Second Lieutenant

“Oh my gosh! I hate this! I don 't want to do this!” The screaming thought that always came through my mind when my teachers told me to we had a writing assignment. I especially hated it when they would give it a back grade after hard work and stressing it. They all would tell me it had a good potential but that it was not up to their standards. I needed to work on grammar, my wording, and what not. I really hated it. I know it was to make me a better writer but I did not feel like it was…

I’d never thought I’d be interested in pursuing Psychology in University, but it makes sense looking back now. I have always been fond of working with children, and I understand the issues they may face as they reach their teenage years. From the age of twelve, I suffered from depression and self-harm. I struggled with my identity as well as my body image, something many teenagers have troubles with as they mature. I was in a dark period of my life, but since then I have learned to love myself…

this difference of opinion comes from the knowledge that the older generations have, or the fear they have of repeating other situations? Or, could it be the knowledge of past mistakes and the will to do better of the younger generations? I found a second article that shows the overall opinion of a free…

I, along with many others, believe that English should be our national language. Some think that it is racist to believe that, but I am one of the most non-racist people out there. I don 't see how a country trying to get one language has anything against not liking people of other nationalities. I mean they moved into our country to learn knew things and experience the American way. Right? “Our new immigrants must be part of our one America. After all, they 're revitalizing our cities, they 're…

A life of Adventure This morning as I knocked on the door to my fiancés apartment and her roommate Margarita answers the door. I don’t know if it is normal in the Ukraine to let your friends stand out in the cold, but after a few awkward moments she let me in the door. Over the past several weeks I have gotten know Margarita, and though we have extremely different lifestyles, and I have come to admire her adventurous spirit. She has a passion to visit foreign places, she has a thirst for…

9). According to Paradis (as cited in Berk, 2013, p. 396), school-aged children acquiring a second language “generally take five to seven years to attain speaking and writing skills on a par with those of native-speaking agemates”. As a result, these students require personalised and targeted support in order to gain and develop the English language…

labor force but also points out the opportunity cost and rewards of investing in a second language. He also suggests the implementation of foreign language in K-12 and higher education in the U.S after showing the earning gaps between a bilingual/multilingual and monolingual individuals. Stone, Gregory B., and Stephen A. Rubenfeld. "Foreign…

Module Response 6: Effectiveness of Bilingual Education 1. Based on the reading by Baker and Gomez, Freeman & Freeman, and the evidence provided in the research cited, and considering your understanding of how bilingual education works and what makes it most effective in teaching language, content, and literacy skills to English Learners, what specific factors do you believe have made bilingual education programs most effective? Name and discuss a minimum of three factors. What specific factors…

To follow the current affairs, various Thai institutions at a higher education setting are developing their teaching and learning approaches to serve Thai graduates to become ASEAN citizens in order to gain professional qualification in the competitive market. At present, top university authorities in Thailand are energetic and dynamic to get involved in the student development in order to improve the quality of graduates. Moreover, the authorities not only aimed to develop their graduate but…

There are various stylistic devises that perform different functions in the written or spoken texts; however all of them influence readers’ subconsciousness on one or other level, creating colourful images and new views on the particular subject. From this traditional approach to the definition of metaphor we can conclude that metaphor expresses the unfamiliar through the familiar. Metaphors are used in order to create an emotional response in the target audience, to show obvious things from…