Second language

Spain will enable me to teach in two languages, which will help me create a learning environment in the United States that values English Language Learners. I am a self-motivated individual who is…

If we have two students with same ages, student A learns two languages and student B just learn English. Student B will use less time to learning the language. Unz said, “”Whereas for decades bilingual education theorists had claimed that it took seven to ten years for a young child to learn English” (Unz 3). He also said, “ everyone now recognized that just…

A cultural experience that his tremendously shaped my life is visiting Honduras. In 2007-2008, my family went down to Honduras to begin constructing a church in the tiny village of Sambo Creek. Since then, my father goes at least once a year and I have been twice, once in 2007-2008 and once in 2014. When I visit I love to spend my time with the children in the village. I teach them stories, how to write, they learn new songs, do crafts, and memorize scriptures. It is such a joy teaching them…

In an English classroom- full of non-native speakers, being the only person along with a Lebanese American girl was dissimilar to a normal English class at high school. While sitting in a cold chair, my hands were sweating and shaking as the teacher instructed us heavy assignments that would overthink my brain out. On the blackish table, pencil scribbling and eraser marks are left on the worksheet. As I grasp to defeat my past middle school/elementary illiteracy, nothing really modify during 12+…

expect the education of multilingual districts, to face the expenses that require highly qualified bilingual teachers? What if your community has several minorities groups, with uniquely different languages? Would each classroom be required to maintain 3 or more professional educators, to fulfill the language barriers that exist? Most communities say yes! For thousands of years, bilingual education has been proficient within numerous countries. With modern day innovation and technology, it is…

Debt Forgiveness for Ending Poverty Many third world countries are in a devastating state of poverty and a very substantial number of those countries and people in those third world countries are in a state of owing immense amounts of debts. Debt forgiveness can either be partial or complete forgiveness and relief of a debt individuals or countries that they owe to either the government or another country at no expense or strings attached, thus giving them a clean slate and a new start. Also,…

Introduction Image yourself in a world where you’re safe, the things you do at work are improving the future, you get time to spend with your family and relax, your bills are manageable, and things like the buses are free. If you thought a moment like this was unlikely, then you are much like the rest of the world. We, as a society, have moved from basic needs based things into a beyond basic needs and then some society. “The idea of consumption is a dominant force in most of the world’s…

When I was in the first grade my father insisted on reviewing my homework with me every night. Now, in the first grade there wasn’t much to do, but he expected me to do well. I can remember rewriting my assignments repeatedly. My father not only demanded that my work be completed, but that it was written in the most legible handwriting he thought I was capable of. To some this may seem harsh, I was only in the first grade for god’s sake, but it was purposeful. It was expressing to me that my…

"A person who arrives at a feast when the cooked meat is being pulled out of the pot does not know what was endured by others to catch and cook it.” An Igbo proverb that summarizes what my paternal side always tell me. Moreover, it is very valuable in my opinion, because it applies to my life. Overall, I came to this world with my parents having to sacrifice such things to give my siblings and me the life that we have now. Yet we don’t really know what’s endured behind their smiles when they…

Julius Caesar, the public figure, was known as a very powerful Roman general and senator. He was greatly known for his military achievements and for conquering many regions. He was admired by the people of Rome, who held him in great regards. They praised and admired him so much that if he stabbed their mothers, they wouldn’t have done anything about it. This shows how Caesar was loved and adorned as a public figure. On the other hand, as a mortal man, Caesar had many physical flaws. He had many…