Second grade

and behavioral and emotional balance as students with learning disabilities” (The Iris Center, n.d., p. 4). This was the case with Sergio. He was showing all the different signs of being disabled because of the way he was tested. It is said that “second language learners often go through a silent period where they process what they hear but do not verbalize a reply,” (The Iris Center, n.d., p. 5) which fit Sergio perfectly. However, not having the individualized instruction in place would…

Affective predictor variables: Attitude/motivation and self-efficacy. Empirical studies in the extant literature have indicated a strong correlation between second language anxiety and two affective factors: attitude/motivation toward learning the target language and self-efficacy (Cubukcu, 2008; Liu, 2012; Mills, Pajares, & Herron, 2006; Shams, 2008;). To examine how students’ target language learning attitude and motivation orientation predict their level of language anxiety in the classroom,…

I was born in Somalia, but I was raised in a small village called Mander in Kenya. When I grew up and started going to school, I learned three languages. The first one was my Native Language which is Somali, the second one was Kiswahili which was used as the national language in Kenya, and my third language was English. In schools in Kenya, the community was not paying more attention to the English language so much as they do to Kiswahili language because they wanted to stick with their language…

In today’s internationally connected world, monolingualism is becoming more and more of an anomaly. Business is conducted across countries, cultures, and people while media is often successful in a multitude of languages. Benefits aren’t always so tangible - a study by Kathleen Marcos (1998) showed children who have a higher level of fluency in two or more languages are more flexible thinkers, better communicators, and have more doors to other cultures as well as a greater job pool in their…

The “Affective Filters” refers to the factors that affect the acquisition of second language and it includes motivation, self-confidence, and anxiety. It is believed that learners with high motivation, self-confidence, and low anxiety tend to acquire and perform well in second language. Affective filters do affect the communicative skills of the learners. Learners with high level of anxiety will have poor performance in listening…

There is more to the language that we speak than just words, there are meanings to those words, and sometimes multiple meanings to a single word. While I was not learning English as my second language as a child, English was a very complex language for me to learn, as I was plagued with Dyslexia. My vocabulary was stunted, my written expression suffered, and reading between the lines was and is a very difficult and complex task for me…

For example, schools in Spain offer English as a second language, and schools in Kuwait (government schools) require students to take English as one of their main courses. Most of the students speak Arabic as a first language and learn English in school. On the other hand, those who attend English or American…

recognize the ELL students’ history and embrace their prior knowledge and use it as a resource for future learning. Instruction for these students should include content information while learning the English language so that the student is learning grade level topics simultaneously. The development of effective instruction suited towards each individual ELL student and embracing his/her cultural background and knowledge is crucial for his/her academic…

very beneficial to humans. Nowadays, being bilingual can help with test scores, attentional control, and academic achievement. Learning a second language not only has a positive effect on the way one communicates, but can also increase one’s intellectual abilities. Cognitive boosts are a major benefit of being bilingual. Cognitive boosts not only help a second language, but also the first language and the brain’s abilities. Some of the…

My visit in the 2nd Grade reading class at the Star Point School was a very interesting one. One thing that made an impression on me was the use of a clicker. A clicker was used to keep them in rhythm. Every time the children would say a word or repeat anything back to the teacher, you would hear a sharp click sound. I personally did not like the clicker at all. It seemed similar to training an animal. I think the children could have gotten the rhythm without the clicker. I feel as if the click…