What inspires a man to forge his linguistic capabilities of his primary language from sub-rudimentary level, into an art form? Well, as I am only a singular individual, I cannot answer for the entirety of society, but I can give you a record of a period of my life that motivated me to attempt to excel at learning the English Language. So, what inspired me to learn the English Language better than what I knew beforehand? The answer is not as straight forward. I had many things that happened to me around the same time, the first event was my experiences in Speech and Debate. The Second was what I learned in English Class and History Class. Finally, was me learning military tactics, and philosophy. All of these events helped me to come to the conclusion that in order to be an excellent leader and be a persuasive speaker or writer, one must know the language of his subordinates, peers, and superiors, and be able to communicate effectively with them. When I was fourteen, I started to attend a speech and debate club. It took a lot of hard work, in order to prepare for the tournaments. I remember that there would be weeks leading up to the tournaments that I would only get 18 hours of sleep a week, in order to have all of my research done. (Just a note that I did not procrastinate on my work) Many people in my club noticed how well I prepared for the tournaments; however they saw me perform horridly at the tournaments, mostly due to my lack of understanding. After my first year
Learning to read and write in English was a very tough accomplishment that I made in first grade. It was difficult because my first language is Spanish. With the help of my parents and my teachers in school, I had the chance to learn another language. It took time, practice and effort to accomplish my goal to read and write in another language.
I was born in Vietnam. I left Vietnam to come to United State with my family when I was about 12 years old. I was really young at the time. It was a long time ago because I am 20 years old now. At that time, life for me was simple. I didn’t have to worry about anything. I stop going to school in Vietnam at grade five and stay at home for two years. It was really fun while I was at home. When I was at home, my parent wants me to learn English. So I learned English in Vietnam. When I got to United State, I started middle school at United for Success in Oakland. I start school in Oakland at grades 7. It was after Christmas when I started class. Over here, it really different than my home country. In my country Vietnam, It was really hot.
Australia is an extremely culturally diverse country, therefore many different languages are spoken in homes and communities across Australia. Consequently many primary school students are learning English as an additional language. EAL/D is an acronym used to refer to students whose first language is a language or dialect other than Standard Australian English; that is English is an additional language or dialect. In Australian schools it is essential students are able to speak and read English in order for them to understand and succeed in all content learning areas.
English IV is a class you have to pass to graduate. This class is very important and will teach you how to write essays in college, which is a good thing so you won’t be lost. I found out that essays was a big thing in english ,so just figured i have to do them to pass the class. English is something we have to use everyday.
“Neologisms” are new words added to a language to capture new ideas or phenomena when there is a gap in the existing vocabulary. In the last 10 years, the Oxford English Dictionary has added “bling”, “bromance”, “chillax”, “locavore”, “upcycle”, and “woot”. What word would you invent to add to the English language, and why?
Learning a second language, English in particular, is important these days for any adult wanting to travel widely either for work or leisure, and/or to improve their career chances within their own country. It is the language of commerce, diplomacy, tourism, marketing and customer service and sales etc. In addition (J Dearden, 2014, p2), undertook a study of the growing phenomenon of English being used as a medium of instruction (EMI) in countries where English is not the first language, this was undertaken in 58 countries all of which use EMI. This essay will look at why adults have many reasons to learn English in particular. As well as how they learn and are there some personality traits or interest which enhance their ability to learn?
In the United States, we are striving for equal education every day. In the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education court case, the Federal District court decided that segregating schools was harmful and detrimental to the lives of African Americans. The reason that schools could be segregated was the buildings, transportation, curricula, and teachers, of white and African American schools were similar. Linda Brown and her sister appealed their case to the United States Supreme Court in 1950. The U.S. Supreme Court decided that even though the schools were separate but equal, this separation was in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Since this court decision in 1954, the government has been trying to make schools more equal. English Language Learners are a group of students that have had equality issues in school and are a work in progress (Landmark Cases.org, n.d.).
Should schoolchildren be required to learn a second or even third language from a young age? According to studies at the Cornell Language Acquisition Lab (CLAL), children who learn a second language can maintain attention despite outside stimuli better than those who know only one language. Learning foreign languages from a young age is much easier than trying to pick one up later in life, researchers say that their elementary brains are most receptive to picking it up and enabling them to speak the language fluently with little or no hint of a foreign accent. Schools around the country are struggling to keep their foreign language programs alive. My interest in this topic has developed from my cousins, who live out in California who have been taught a foreign from a younger age, and the school I went to didn’t start teaching it until the ninth grade.
Research question 1. What is the students’ attitude towards speaking L2 in the classroom and different classroom interaction types?
I learned a lot about the English language acquisition of a non-native speaker. I learned that immigrants have many different experiences during their journey to the United States. I came to understand that there are different types of language learners, such as, a native English speaker who has English as the dominant language at home. An L2 learner, whose first language is other than English, and an ESL student. ESL learners are considered an L2 learner who needs classes to acquire the English language.
As with any school, especially in Florida, the toughest thing for a teacher to overcome is teaching to student who do not speak or hardly understand your language. Being that Florida's Consent Decree for teachers ensures all ESL students are to receive a quality and well accommodated learning, capable of papering them with the tools and skills needed to be successful. With no official language within the country, this means all languages and all students are to be accommodated for. A rather daunting task. Luckily, there exists so much research and a plethora of strategies, suggestions, and tools at a teacher’s disposal to help achieve this goal. Three very important areas in particular can be used to further this mission, behavioral, cognitive, and socio-cultural.
Learning a foreign language is becoming more and more popular everywhere in our day and time, and Mexico is not the exception. Many Mexican students, young and old, are motivated to learn English for education, work, travel, or even just for the love of learning a new language. Alejandro Estrada is an English student from Guadalajara, Jalisco. His goal in learning English is to further his education, and thus his quality of life. In this essay, I will create explain Alejandro’s concerns with studying English, and what I can do to help him achieve his language goals.
I am interested in the overarching influence of language in human culture. My Individually Designed Major in linguistics reflects this interest and prepares me for the application of linguistics in the field.
According to Martin J (1963),he states that l have a dream. everyone have a dream including me, my dream is to go out and look at the world.this dream brought me to England.It is been four mouths since I left china and embarked on the British journey.During these four months,l deeply feel that every place has the own learning method,l gain a lot of knowledge in the class, in the corner and extracurricular activities.In my heart l think it is very interesting.now l will talk about what I learn? Including areas of progress and reasons of my studying.
Teaching English as a second languages it can be a hard task if the instructor does not have in consideration the four main skills that need to be developed by the students, and how to use the methods, technics and approaches correctly with each level and group.