Assignment : Focus On The Learner

He does not believe as Anzaluda does that you have to create your own language if you cannot identify with more formal forms of acceptance. Although he admits it is heartbreaking to have shared fewer words with his parents because of the language barrier, he thinks his choice in learning and practicing English was necessary. In fact, the more he learned

In the book Inside Out & Back Again, Ha is experiencing changes in her ability to speak English. “My vocabulary grows” (Lai 166). As you learn and practice English you will get the hang of it. Ha is getting there, she is noticing that her vocabulary is growing. In the article Til Gurung Speech, his wife was also having difficulties with speaking English. “After a year of tutoring these things are no longer a big problem”(Gurung). Til Gurung's wife got a tutored on speaking English for a whole year and now she finally understands the rules and the things that didn't make sense at first when she and her family moved to the U.S. Many refugees have to find places to go for people to work with them on such things like speaking English, jobs, housing and many more. Back to the book Inside Out & Back Again, Ha is starting to understand our language. “Miss Sscott points to me then to the letters of the English Alphabet I say Abc and so on” (Lai 156). Practice makes perfect. Ha’s teacher is Miss Sscott and Ha can finally say the alphabet from everything she has learned. Refugee kids often after a while say that their life in the U.S is starting to be back again. Refugees who come to the U.S not knowing how to speak English end up knowing and understanding it through learning, tutoring, and getting help from different

However, she still omitts articles in her speech (e.g: I don’t have boss. / I’m Biologist), and uses “ have” instead of “There is” (e.g.: Have a Science Museum in the city.) , both mistakes are made due to L1 interference. In Portuguese, as in the

Anas has known English for as long as he can remember and was taught British English as a young boy in an English school in Karachi. From the beginning in what would be the American equivalent of preschool, Anas attended a school that used almost exclusively English. Anas remembers all of his books being in English as a child and all of his teachers taught in English. While his speech is easy to perceive as foreign, it is not difficult to understand. When asked if he thinks he has a strong accent, he does not believe his accent is very strong. However he mentions that while working at the UT Dallas Visitor Center, many people ask him to repeat directions. Anas’ accent can hinder his communication, but he reports that usually after repeating his directions they understand.

“Dude, let me tell you right now,” he says as he wipes down the counter in his host family’s basement, “learning English suuucks.” Aziz Ansari (the alias he chose for himself) has been living and attending school in the United States for about four and a half years now, but his journey to slowly learning English began nine years ago. Born in Indonesia and raised in Malaysia, Aziz grew up in a wealthy family, who already had it planned for him that he would eventually make his way to America, whether through immigrating or attending school. His parents prepared him for his move by sending him to international English academy for the majority of his higher education, starting around seventh grade. Along with speaking English, Aziz also speaks French, Indonesian, Malaysian (his first language), and Spanish, but he claims that learning English was his most frustrating to learn.

The learning perspective what is it? This is the study of how exactly a person is effected through what they learn on a daily basis. Through family, their surroundings and behavior. The people who believe this line of thinking are called behaviorists. Many people look at the learning perspective in a suspiciouse manner not believeing or trusting any of the experiments. But there are many contributions and many limitations of the learning perspective.

The introduction, written by Larry Siems, serves to give credibility to Slahi’s story. Siems, a writer and human rights activist, fulfils the role of the well-respected white figure who gives assurance of the writer’s good character to the reader. Siems attests to Slahi’s claim that he is being illegally detained by the United States: “I have, I believe, read everything that has been made public about his case, and I do not understand why he was ever in Guantanamo in the first place” (xxiii). Siems appears to be somewhat of an expert on Slahi’s life story, giving a detailed account of Slahi’s life leading up to and during his detention. Slahi is described as coming from humble beginnings, the ninth child of twelve. He is said to have been very religious, memorizing the Qur’an as a teenager, and very studious, winning a scholarship from the Carl Duisberg Society to study electrical engineering in Germany. According to his brother, Yahdih, Slahi was “supposed to save [his family] financially” (xxiv). Siems praises Slahi for his ability to master a new language under the conditions in Guantanamo, calling it an accomplishment that “stems… from a determination to engage, and to meet his environment on its own terms” (l). The fact that Slahi was able to learn english is incredibly important for

I cultivated many memorable relationships, while gaining a true understanding of Arab culture and their way of life. Studying the colloquial variety of Jordanian Arabic allowed me to connect on a social level and gain valuable experience in marketplace negotiations. I believe that language learning, in all environments, is important for gaining a true understanding of other cultures. I am most proud of my experience abroad because I was able to watch myself grow academically and professionally in a climate very different from my own. I noticed a high improvement in my ability to speak Arabic, which seemed almost impossible to me, considering my first encounter with the language.

According to the witness, Wahidullah could speak every day English, and was able to speak English more than well enough for his occupation as a pilot. As part of his training with the Ministry of Defense and Ariana Airlines, he was taught to speak English. He was also able to read and write English well.

Training for a common society: Language as a Cultural Bridge – the foundation of The Abraham Fund Education for a Shared Society Initiative – attempts to command the instructing of Arabic dialect and society for all Jewish understudies in Israel's government funded schools, while advancing Hebrew dialect and society in Arab schools. As of now achieving more than 25,000 primary school-matured kids crosswise over Israel, The Abraham Fund is helping Jewish and Arab adolescents acknowledge and regard the dialect

As I have expressed in the paragraphs above, being able to work with Arabic texts and fluently communicating in the language is integral to both my academic and professional career. The Middlebury

One of my long-term goals is to become fluent in the Arabic language. Being in an environment where Arabic is the dominant language will help me learn Arabic. Interacting with native speakers on a daily basis will force me to pay attention to what they are saying in Arabic, and it

I suppose, I should start out with my name its Firoz Al-Bosaad I am 20 years of age. A few years ago when I turned 17 years of age my life began to click I was entering my senior year in high school. My dad invited me on a trip which I believed to be “30” day trip… it was not that 30 days turned into one year. We went to many beautiful countries for example, my favorite country was Dubai. During our time there I fell in love with the beauty of the country; when people who go do not speak the language of the country I feel that they have a different experience then those who do. The native language in Dubai is Arabic; my family being Iraqi we speak Arabic so when we went to Dubai it was a different experience than what most Americans would get.

For this lesson the main concept I am trying to teach is the concept of monopolistic competition and the effects it can have on consumers. I decided to do this by focusing on the idea of monopolies in the U.S. Healthcare Insurance industry. My goal is to use maps that demonstrate how states with only a few insurance providers have higher premiums as a result from the lack of competition. When I was researching maps I was looking for maps that had a significant amount of data, yet were simple and easy for my students’ to develop understanding of the concept of monopolies. Ultimately by having my students explore and analyze these two different maps, they will become familiar with the concept of monopolies.

The influence of learners’ first language (L1) plays a significant role in learning a second language (L2). In general, numerous studies have been investigating L1 transfer. In specific, the influence of Arabic, more specifically Saudi Arabic, in learning English has been examined to demonstrate the native language transfer in L2 learning (Binturki, 2008; Grami and Alzughaibi, 2012; among others).