Second Chechen War

comprehensible input, affective, cognitive, and meta-cognitive strategies from the student. We must also validate the student’s culture and support their language for a minimum of 5 years. “An additive bilingual situation is where the addition of a second language and culture is unlikely to replace or displace the first language and culture” (Baker, 2001, pg. 58). Additive bilingual programs purpose is to educate the child…

then I thought That this school will change me completely.Watching the fifth graders walk by me with huge smiles.As I go into the office. Going into lincoln school holding my best Aditi's hand as we walked to be the fifth graders, fourth, third, second, then past the first-grade hallway then we get to the kindergarten hallway I leave aditi’s hand as I go into Mrs.Lamakies Class as Aditi walks into Mrs.teal Daubert's class.I despise that I knew none but then I felt it was time to make friends I…

Although it is true that there are downsides to being a bilingual child, the effect can in fact be made less severe. Bilingual children are more likely to develop a stutter, but a study conducted by Howell, Davis, and Williams suggests that “if a child uses a language other than English in the home, deferring the time when they learn English reduces the chance of starting to stutter and aids the chances of recovery later in childhood.” They added that “school performance was not affected with…

Muhammad Ali, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Whoopi Goldberg, Jim Carrey, and Bella Thorne are all great athletes, inventors, and actors/actress but did you know all of them has/had dyslexia? (“Famous”). Caitlyn Jenner describes dyslexia this way “The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem. It is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem” (“Alternative”). Just because someone has dyslexia doesn’t mean they are different from anyone else it just means…

When I was five years old I taught myself how to read and write in Spanish. Although I live in a Hispanic family I was not aware of how to read and write in Spanish. My mom’s side of the family is from Puerto Rico, and my dad’s side of the family is from Ecuador. I was always spoken to in Spanish by my family except for my mom. We spoke in English, so I never learned how to read or write in Spanish. This is when I taught myself how to. It was the day I taught my self how to interpret…

I’ve grown up as a white girl in New Mexico, a forty-eight percent and majority Hispanic state, complete with a Latina Governor and bilingual state song. A Hispanic heritage is not bound to immigration: many can trace their ancestry back hundreds of years to family ranches or even Conquistadors. Thus, in New Mexico, xenophobia lacks accuracy and more often than not, clout. By observing culture manifesting in the way people live, I’ve found that heritage is passed down through practice, only…

Lior Bar-El Sinai Scholars Essay 4/10/16 The First Roman Jewish War The First Roman Jewish war was a conflict with great ramifications. It resulted in the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and started the transformation from a Judaism centered on temple sacrifices to a Judaism dominated by Rabbis and the interpretations of scripture. Militarily, this conflict was important as it saw diverse militaries fighting with contrasting tactics. The Jewish rebels fought with irregular tactics…

home with parents and other family members, however, English holds power via hegemonic means, and is used in a multiplicity of domains. This paper presents an exploratory qualitative and quantitative study documenting the linguistic methods by which second generation Argentineans maintain the Spanish language and reveals major factors which are successful in Spanish language maintenance in an English-dominant society.…

have almost nothing to do with their parents’ home countries as they both are now a settled American family living in Oakland with two kids, but in other ways they have maintained an understanding and appreciation for where my family comes from. As a Second Generation child, I have been taught the importance of both remembering my cultural background and also succeeding in modern…

While in Spain, I participated in the Tandem program and taught English as a second language. The Tandem program paired volunteers with different native languages to have regular conversations with each other. Outside of the Tandem program, I tutored elementary children to teach them English. Both experiences allowed me to improve…