A Cross-Sectional Survey

I slowly began losing the language I used to speak so much, Spanish. As the years went by in Elementary

In the article, “Aria: The memoir of a bilingual childhood” Richard Rodriquez explains the difficulty to learn English at a young age. He is building up skills that will help him speak fluently to the public. He began to lose the connection with his family from not speaking Spanish when they helped him to develop his English. From the essay, Rodriquez heard so many words in the public that it was a mystery to him. There were syllable words that he began to discover from people talking to him in the public. It shows the potential that he has to make an effort to understand the English from what he hear from another person communication. It brings him to develop the variation what he had learned Spanish to English. It also shows in the essay that he was more challenge to understand his parent accent in English to the public.

I though you made some great points in this week’s discussion post. I definitely agree with you that the CWEQ II survey we completed last week was more about empowerment within the workplace than this week’s survey. Personally, I believe feeling confident within your place of work is a big deal. For employees to feel this way it not only involves a healthy work environment, but so much more. “Improvements in nurses’ practice environments are essential to retain nurses and keep patients safe” (Lake, 2007, p. 104S). As discussed in last weeks required reading article if nurses are given the correct tools they are not only empowered themselves they can also empower their patients. This is huge in the health care field and industry. If nurses are

The difference between Latin American Spanish (LAS) and Peninsular Spanish (PS) is something that is increasingly prominent in the global Hispanic society. These differences lie in the grammatical, lexical and phonological features of the two variations of both the variant and the original form of the language. Latin American Spanish, spoken in countries such as Mexico, Panama, Chile and Honduras all adopted the Spanish language in the late 15th century and have since made Latin American Spanish one of the most widely spoken variations of the Spanish language in the world. The difference of the phonological features between Latin American Spanish and Peninsular Spanish is a prime example, as the sounds of the vowels can differ depending on the form of the language that is being spoken. Throughout the course of this investigation, the main distinctions between the two forms of the language will be discussed in further detail, centring on the grammatical, lexical and phonological features. It is also worth noting that in Spain there are four different “co-official languages within Spain itself, these signifying the four different regions; Basque, Catalan, Galician and Basque . Therefore, it is clear that even within Spain there is a variance in the form of the language.

This research was conducted with the data distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data within ICPSR. The dataset was named “Public Opinion on the Courts in the United States,” which was collected in 2000 by David Rottman, Randall Hansen, Nicole Mott, and Lynn Grimes. The research design was a cross-sectional survey, which was gathered through random telephone interviews. This study will examine the 1,567 participants who participated in the survey.

In order to effectively answer the research questions, a cross-sectional survey design will be utilized to determine if the Green Valley School District’s teacher in-service program effectively impact teacher’s literacy instruction. The cross-sectional survey design will allow the researcher to examine participants’ attitudes, beliefs, practices, and opinions of teachers participating in Green Valley School District’s teacher in-service program (Creswell, 2012). A cross-sectional survey design will allow for inferences to be made about the population, thus enabling the researcher to determine which teacher in-service programs are most beneficial from the perspective of the participants (Creswell, 2012). Additionally, the cross-sectional survey

The 2014 U.S. General Social Survey data was used to analyze and support previous research findings regarding education. The results include strong correlations between one’s education level and one’s spouse’s education level (r² = .390) and between one’s parents’ education (r² = .481). The magnitude, or strength of the association is moderate between one’s level of education and father’s level of education as well as one’s level of education and mother’s level of education. There appears to be a weak correlation in the variables of one’s level of education and number of siblings in one’s family (r² = .078). The survey supports previous research that suggest parents’ level of education is likely to influence your level of education and educationally

Right off the bat, I can tell you that it relates directly to the unit on biological sciences, as well as our developmental psychology unit. We all learned that some memory loss is normal as we age, almost everyone experiences it in some point in their life. That being said, there have been some rare instances where octogenarians, or people in their 80’s, retained better working memories than people in their 20’s (which is often associated as the peak of human mental capacity).

When I was a little girl, I remember the uneasiness that would wash over me when I had to speak Spanish. My flushed cheeks bloomed conspicuously when I had to speak my second language in front of my grandparents since it was their mother tongue. My family constantly picked out the words I mispronounced or misplaced in my sentences. On several occasions, my grandparents would give me an ultimatum: to speak Spanish or not to speak at all.

The objective of this article is to emphasize the role of mutual understanding rather than an isolated pronunciation. The method used is quantitative because they evaluated the speech that the then Mayor of Madrid, Ana Botella, gave to the 2015 International Olympic Committee with some research questions to describe her non-native features in terms of

As a proficient bilingual speaker of Spanish and English, and as South American, I am able to understand my participants’ culture and language background. This mutual understanding and shared sociolinguistic background will be used as tools to develop a strong rapport with the participant children, which is foundational to establish the credibility of this study. In addition, it is necessary for this study to confirm my understanding of the participants’ answers by asking

This paper uses data from the American Community Survey from 2013 to 2015. The data is extracted from IPUMS USA and is the 1% sample of the ACS survey for each year. The American Community Survey is a statistical survey from the US Census Bureau that continually collects information from sample communities and households. The ACS has information of income, citizenship, household and other demographic characteristics needed for the analysis. Specific information of immigrant visa type, port of entry, socio-economic class in country of origin, etc would be more relevant for this paper but unfortunately they are not available in the ACS.

Technology has weakened our mind from memorization. More than a third of the Americans can’t even remember others phone number beside their own. No one cares about remembering the phone number of friends and family. We use our phone to remember all the contact for us. Even I barely even tries to remember the contact on my phone. This is why phone engineer builds phone with a large amount of storage to store your contact. This also relates to remembering the birth date we expect Facebook or Google calendar to remember for us. We tend to forget information because we just think oh I could find the answer later on google or somewhere I store it on my computer/ device. But I think that just makes us a brainless human that can’t remember anything.

There are over 6909 verbal language spoken worldwide not including other methods of non-verbal communication such as sign language. We all use language our daily lives to express feelings, bring across ideas, and to communicate with one another. What makes language so unique is that each one has there own culture, customs, and meaning. Language is so complex that a simple look or gesture can send a faster message then speaking. In a Mexican American household the language of Spanish is important key to a Mexican family. The verbal language and non-verbal communication within a Spanish speaking family is important because it unifies the family and creates a undividable bond.

Abstract: In second language acquisition, age factors has always been the study focus and one of the most controversial issues of linguistics. Based on the Brain Plasticity Theory and the Critical Period Hypothesis, the purpose is to prove such a hypothesis that the younger the leaner who begins to learn an second language,the greater the probability that he or she will achieve a native-like command of it.