Teaching English as a foreign language

River had to relocate west of the Mississippi, regardless if the land was foreign to the natives. Oklahoma was then called “Indian Country”. Some Pacific Northwest tribes were taken to Oklahoma, but were like rubber bands, shot back. After warfare because of land, the U.S. signed treaties with the tribes giving them land called Reservations. Next was to get all the people in the U.S. on the same page; meaning same language, culture, beliefs, and leaders. This is known as assimilation. The book…

looking around, seeing you 're the only one whose skin color is not white, you’re the only one with dark curly hair, and you 're the only one who “doesn’t belong.” Upon entering the classroom you hear comments like “It 's a Mexican”, “Do you even speak English?”, “How did you cross the border?” That 's what students like Natalia Martinez, Genesis Garcia, Kendrick Rosado, and I had to deal with when starting a new school. Students have taken it upon themselves to decide where someone is from and…

Being a teenager means making decisions about your life that you don’t yet feel ready for. Choosing Nursing was one of these decisions and I made it after weeks of consideration. I decided on Nursing in late high school which was good because it allowed me to choose A-level subjects that would complement the course. Biology is a necessity as it is the study of living organisms. It has given me an understanding of the basic principles of life. Eg: As a nurse I will have to take patient's blood…

make basic sounds, then words, phrases and sentences. Both go through a silent period while they are listening to and learning language. According to Ipek (2009), L1 learners go through a silent stage when they are trying to make sense of language and L2 learners, who do not comprehend the new language, are listening to, absorbing and trying to make sense of the new language, as well. They also go through a formulaic stage using expressions and utterances memorized in chunks, which Krashen…

I want to become a coach. Coaching is teaching a sport you know a lot about either from experience or studied for a while. I chose this career because I love sports. I watch them when I can. Every Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday I watch football, basketball, tennis, hockey, golf, soccer, etc. It is important to understand the education or training requirements, skills or talents needed, salary and benefits offered, and the duties for a particular career when making this decision. The…

their senses other than hearing. The other type of hearing impairment is hearing loss, which the textbook defines as “less severe than deafness and usually permits the understanding of spoken language with the use of hearing aids” (pg. 373). With a hearing loss, the student can still understand spoken language if they have an aid to assist in their hearing. However, this aid costs money and might be hard or inconvenient for the student to have. Also, prior to the student getting a hearing aid,…

Not only does art and music become hindered when cultural appropriation is shunned, but so does personal expression. For instance, it is a human right in the United States to express oneself freely, whether that expression be of religion, language, or even as simple as hairstyles. In March of 2016, a video taken at San Francisco State University went viral when an African American student confronted a white student with dreadlocks, accusing him of cultural appropriation. The black girl, Bonita…

I spent my childhood in Russia, even though I was born in Finland, where my parents came from Russia for qualified medical help. I have a very interesting family, my grandmother Galina Dymshakova- chemistry professor, author of 160 inventions in the field of agricultural chemistry. In particular, it is the inventor of pesticides that have turned the whole agricultural sector in the world. At the same time, despite the fact that all inventions worth its name, it is not the owner of the patent, as…

political national measures that were put in place to benefit the greater power (Europe). Nations still trade more with overseas countries than with neighboring states. Prior to colonialism there was an emphasis on the empires relying on the taxing of foreign trade to finance government expenditures. There was a huge reliance on gold, but also on the levying of taxes customs…

kept separate, and even siblings rarely interacted, further weakening family ties. The children were strictly told not to speak in their foreign languages even tho its the only one they knew, or to practise any foreign traditions. Residential schools did not receive the same education of the general public, and all of the schools were extremely under funded. Teachings focused primarily on practical skills. Girls were primed for domestic service and taught to do laundry, sew, cook, and clean.…