Second Vatican Council

Being completely honest I never had an option on being bilingual. I never had the option of weather or not to absorbing the words of those late night novelas that spilled out of my dimmely brightened living room television, or early morning songs filling the kitchen with Chayanne or Los Tigres del Norte, and I didn’t have a choice on weather I went to Catholic Sunday school where I wrote and recited dozens of prayers by memory. It was never a choice because it was part of me and my culture that…

“The Israeli government is building a series of walls and fences, separating Israel from Palestinians in the west bank. Part of this separation Barrier is being built inside the West Bank, on the Palestinian land” (Budrus). In the movie the Budrus showing how the occupation forces trying to take six Palestinian village in one section to join the rest of land in West Bank. This was the most poignant part from the film because many of Palestinian people trying to live in peace with occupation…

important as the oxygen we breathe every day. Everyone learns differently. Some people struggle to learn, and some do not have the opportunity because their native language is not English. Bilingual education allows students who are learning English as a second language to take classes in their native language while simultaneously learning English. This gives the student better opportunities to learn and excel in school. There are many complaints about how unfair the education system is to…

that all have the same or similar goals. According to the California Department of Education, a bilingual education program is one that includes three characteristics; the continued development of the student’s primary language, acquisition of the second language (which for many language minority students is English) and instruction in the content areas utilizing both languages. These three characteristics Giving all children the same foundation and start in education is extremely important…

Being bilingual i've always had many questions, what language do i think in? what language do i dream in? Did i learn to read in spanish or English first? As far as I know (according to my parents) I learned how to read ,speak and write in Spanish first.Unfortunately, my father was never able to learn how to read but my mother did. My mother and 3 siblings took turns reading to me almost every night. When i started school apparently i took matters into my own hands and learned how to read short…

Bilingualism is an important factor in cognitive development. Children’s knowledge of two language systems results in a more analytical orientation to language. Bilingual kids have two ways to describe the world and have more flexible perception and interpretation. Most education programs for emergent bilinguals are based on the fact that English only should be used. The pullout ESL approach continues to be the program of choice in the U.S. While research shows that it takes 5-7 years for ELLs…

Assessment of English Language Learners The assessment of English Language Learner (ELLs) consists of a variety of practices. Different terms are used when in the evaluation of ELLs in educational settings. Additional terms utilized when conducting assessments of ELLs include bilingual assessment or nondiscriminatory assessment. Although the term bilingual assessment may suggest that the student has mastered both languages and is, in fact, bilingual, in practice the term generally refers to a…

I have never contemplated what my life would be like if my first language was not English. What if it were Spanish, German, Dutch , or even Swahili? Taking into consideration that I am African American, I reside in Alabama, and the school that I attend means that by now I would be bilingual. Something about African American people that are bilingual or speak a different language has always astonished me. Having English as my first and only language always seemed highly boring. Merely because…

English is not their first language to improve their English language skills in both classroom and community. In addition, it is helping students/teachers who are interested in teaching second languages (e.g. Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, etc) to apply and discover methods, materials, and principle used in teaching second language, either in the US or overseas (Gonzaga web). As English Language Learners (ELLs) are the fastest growing population in public schools, they are facing unique challenges…

If anything is to be understood about Richard Rodriguez it is that he is not a minority. He is in fact a son of Mexican immigrants who came into this country and through harsh labor were able to set him up for a good education, what no longer makes him a minority. Education to him is not just the key to escaping poverty, but it is the key to enlightenment and entering the public world through assimilation while escaping the private world that minorities live in. Richard Rodriguez was born into a…