Second Lieutenant

Topic 3- Should English Language Learners Be Placed in a General Classroom or a Special Education Classroom? A third question plaguing schools with English language learners is whether to place the English language learners in a general classroom or a special education classroom. Several schools place them in the special education classroom when they do not have special needs, thus taking the teacher’s attention away from students that have special needs and require the extra help. Likewise,…

Essay 1: Why is Language So Powerful? Most people may think a language is just a tool for communication, but a language is much more like a symbol of power. A language could be used to decide an individual 's personality, knowledge, or even social status. In Amy Tan 's, "Mother Tongue" and James Baldwin 's, "If Black English Isn 't a Language, Then Tell Me What Is" both authors mention the struggle of enunciating, but also how language could unite people . Generally, natives tend to treat…

Much like the virus itself, the geographically specific prevalence as well as perceptions of the Ebola virus within certain societies have evolved between the years 1990 and 2015. The current number of cases as well as social views and beliefs about Ebola are society specific and therefore geographically specific. Economic, cultural and lifestyle differences serve as determinants of these contrasting perceptions of Ebola between 1st and 3rd world countries. The ‘perception–behavior link’…

English goes beyond the four corners of one’s own country. English is the most spoken language around the world. 1 out 5 persons understands it. It is estimated that there is are 380 million native speakers and 300 million that utilize English as a second language and an additional 100 million who use it as a foreign language.” So like she says, many people who talks English have an opportunity to work in anything…

Vanishing voices was the source that inspired this paper. Many languages soon will disappear before people know they exist. Language has a huge impact on culture, it is the basis for communication between the people who make up the culture and traditions. Many small languages have to learn large languages to connect with those in the surrounding world. Aka, a language in Palizi a hamlet in Arunachal Pradesh, is on the endangered language list. Many stories are told throughout generations in Aka…

Multicultural Struggles Being an immigrant or a multicultural race was often a struggle for many people. Sometimes, immigrants were treated very unfairly. Also, it was hard for immigrants to even start a life in America. Immigrants have to go through a lot of steps to be a citizen and start their life over here. Most times, multicultural people face many obstacles such as learning the language, education, and racism. Education, on the other hand, could also be a positive when coming to America.…

daily activities are carried out by the country language such as the selling the food, conducting with people, neighbor and their native language which they communicate with it with their families. Although Helen Keller was five years old, she got her second birth when she was able to understand the language. In addition, her aggressive behavior changed. When I came to US four years ago I spoke only Arabic, I learned some English and I mixed some Arabic words with English especially when I speak…

The classrooms settings and teachers which were interviewed and observed where from public and private school facilities. I had the opportunity to interview Mrs. Missal, and Mrs. Avarado-Neher who both were employed as Resource Teachers at two different Title I Public Elementary school. Mrs. Turnbull, ELL certified, works at a private Christian Pre-school provided insight into Japanese students learning English in Nagoya, Japan. Lastly, Mrs. Edmonds was observed in her tenth grade English…

A good practise while learning a foreign language is the reflection. One has to think critically what are his/her own strengths and weaknesses in order to be able to improve and reach his/her objectives. The aim of this review is precisely this – I will expose the key factors of my English learning, then I will indicate the ways that I find most and less useful to learn a language, next I will list my strong points and my weak spots and finally I will give some ideas to ameliorate my command of…

 What are you going to school for at Northern Illinois University (NIU)? Master of Arts in Teaching plus ELL endorsement  What year are you in school? (freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior) It’s my 5th semester,  Why did you decide to go to school at NIU? I worked as a teacher in Poland for 12 years. When I immigrated to the U.S., it was obvious to me that I needed to start going to school and obtain a teaching certificate in order to be able to get a “normal” job. The Board of…