Swahili language

which too suggests a majority population of Tanzanian decent. Within both countries, more than half of the population is aged between 14 and 60 years, suggesting a large pool of employee candidates are available within either country, from a largely singularly national culture (UNSD, 2016a; UNSD, 2016b). A key cultural boundary for consideration is communication, specifically principal language (Daniels et al., 2015, p. 67). Within Tanzania, principal languages include English and Swahili (Ethnologue, 2016b). Conversely, Mozambique has the principal language of Portuguese, due to its historic Portuguese rule (Ethnologue, 2016a; SOS Children, n.d.). Considering our company uses English as its principal language, we may encounter spoken and written language barriers, which may impede operations, if the company selects Mozambique for operation expansion (Daniels et al., 2015, p. 51). Furthermore, given that people in these two cultures tend to dissimulate their emotions, managers will have to maintain open dialogue in order to gauge their effectiveness, as communications may lack the body language cues often used within our own culture (Daniels et al., 2015, p. 69; Hofstede Centre, n.d.a). In a review of the overarching national cultural factors of Mozambique and Tanzania, there is minor variation in power distance, individualism, masculinity, and uncertainty avoidance (Hofstede Centre, n.d.a; Hofstede Centre, n.d.b). In general, both countries have a relatively high power…

commonplace for people to know more than one language. Being bilingual is an incredible asset in Canada that incredibly increases your job prospects or chance of being hired right out of university. It benefits you in various ways, ranging from knowing the language to help communicate with others, to having a successful and well paying job. Science proves that learning another language also improves your multitasking skills and improves your memory. In New Brunswick, one of the francophone…

Reduplication can probably be regardedas a feature of baby talk throughoutthe world. Not only are there apparent universals in production, but there is strong evidence that infants everywhere have a complementary response bias. Infants generally prefer to listen to infant speech over adult speech regardless of the gender of the voice (e.g., Werker & McLeod, 1989) However, according to Clark (2009) social class may interfere in the way parents talk to their infants: Family size may affect the…

Taylor Professor Hyon Composition I October 12,2016 Why do Languages Die? My first year as a student of KSU, I was told to take the Freshmen Seminar. There were many to choose from politics to culture. However, the one I decided to take was Cultures and Languages. I had always been interested in languages and always wondered why it was one of the most important features to humanity. Around the middle of the semester, me and my classmates were tasked to work in groups to explain the cons and…

There are many pros and cons to the English-only movement, which is why it continues to spark debate among many states. I am against the English-only law, but I believe many changes need to be made to the bilingual education system. I am against the English-only law mainly because it divides our country instead of promoting unity. Many ELL students would feel left out and excluded if the classes were only taught in English. They would have to focus on mastering English and academic content at…

families, linguistic minorities, and also can be the children who take bilingual programs at a very young age. According to the studies in terms of linguistics and psychology, it is believed that it is beneficial of being bilingual children. Section 3 discusses the benefits of being bilingual children. 3.1 illustrates that bilingual children are good language learners; 3.2 demonstrates that bilingual children are more aware of their own culture and the identities of themselves when living other…

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…

States at the age of five and was enrolled in the Bilingual program. Hannah was fluent in Swahili, with a year and a half of the program, it provided her the English skills she needed. Unfortunately, today Hannah cannot read, write nor speak fluent Swahili. The Bilingual program is a program designed for immigrant students who are learning English. There are two main types of bilingual programs; Bilingual Education and English Immersion. Bilingual Education is where students are taught both in…

globalisation and the development of local languages. The objectives of his study include 1. To establish if languages are parasitic. 2. To find out the factors that lead to language extinction.3. To see how globalisation has endangered most languages in the world and Africa in particular. Some of the works used for this deep study include:Mualdhuster (1996),Crystal (2000),Dixon(1997),Brenziger, (1998),Renard (2001).These works he uses content analysis and observation to study the ecology of…

speak two languages. In the passage Aria, by Richard Rodriguez, it focuses on the author’s life in which he came from Mexico, whose family decided to adopt English as their main language. This story has impacted me because my situation when I arrived in America is somewhat similar to that of Rodriguez life. Learning English isn’t easy especially when a person is new to the country. I think it’s better if bilingual education wasn’t taught in English. It could cause miscommunication the individual…