Multilingualism

Reaction on Teaching for Transfer: Challenging the Two Solitudes Assumption in Bilingual Education Cummins (2008) discusses the research and 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…

Immigrants who do not speak English as their first language should be required to learn English. Not knowing English creates natural barriers in which information that is not properly interpret can potential cause death of a person. Asking our law enforcement personnel and medical personnel that are on the streets to learn every language that is spoken in this nation is unrealistic. People who come to this country should be given a timeline to learn this language. The system to help…

The power of multilingual writers can convince a reader to have a different view of academic discourse. The alternative discourse helps the writers to recognize the variety of roles in the academic contexts that are limited to monolingual writers. Multilingual writers are given a variety of benefits like job opportunities and self confidence. Nowadays, multilingual speakers have a higher chance of getting a job than monolingual speakers. The more languages we speak, the high the chances are to…

It is important to have some information and background about code switching. Code Switching has different types and forms that could occur in. Code switching can happen in the middle, or at the end, or at the beginning of the sentence. When code switching is done in the boundaries of the sentence, it is known as intersentential code switching. This type of code switching could be easily used and observed between two fluent speakers. Intrasentential, another type of code switching, is done in…

Bilingualism is the ability of a person to communicate using more than one language. Bilingualism is also the ability to communicate with more than one language, but with greater skills for one language. It results from learning the language naturally through interaction with people from different cultures. It can also be learned from school. Bilingualism has been common in United States for a period of time. In United States bilingualism is a result of immigration from different parts of the…

1. Describe basic interpersonal communication skills and cognitive academic language proficiency from your own understanding (1’). Interpersonal communication skills are the skills that English Language Learners (ELL’s) demonstrate when they are able to carry out a full conversation in the English language. Cognitive academic language proficiency on the other hand is that same students’ academic work in the English language. Just because a student can hold a conversation in English doesn’t mean…

Introduction: Language can be seen and heard; it can be diverse or standard. With this in mind, discuss the different roles that language can have in a child’s life. Language is an essential part of being human and it is unique to humans alone. Language is not one simple, single thing, it is a complex array of elements. The way we speak language has ‘grammatically correct’ rules , it has shared meaning, it is something that is physically present in the world (written word, speech) and it is…

The following studies explain how multilingual children are exposed to better communicative advantages and cognitive adaptations over monolingual children. The first study, analyzes how infants react to the exposure of different languages and how they can recognize communicative partners related to the language itself. The next study explains how children that are merely exposed to a second language can have similar communicative advantages as bilingual children. Finally, the last study focuses…

Lesson Plan for Learners with Limited English Proficiency and Severe Disabilities Name: ‘’’’ Date: Content/Grade: 6-8 Preparation Length 1 hour State Standard Common Core State Standards Lesson Objectives 1. Teach students new vocabularies about body parts. 2. Teach students how to describe the parts of the human body through making specific connections/linkages between what the students knows and new knowledge Preparations • Gather as Supplies to create a Print rich…

Bilingual Education Is Detrimental to American Society. As America rises to be an extremely multicultural nation, it is inferred that as a nation, educating immigrants in the english language is beneficial, however accustoming to various languages is destructive to the standard tongue used. Bilingual education has been a major aspect in the history of the American education system. However, bilingual education has become a less used term due to the disloyalty it brought over the course of…