Second Life

In a modern world like ours, it has become commonplace for people to know more than one language. Being bilingual is an incredible asset in Canada that incredibly increases your job prospects or chance of being hired right out of university. It benefits you in various ways, ranging from knowing the language to help communicate with others, to having a successful and well paying job. Science proves that learning another language also improves your multitasking skills and improves your memory.…

set up his little vender’s hut. The time of working with him and purchasing 500 pounds of fruits and vegetables was spent learning new vocabulary and how it was applied in a real life event. I also would go to the local university every Wednesday and sit with the college students around the snack bar and discuss life in their country. In this setting I learned how to apply my vocabulary within the language context, its grammar and conjugation, and the use of verbs. The fact that I…

Should People Learn Foreign Languages? In today’s world where information flows more freely, globalization is bringing people closer together. It is more important for people to be competent in other languages and form connections with a variety of people internationally to be even more successful. I believe there are many advantages to learning foreign languages. In Estonia it is mandatory to learn English and Russian in school and there is an option to choose a third one voluntarily in high…

When examining Idiocracy as a piece of dystopian fiction it is very important to define the term dystopian. According to google the definition for dystopia is a perfect world often imagined existing in the future. A world that is the by-product of the reaction between ominous social social trends. The impacts of such trends are so deep into the society that it changes the way we as humans evolve ourselves. We have come a long way and to survive in the world as we move forward we not only have to…

who come to this country should be given a timeline to learn this language. The system to help immigrants learn English is already established, there are many adult schools, community programs, and colleges such as Rio Hondo that offer English as a Second Language (ESL) so making it mandatory would only help this situation. Also, when it comes to the workplace, many of the hazards and safety precautions are in English and without knowing the meaning of some of this warning, it cannot only…

dominant discourses” (4). For instance, when monolingual writers and multilingual writers try to apply for work position, the manager definitely picking the multilingual writers, because they can speak several different languages. When one learns a second language, it can open up the writer to new persuasive techniques. Unlike monolingual writers, the multilingual writers somehow can relate to the discourse and can provide a stronger claim to the discourse. Academic discourse requires the…

After the Six Days War ended in 1967, the Israeli began establishing a settlement in Gaza Strip and West Bank. Almost four decades later, an increase terrorist threat to Israel, protecting the interest and security of the Israeli at two fronts was putting many strains on the government’s national security. In 2003, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon officially announced that he was pulling out his people from Gaza Strip and northern West Bank . The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) and national police would…

of the lack of need for the technology. Close ups of the children’s shoes playing in the grass is used in the last scene. This memorable image is placed at the end of the film to leave the audience with nostalgic feelings. Turk uses dull, everyday life scene to allow the viewer to relate to the story. Plain clothes and a black backdrop is used to ensure the viewer focuses on the spoken word and the story rather than ostentatious props. Music plays a key part in the film as no natural sound is…

Coming to a new country and learning a new language sometimes causes individuals to forget the language that they were once so used to speaking. That language is the language spoken at home with family members. In elementary school, the English language is learned and this helps individuals forget that a dissimilar language is spoken at home. Being bilingual can be beneficial, but it can also raise social and emotional issues. In the texts “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan and “Achievement of Desire”…

While the experimental findings used to support the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, such as the foreign language effect or behavioral differences in bilinguals based on the language used tempt us to infer that thought might employ natural language, they only account for the influence language has on concept acquisition. In order to perform reasoning, the brain takes a body-centric approach: define and determine the desirability of an idea as a sum of elementary sensorial input from the body or the…