Second Life

Reflection Paper The lesson plan that I did for the assignment has many of the 12 principles put forth by Rod Ellis in Teaching English as a Second Language. Additionally, the lesson’s objectives are specifically chosen relating to some of the 12 principles. I chose several different teaching methods/approaches for my lesson as students in an actual classroom can benefit from a variety of methods and approaches. Lesson Objectives For my lesson plan, I have three lesson objectives. The first…

the case. The children at this particular school in Salt Lake City, Utah, are able to learn a second way to communicate. This language immersion school teaches the children a second language of either Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, or Portuguese along with the standard curriculum.…

I think we as a country focus on cultural differences and diversity. In many of our schools we have programs designed to help students where English is their second language. The initial program started was called ESL or English As a Second language which teaches English to students based upon their specific needs such as reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and writing. This program however fell short and a new program was established called English Plus which included everything that the…

Washington Times, 21% of Americans speak a foreign language at home. While many of those Americans also speak english, a second language is essential to communication in today’s society. Luckily, I have been blessed with the opportunity to study a foreign language at Pekin High for four years. A foreign language has given me so much more than the opportunity to learn a second language. Taking a foreign language for four years has allowed me to experience cultures that I would’ve never…

want our students to do,’ says Paula Patrick, a foreign language coordinator, ‘It’s no longer a check-off to college admission. It’s a tool for communication’” (“Why Learn”). After the completion of school, students should stand on the threshold of life with confidence and overflowing toolboxes, but if certain tools are overlooked, such as bilingualism, students will continuously find themselves restricted by their education. “It is important that education provides. . . opportunity,” for…

many people speaking the language. Many languages are at risk of becoming extinct because they are not common to learn among people. Many people tend to use second language instead of using primary language. People find second language as more important than their native language because they are surround by the people who speaks the second language. After doing…

There are unlimited challenges for second language acquisition. Generally, it is very important to search for significant and proper way to deliver information in teaching and learning process in order to achieve language acquisition effectively. What is language learning? The similarity of language learning and language acquisition can be determined when a learner gives input and output of the language and try to apply the use of second language in her/his daily life. The continuous of the…

The Cognitive Benefits of Bilingualism It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the views on the cognitive benefits of bilingualism. “One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.” In fact, this is a quote from Frank Smith, one of the most influential psycholinguist who performed outstanding researches in linguistic and cognitive psychology. In brief, cognition is the mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought,…

by Eva Hoffman, who immigrated to Canada from post-war Poland with her family in 1959 and then to the United States. This novel is composed of three parts: “Paradise”, cheerful and happy early years in Portland; “Exile”, struggling and disoriented life in Canada and “The New World” which tells of how she received a scholarship and went through college in America. In this novel, Eva Hoffman imparts us with her most intimate experience about how to successfully survive and, moreover, blend into a…

frequent, the percentage of bilinguals in the global population is getting higher. It is believed that more than one-third of the populations are bilinguals in some countries in Africa and Asia (Wei, 2000). Section 2.2 discusses the distribution and life of bilingual children around the world, and this section also discusses the types of bilingual children. Bilingual children can be from bilingual families, linguistic minorities, and also can be the children who take bilingual programs at a very…