Second World

A bilingual student often has a greater advantage over understanding a text. An English and Spanish speaking, reader has a large advantage in understanding Latin American literature and its American translation. Like Water for Chocolate is a popular Latin American novel, known for it use of magical realism and its empowerment of women. As a bilingual reader, I often have the privilege to read a text in its original Spanish version. Many times I also have the privilege to look into both versions…

In the essay “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, it shows how Chinese-Americans are affected with the proper english language than Americans. In this essay, Chinese-Americans are represented as human beings who do not have those same high abilities educationally as Americans do. Chinese-Americans have the chance of not being understood, which is a thing that can affect them in life. To show how Chinese-Americans do not have the same high abilities as Americans, educationally, Amy provides an example of…

There are many program models that facilitate the acquiring of the English Language for English Language Learners. Yet even though there are many of these instructional programs that help out ELLs, it is up to the educators to determine what the best kind of program works for that specific student. Alike different programs, there are also various types of teachers that aid these programs. For example, mainstream teachers or bilingual teachers. Each different type of teacher plays a different…

In “Mother Tongue” Amy Tan discusses the differences in English among different cultural backgrounds. In Tan’s article she focuses on how people are narrow minded towards those of different culture and language backgrounds. She does not criticize nor correct others language. Tan says, “I am not a scholar of English or literature. I cannot give you much more than personal opinions on the English language and its variations in this country or others.” Tan argues that it is not about the whether…

loyalists due to the longstanding historical account of ethnically diverse races creating conflict over religious standpoints. The conflict between Israel and Palestine is better defined as the conflict between Arabs and Jews. In the aftermath of World War II, thousands of Jews were displaced and despite liberation efforts to escape from Nazi Germany, many were scattered around Europe. As a result of this emigration, the influx of Jews poured into Palestine. Contrary to the current situation,…

tests. Specifically, Spanish-speaking students achieved dramatic academic gains in reading and writing, where the district had reduced class size to twenty and implemented phonics reading instruction. Limited-English second graders, taught only in English, scored at the thirty-second percentile…

The essay “Mother Tongue” written by Amy Tan tells readers that she had two different types of languages that she speaks. One is used for the public and the second used at home with her mother. During a large conference she was telling about a book she had written and was using Standard English. Suddenly she remembers that her mother was there and never heard Ms. Tan speak this way. When Ms. Tan was at home with her mother they spoke in the same way and fashion. Many times, in the writer’s…

language. If all of the school systems today throughout the United States had a bilingual education program, then that would give a fair opportunity to each student to succeed academically. Today’s society has become very diverse, schools all over the world now have students who speak a variety of different languages. It has been stated in an article that I read that it takes amount three to five years for people who do not speak English to full be able to acquire the language. English is also…

Bilingualism, the act of being fluent in two languages, plays an essential factor in my life. To me my bilingualism represents my connection to the culture, traditions, and history of my family. A majority of my family and I speak English and Castillo, a dialect of Spanish. My bilingualism and those languages make up an important part of my identity for due to my bilingualism I get a mixture of cultures and traditions that I believe influenced my personality as I grew up. One of the…

better to employers, and will obtain a lot of other beneficial perks. Bilinguals will also help change our society for the better with the change in population. Schools need to start requiring second language classes in order to make their students smarter and help them in the future. Someone who has learned a second language will be more diverse. They would have understood another language and in the process another lifestyle previously unknown to them. This new culture will allow them to go…