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IMPACTS OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY Engineering is basically coming up with solutions to the problems that affect the society. It may also be referred as coming up with creative imaginations and implementing them. Engineering technology has really improved the lives of many in the society. A good example is in the Middle East where tremendous engineering technology has been noted. There been a great increase in the construction sector and this has resulted to rise in employment opportunities not…

Exception of Child Labor Third world countries are the utmost underdeveloped countries in the world; therefore, their citizens are underprivileged and necessitous. Families living in developing countries, such as Madagascar or Afghanistan, have children under the age of fourteen whose societal and living conditions force them to work. Nevertheless, child labor is a subject of controversy. In the twenty-first century, society has deemed child labor unacceptable, an inconvenient decision…

Being able to experience cultural sightings in the U.S is a fascinating experience. For example, places like China Town in New York and El Mercado in Austin is filled with history and artistic views of people’s values. In America, worldwide integration is increasing not only in the business side but in everyday living. Because of the great opportunities in the U.S., shop owners from different ethnicities are able to offer their products. Consumers are offered with various shopping centers owned…

Introduction Prior to the Bilingual Education Acts Prior to the Bilingual Education Act of 1968, the U.S. government had a change in attitude towards bilingualism and bilingual educations. At times, there was this permissive attitude that allowed teaching through the mother tongue acceptable. As long as it was within the jurisdiction of local towns and districts, schools were allowed to teach in the child’s native language. However, there were times in which higher authorities were strongly…

Following a failed attempt in the 1940s to internationalize the world economy and promote social change within the third world through the development project, the world struggled to overcome the development project’s limitations through the globalization project by means of political intervention, which also had disastrous, potentially irreversible, effects. In this paper, I will show the disastrous impacts of globalization and its effects on immigration and migration in first and third world…

Introduction In recent decades there has been attention to how spacing has an effect in first and second language reading, for which the development of eye-tracking technology has allowed a deeper understanding. The importance of these findings are linked to information on how readers process language and its implications to language teaching. Some researchers have explored spacing and word boundaries within writing systems, focusing on its effects on readers’ landing positions and saccades (e.g…

What is the main content of Florida Consent Decree? (1’). Critique the Florida Consent Decree (1’). Find its issue(s) from your perspective as an English as a Second Language (ESOL) teacher/ learner/ parent (1’). The Florida Consent Decree basically is an agreement between the Florida State Board of Education and the coalition of eight groups represented by the Multicultural Education, Training, and Advocacy…

Introduction The ability to communicate in more than one language has become really important, and not only in the professional world. According to UNESCO, learning another language opens up access to other value systems and other ways of interpreting the world, while encouraging intercultural understanding and even contributing to reducing xenophobia. The globalization of the 21st century’s economy, international business mergers and the growth of technology, have contributed to the need to…

Statement of Research Problem The United States has seen an influx of international students over the past decade. The increasing number of students that enter the U.S. education who are not proficient in English has been challenging for educators. In order to alleviate some the stress on the student 's behalf many companies have begun producing software and other various forms of technology to help support these students’ education. These are students that not only have to develop critical…

Discovering the Importance of Literacy As I read the prompt, I struggled to think about a time when literacy became important to me. The word “literacy” to me is just being able to read, write, and speak. As I stared at my blank computer screen, waiting for an idea to come up, I remembered that I have a unique trait about me that other people in my area do not have: I am bilingual, but my first language is Tagalog, not Spanish. Most people believe that Tagalog is the same language as Spanish…