Second Life

learners by using the target language for individual satisfaction and development. Therefore, this standard centers on the use of the knowledge of a foreign language in widespread linguistic and social communities covering from school to far ahead life. Learners must take away something from their classroom that will remain with them for their whole lives, support them in their careers and improve their lives in a lot of ways. Knowledge of a foreign language empowers students to develop a full…

ethnicities, our mother tongue is different than the English language. When pronouncing our name in English the accent of our name changes it is no longer our name, When English becomes our second language, our mother tongue stays with us because it is our language from culture. However, when English is our second language it is more likely to become less fluent than our first language. In Manuel Munoz essay, "Leave Your Name at the Border", Munoz mentioned ‘ 'Language is all about manipulation,…

to depict Russian reality in a way that could be understood by foreign readers. Familiar and recognizable concepts should have helped her to do so. However, she came to a conclusion that her attempt was not quite successful. Some parts of Russian life are unfathomable; some words are untranslatable; thus, it takes a lot of time and effort to create a true image of Russia that will not be “touristy”, but at the same time could be appreciated by…

monolinguals (Saunders, 1988, p1). Bilingualism can be attained through two different processes; sequential and simultaneous bilingualism. Sequential bilingualism means the child at first speaks one language and attains the other at a later stage of life for example at school as a subject e.g. French, Spanish or German. Simultaneous bilingualism means two languages are being learned at the same time, thus establishing a single mental representation for both languages. This means that an…

As a kid I grew up around Spanish and English, being bilingual has helped a lot I life in communicating with family, friends and even strangers because being Hispanic most don’t know English or don’t like to speak English. English had become my first language then Spanish because of school. I grew up speaking Spanish at home but it was not fluent at first it was more English with a few Spanish words here and there, today that would be considered Spanglish but it wasn’t even that. When it came to…

ENL: English as a Native Language is traditionally assumed to be a language that is acquired from birth without formal instruction (versus a language that was learned as a second or later language). ENL is also referred to as L1 (first language), mother tongue, or inner circle variety. An issue with the term “native language” or L1 lies in the fact that it is based on the premise of a monolingual society, whereas many societies are multilingual. In multilingual societies, a child may grow up…

Parental Involvement for English Language Learners Parents of English Language Learners have an important role to play; they can contribute significantly to the success of their child - not only academically, but also in all facets of their life. In this essay, I will discuss ways that an ELL parent can influence their child’s academic experience, both positively and negatively. I will also address how the parent, who does not speak English, can have a positive impact on their child’s success.…

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…

Q1. Do you agree with the first two sentences? • Is liberty desirable in itself? Are we really all just Libertarians at heart? The first statement is more correct than the second. The essence of liberty is that Individuals are the ultimate minority in society and should be protected, people have rights to themselves and to the benefits of their labour. According to Thesurus.com antonyms of liberty include denial, prohibition, refusal, imprisonment and incarceration. There is a word for when…

when they are in a place so different to where they emanated from. Many of them do not understand English and that is a challenge that they face. English being your second language causes many troubles such as, finding a job to purchasing your weekly shop. A way in which this quandary could be overcome is by having English as a Second Language (ESL) classes available for immigrants to attend. Johnson (2006: 7) found that puerile immigrants sometimes come unschooled, having been through tough…