspective which incorporates…

English as a second language. Pinpointing only students who are learning English as a second language and not also testing subjects that were English dominant and learning a second language appears to be a drawback within this study as to whether the rise in cognitive ability arises from becoming bilingual or the prior cognitive ability is what aids in becoming bilingual (Hakuta et al.,…

Americans have about the many variations within the English language. Not only does Adams use his personal story to show that language discrimination still pledges today's America, but he also gives detailed examples of how frustrating and problematic subjective generalizations undermines the simple fact that the English language is heavily influenced by location and time. In contrast, the article “ Se habla español” by Tanya Barrientos tackles language discrimination between English and Spanish…

When humans are just born, they have been educated about language from the time we entered school. But much of what we learn about language in schools belongs more to a folk model than to an analytic model of language. In learning your native language, it is a way for you to connect with your culture, community and also yourself. In my viewpoint, learning your native langauge is very important so certain languages don’t vanish. When I was reading the article ‘’Vanishing Voices,’’ Russ Rymer was…

The issue of dialect and education and, in particular, what dialect is correct to use in the classroom has generated a debate in schools. “Linguistic research defines a dialect, or language variety, as a variety of a language that is associated with a particular regional or social group.” Contrary to popular belief, dialect is not a lesser or ungrammatical way of speaking. All dialects are logical even though they may vary in pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary (Godley, Sweetland, Wheeler,…

I have always been an advocate for young children learning other languages, especially Spanish, because I feel that they will have more career opportunities since they will be able to communicate better with everyone. From the time that my daughter was in kindergarten through third grade, every child had Spanish as an Encore class. Unfortunately, when Congress felt that children were not getting enough physical activity, this class was cut from schools while adding an extra physical education…

the only language spoken, there are much more. Many researchers are interested in studying bilingualism in kids because they want to know, whether or not, they have difficulties developing in literature or society. Many researchers believe it can hold a child back from developing and others believe it will be beneficial for the child to be bilingual. Does bilingualism affect a child from developing in literature and society? It is believed that a child, who knows more than two languages, has a…

examples, how language varies according to the context in which it is spoken or written. Although English is not the language with the largest numbers of native or ‘first’ language speakers, it has become a lingua franca. A lingua franca can be defined as “a language widely adopted for communication between two speakers whose native languages are different from each other’s and where one or both speakers are using it as a ‘second language’.“ English seems to be one of the main languages…

some American citizens feel about language education. He says that there are some that disapprove of schools trying to protect the languages of minority students. These people believe that English should be the only language, and that education should focus on students gaining English speaking abilities. Subsequently, there would be no preservation of minority languages. It really grinds my gears that there are people who think it is a good idea for minority students to be forced into…

enroll in American schools, according to the article, “Language Barriers: Only the Beginning” (Guthrie). Bilingual education should be implemented in schools in the United States because it allows for a smoother transition into the English language for foreign students when compared to programs that only teach English, it ensures that students will not lose familiarity with their native tongue, and it aids in the destruction of the language barriers that can impair foreign students, all while…