Second language

Multilingual speakers can communicate with others in different languages. "Burning Each of the Candle: Negotiating Dual Identities in Second Language Writing" by Soo Hyon Kim and "Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Setting: Korean 1.5 Generation in Email Writing" by Kang express multilingual speakers’ identities. Kim feels confused because she can use two kinds of languages, and different languages makes her has many identities. Conflicts of different identities cause her complications.…

Language is a big part in our life because it helps us in many ways, such as communicating, and translating to others. Personally knowing two languages has helped me communicate with many people that have come across me. Despite the complication of growing up speaking only one language and transitioning from one to another. Although language can be complicated to learn and also there can be times when a certain language makes one feel uncomfortable but is beneficial, such as me I know English…

For many us who took a foreign language course for a couple of years in middle school and high school, and perhaps even college, might be able to retain a few words or phrases here and there. Most likely the language you were offered was hard to comprehend and difficult to speak, therefore making the language almost impossible to obtain. For those children who grow up learning a foreign language from a young age and did not start learning a second language in secondary school benefit…

Why a Second Language Should Be Required Imagine traveling to a different country and getting to communicate to the land people. Imagine a person applying for a high paying job and getting hired because their brain able to retain and study information. Imagine a person’s brain being so far along compared to others that it delays the onset of diseases. All of these things are factors students will receive when learning a foreign language. Students should be required to learn a foreign language…

time a man insulted me in a store because I did not speak my second language very well last year. First, let me tell you about my background. I was born here in Dallas, but my parents are from Ethiopia. My mother wanted my first language to be English, so I would not struggle in school, but my father had another agenda. Although he also wanted me to learn English first, he was determined to teach me Amharic as well, the national language spoken in Ethiopia. He taught me how to speak, read, and…

learn a new language is part important on the life of everybody, in some country since children start kind garden they start learn new languages in order to open their mind to other cultures and could in the future be better professionals. According to John Archibald and a team of researchers at the university of Calgary conducted a study in 2007 that examined a number of questions relating to second language learning. They found that students who learn other subjects in a foreign language are…

My Second Language I was born in Palestine, a country in the Middle East that only speaks Arabic. I lived there for fourteen years and studied at an Arabic school from first grade to my freshman year of high school. After finishing my sophomore year, my family and I moved to the United States of America. Moving to a new country and trying to get used to its language is hard, but will pay off when it comes to improving a person 's education. I remember my first day in the United States. During…

oft-referenced expert in the field, does not believe that foreign language requirements are worthwhile. His analyses of the General Social Survey, in 'The Numbers Speak: Foreign Language Requirements Are a Waste of Time and Money ', are unflattering. Though he does not deny that there is a significant benefit for some, he finds foreign language education standards something of a novelty as less than one percent of students who receive foreign language instruction go on to become fluent. His…

The linguistic theories of key first language (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition theorists, researchers, and practitioners such as Chomsky, Krashen, Asher, Cummins, Chamot, and O’Malley will be discussed in this essay for the purpose of providing a base of understanding in which an educator can appropriately and adequately apply these theories and facilitate learning for English Language Learning learners in K-12 classrooms. Linguistic Theories & Theorists Several L1 and L2 linguistic…

Being born in Europe and moving to the United States has influence both positively and negatively. The biggest negative is hating reading and writing in English and also the English language as a whole. Technology also, school is becoming more and more digital and technology is becoming more advanced but at the same time the quality of education is decreasing rapidly. But there are positives that outweigh the negatives, such as receiving a high work ethic. I was born in Hamburg, Germany and…