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Analyzing Native Language Diversity Preface: The Public Schools of Robeson County is diverse in demographics and populations vary from school to school. The schools are primarily triracial and include White, Black, and American Indian populations. However, we do have a population of Latino families that reside in rural areas where farming is dominant and offer opportunities for employment. For the purpose of this assignment, I will focus on a plan of action related to creating a…

How would you feel if you were an immigrant moving from your home to a whole new place with a whole new language. Immigrants have to learn how to overcome the problems they face in order to get a job, have family, etc. Also, It would be very difficult to be in their situation not knowing a thing someone is saying. If that was you, most likely you would feel uncomfortable and out of the ordinary. Throughout immigrants lives, some of them need to make big decisions such as moving to America. Both…

The strange environment of the United States and high learning pressures made DuanYing Chen suffer a lot, he might want to go back to China. He is an outsider of the US. Chen does not speak English, he does not know anyone. Freud stated that one direction of suffering is from the external world(26). The US culture and environment are so unfamiliar to him. Duanying chen is not enough 18 old when he comes to America. Everything he learns from his parents and is taught t in China may not work in…

The spread of English across the world have resulted in overtaking or replacing of other languages. In order to maintain the usage of these languages, many efforts were implemented. This was evident in Singapore where the overemphasis on English has led to children frequently using English at home thus decreasing the usage of their Mother Tongue languages (MT), such as Mandarin, Malay and Tamil (Bolton & Ng, 2014). Hence, Ministry of Education (MOE) implemented a MT approach, also known as…

The paper evaluates research article that discusses current research of how bilingual advantages in executive function depend on characteristics of the participants and features of the tasks. Compared with monolinguals, bilinguals show superior performance in versions of such tasks as the Simon task, Stroop task, and flanker task. All these tasks require resolving conflict from distracting cues, switching efficiently between types of trials, and maintaining rules in working memory, all…

1. Summarize the main theme of the article/chapter In her article in TESOL Quarterly, 1992; Suzanne M. Griffin attempts to prove that even though reading aloud is considered by some scholars somehow “an old fashion” that does not fit in the modern methods used nowadays for English language learning and acquisition, it has a lot of benefits and merits, especially for elementary levels, that many teachers are still using it in their classrooms. She argues that some specialists in applied…

The English language is complicated, as it originated from Latin, Greek, and Anglo-Saxon roots and let alone the tenses can get rather abstruse. Often times, many can confuse pro-English, having English as the official language within legal processes, with “English-only” where English is the law of the land. Despite having successes without learning English, having English as the official language of the United States would make occupational procedures easier and allow an individual’s language…

In kindergarten, I attended Rose Hill-Magnolia elementary school. I was in Mrs. Houston and Mrs. Hall’s class. I entered school on the first day, walked through the double doors of the school and felt like I was alone. I approached my cluster of classroom cubes. I walked past the little toy kitchen in the lobby. Saw three different classrooms but remembered earlier that week when I went with my mom there that it was on the furthest right with the dog posters. I walk into my class and I see my…

This satirical and fearless new revue takes on Chicago politics and life in the Windy City as we know it. http://www.secondcity.com/shows/chicago/venue/chicago-e-t-c-theater/ WHY: Enjoy some relatable comedy. WHERE: The Second City E.T.C. Theater: 1608 N. Wells St., Chicago WHEN: 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 Gangster Tour of Chicago WHAT: Gather your friends and head downtown to experience the history of the city during this Gangster Tour of Chicago. You and your…

Code-Switching In order to effectively use the home language as a tool in the classroom it is imperative to understand the different language practices. Children growing up bilingual use their linguistic resources in a variety of ways, and one of these many ways is code-switching. Code-switching is the alternate use of two languages. It can occur within the discourse, between sentences or even within sentences (Brisk & Harrington, 2007). One of the most common types of code switching is…