I Am An International Student

In the past, I have supported diverse learners in a variety of ways. To begin, from the first day of school I begin building a positive relationship with students. Students need to know that I can about their academic success and their well being. In addition to building a postivie relationship with students, I also strive to create a positive relationship with parent. Parents are a vital component to student success, everyone is part of the “team” for learning. Last, I set high expectations for my students. I am a firm believer that if you set high expeactations and students know you care about their learning, they will work hard to reach their goal. My learning goal in supporting diverse learners is for students to reach mastery of each knowledge and be able to make application with each skill. I have found that students can reach mastery on a specific skill, yet has difficulty transferring the knowledge into application. In addition, my goal is for students to have a positive learning experience. I want my

What barriers or difficulties have you dealt with in coming to college and/or in your life here at Knox? Have you been able to overcome these difficulties? How so? What difficulties are you currently coping with? I am an international student from India. I spent two years at an international residential school. After graduating from high school, I was exploring my options of going to college in North America and I went on to finalize Knox College. During my freshman year fall term in 2014, I was under the impression that since I have been to an international school in India, I would have a competitive advantage in transitioning to an American institution. However, that was not the case and I was completely out of sorts during my first two terms at Knox. For me, the hardest part to comprehend was letting go of my high school memories and recognizing that I am a college student in America.

In America, there is a predominant growth in multiple ethnicities and cultural backgrounds; leading to the usage of multiple languages in the American culture. There is a growing need for many people to learn and utilize multiple languages within the workplace and within one 's own personal life. The importance of bilingualism and the knowledge of multiple languages is ever increasing, and therefore becoming more important for the younger generations. The push for knowing multiple languages and becoming bilingual has many potential negative and positive effects.

In our world of expanding technology and shrinking geography, people of different cultures have increasing frequency of contact and need for effective communication on a daily basis. Whether through travel, immigration, or international business, having the ability to communicate across many different cultures is an advantage in and of itself. Speaking a different language is an obvious obstacle to intercultural communication, but a greater and more difficult hurdle is to “speak” a different culture. To understand and comprehend and even apply these tiniest

My experience with a bilingual and bicultural upbringing has given me an insatiable curiosity for all languages, cultures, histories, and places. It has also equipped me with the necessary skills to function in diverse environments and easily adapt to new situations. When I think of my future with its many unknowns, there are a few things of which I am certain: I want to study abroad, keep uttering first words in new languages, and become a truly international citizen of the

Australia is a multicultural country and welcomes people from varying nationalities into its communities each and every day. As a result, classrooms all over Australia are changing. No matter what location a teacher is contracted to, there will be some element of a variety of cultures within that environment. Diversity of cultures within individual communities will fluctuate from town to town and state to state as people re-settle and create homes for themselves and forge a new identity and sense of place. As a teacher, it is also important to note, that the experiences of migrant students in your class will vary. Some may assimilate very well; others may encounter more hurdles than others. A teacher’s role in a child’s life should be one which is positive. Supporting a child through their education and ensuring they have appropriate care and compassion in relation to their situation is important. This guide has been put together to help teachers with some background knowledge on educating culturally diverse students and some strategies to help foster compassion and understanding within the classroom.

How does our native language affect we think about the world and our place in it? How is speaking more than one language difficult? Tom Munnecke’s purpose was talking about how learning many languages frustrated him, and how each language frustrated him. Each of these languages he saw as “shells,” and he goes on to talk about each language and its limitations and/or opportunities. The audience for Nothing is Missing are people who are interested in learning one, or more than one, different language. This article could also apply to people who are already bilingual, or already know multiple languages. Munecke would like people who are interested in learning more than one language to know how the first language we speak affects the way we

“One of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time”, Federico Fellini once stated that “A different language is a different vision of life” and I, in my turn tend to say that he was perfectly right. A person who speaks more than one language can experience multiple personalities, visions and reflections consisting which language is he speaking. High School students should comprehend the real benefit of speaking a foreign language. Being a multilingual myself and speaking fluently four languages and studying another two, I consider that I am qualified enough to persuade that my argument is strong, plausible and not ultimately-right. In the following paragraphs I am going to address the following three reasons why should other High School students learn at least one foreign language? Firstly, learning a new language enhances performances in the academic domain and makes you smarter. Secondly, knowing a new language is a high estimated and a very valuable characteristic in your professional CV. Thirdly, international travel is more pleasant through knowing a foreign language.

I believe that students from different cultures bring different experiences and background to the classroom. As a school counselor, I need to help teachers take advantage of these

We may see teaching our children different languages as a means for them to communicate with our extender family and pass on our cultural heritage or as extender knowledge for the child. In addition to the aforementioned reasons to learn more than one language, research indicates there is

I strongly believe that everyone should have access to a high quality education and to have the opportunity to academically develop to their full potential. With each decade we enter a new era of globalization, and our classrooms are becoming increasingly diverse. My main goal as an educator is to provide students from all cultural and linguistic backgrounds with tools to support their intellectual, social, cultural, and emotional development.

Using literacy in another primary language for different cultures. Growing up learning English for me was difficult due to my cultural language is the first language we are supposed to learn. I could not speak fluent English when I was young because it was difficult to learn English when you are used to speaking the Samoan language at home. Now that I appreciate how to speak English has improved my Samoan literacy vocabulary.

Hi! My name is Amal El Maaloum. I am a student at College of DuPage where I currently am studying business. I plan on being in finance when I graduate from UIC. I am from Mauritania which is located in North-West Africa. I speak four languages, Russian, Arabic, French and I am in the process of advancing my English skills. I believe the ability of speaking multiple languages is the best ability there is. A person can truly enjoy travelling if they speak the native language of their travelling destination.

Languages form an essential part of every human experience. To express oneself is one of the simplest joys we can experience. English and Music are two such languages in my life, that indirectly relate to, have a profound impact on mine. My interests in Music, just as in Literature, extend to a wide array of genres, whether it be Bob Dylan or Tchaikovsky. After relentless perseverance at the age of 16, My father bought me a black dreadnought. I spent hours upon hours practicing by watching instructional videos and my favorite guitar players play. In no time I was playing shows, from winning school competitions to performing at live music theatre events. I had soon established a name for myself as a singer-songwriter by being a supporting act for many bands. I soon began recording my rendition of songs on my laptop, eventually writing my own music and now working on my album. This has proved to be a huge learning curve, in enabling me to understand the dynamics of a composition, Thereby continually improving myself. In my spare time, I have been teaching English to Arab students. It has been a remarkably challenging experience. I have learned far more teaching than I had as a student, in trying to articulate my thoughts in words they could understand. This has been a humbling and rewarding experience. I realize there remains a vast ocean of knowledge I am still unaware of, which empowers me to thrive and work hard in an undergraduate environment.

My interest in learning English is due to the fact that I have always liked to challenge myself. Even though many of my friends and family warned me from majoring in English, as it would be difficult for me, I have accepted the challenge. I have always felt that learning English would increase myself confidence and have people around me impressed. This interest has also grown through my passion in learning about languages, cultures, and traditions. Where I come from, Saudi Arabia, a big number of people came from different countries and spoke different languages. I have realized that English could be a means to interact with a lot of people speaking different languages. I have also realized that English is the lingua franca of today’s world with no close rivals. Learning English actually