Understanding English I have never really paid attention to certain languages or how people talk, until last year in my senior english class. My English teacher's name was Ms.Gibbons, she was short with short brown hair, and skin as white as a ghost.Her classroom was at the very end of a long hallway, tables sit up in a U shape with chairs all around them,blueish carpet, white walls with english signs everywhere, one row of computers across from the 9 windows, a smart board at the front of the room, and also her brown desk at the front of the room. My class was going to start a new subject on dialect. One of the assignments were to take a test on the internet. The test had many different objects, animals, food, etc, I had to answer the question with whatever I called the object it showed. The results of the test guessed what state I were from based on what I called these objects. Odd how one little test can guess where you're living by the way you talk or call things. Different languages came to my attention by the way people call objects different things, people's accents, and the way people pronounce things.
My whole life I lived in Louisville, Kentucky. So, I never thought about how other people talk. The way we talk here in Louisville is normal to me. The dialect test gave me a new look on things. Do you ever see those little bugs that light up at night ? What do you call those bugs? I call them lightning bugs, but in other states no one would even know what that
As our nation shifts towards a more culturally diverse population both educators and families have to find a common ground to ensure that English Language Learners are academically successful. All stakeholders must carefully consider the social cultural impact on an ELL education. The process of raising bilingual learners take more than a language a school and a language learned at home. The transition must have a purpose and a goal.
As I look back on my English 101 experience, I have come to the conclusion that I have learned many new things that have improved my abilities as a writer. I have learned some new techniques that have improved my ways of approaching an essay. I learned all about the rhetorical appeals and how to apply them in my writing and how to look for them in a essay written by a author. I have also learned how to argue both sides of a argument, and how to look for reliable sources and to properly quote and site the author of the essay. I feel as if I have become a better writer and my improved writing skills are shown within each essay.
Take a look at dialects anywhere int he world. It clearly shows different customs, not just in language or communication. There a lots of dialects in South-America, for instance. Spanish in Latinamerica differs a lot from nations to nations, or we can also say, from culture to culture. There are dialects also in our country, Hungary. And people on the north of the country speak in a different way, like pronounce sounds so much different. Use words and expressions that we do not use at all. They also have differently built, constructed and decorated houses, songs, tales and wear different clothes as their costume.
The day I stepped off the plane and landed in America, I knew that I’d have to face a great challenge. Being a first generation immigrant from Vietnam, I would have to learn English as quickly as possible. Although I’ve arduously prepared for this transition by learning basic vocabulary and grammar in my native country, I quickly realized that my practical aspect of using the language such as listening, conversing, pronunciation to be insufficient. By immersing myself in an English-speaking world, I finally addressed my lingual deficiency within a year.
Do you think Official English laws inflame prejudice against immigrants or provide all newcomers with a common standard of admission to the country’s political and cultural mainstream? That’s a good question because I was going to say if you go to another country to live; like say, Mexico, you should learn their language because if you don’t you are going to be lost in that country but Mexico isn’t going to force you to learn their language. I don’t think the United States should not force immigrates to learn English but if they are going to live, work and get out government benefits then yes thy should be taught
I used to consider writing as tumble words from your mind, write, read it through, fix minor mistakes, and done. However, you rarely get successful. The truth is many students, including myself, struggle with starting to write a word, or getting stuck in the middle without knowing the main point of the writing. After completing English 101, I can explain the writing process, evaluate the strengths of my essay, and identify my weaknesses.
Different people talk differently. There are studies that show how different races and culture talk differently and apply language in a different way.
When I was four I only knew how to speak Spanish, nothing else. But like the way my awesome parents are, they wanted me to go to school. So I, at the age four had to learn to speak English within a year. Considering the fact that I was just in the middle of learning Spanish, it was pretty hard to shift gears. I could speak in Spanish you know, the basics or baby words like; Eat, bathroom, No!, why?, play, beans, rice, please, and thank you. (And yes, I did have manners.) When I would talk Spanish, I would say stuff like, “Quiero ir parke” “Want go park,” And my parents, they understood me because they were the ones who taught me. Then suddenly to me they started to speak gibberish or something. My dad doesn't speak great English but I could tell he wasn’t speaking Spanish either.
What is the context in which you are providing instruction to the featured student? I’m a teacher at JD Middle School and my teaching area includes grades 6, 7, & 8 located in a low economic impoverished area in the city. My classroom is comprised of five girls and fourteen boys from several different ethnic backgrounds which include 5 African Americans, 8 Hispanics, and 4 Caucasian. Standard 3 The students in this class age range from 11 to 14 years old. My classroom is a specific learning disability classroom (SLD); most of the students have difficulty with processing long term and short term memory. Some students can retain information for a short time but when it comes to processing long term memory the students have a hard time remembering
Everyone has a different interpretation of the word, “invention”. However the word is simply defined as; a new device, method of process developed from study and experimentation. An invention is just a mental fabrication; it’s a falsehood (Dictionary.com 2013).1 Although in the essays, “Why I write” by Joan Didion, “Life in a new Language” by Eva Hoffman, and “Basmati Rice: An Essay about Words” by Audrey Thomas, each author has their own view on the English language, how they each began inventing their own writing styles, and also their reasons for why they chose to become writers. These are the three things that make their definitions of invention very particular and their own.
The mention of Salem alone is a trigger to feel got at for John: “Why?
English is a subject I have always felt strong with as a student, this area of strength has not only benefitted me in my this course but has helped me to succeed in every class I have taken. American literature so far has gave me a new and refined understanding, from read and writing to communicating my ideas in group discussions. Never before have I been able to have such a confident understanding of was I was reading and writing. I have gained a new and refined belief of what it means to annotate a text and why it is important, though I will always have reserved feelings about them. In discussion groups by referring to my annotations I am able to express my ideas and observations about the text. I have never before been so challenged with a piece of writing, throughout my career as a student prompts had always been specific and specifications were always strict. Writing literary analysis was not only a new type of essay writing for me but it required me to refer back to my annotations and think deeper about why I was having certain thoughts and opinions on a text to develop an argument. Whether it is reading, writing, or speaking the significance of everything I have mastered, and will continue to learn in english class will allow me to have fate in they way I express myself in the future.
I feel very amazed and amuse to focus on this topic .“Hinglish” is the innovative enthusiasm that I have found and it's relatively addictive. It's a bliss to learn such innovative things . Communities in urban areas don't speak in English except they consider it confidently . Unless & untill ,they feel comfortable , then only they start speaking and this process can take up to several years. So what they do is start adding up English words in their Hindi
For me, learning a language is a complicated process. It is different from learning other subjects. It involves a lot of practices and follow up. When I talk about my personal experience, I would say that I have a rich experience in learning English as a second language. English was taught to me for ten years starting from grade seven till graduation from university. After graduation, I felt that I should improve my language skills. Therefore, I did a lot of efforts personally to increase my fluency. Until now I still learn the language. Indeed, learning a language takes a lifetime.
Language is important because it's one of the main ways to communicate and interact with other people around us. It keeps us in contact with other people. English language is an example for the importance of a language because it is the international language and has become the most important language to people in many parts of the world. It is most widely used in communicating around the world, Also it is spoken as the first language in many countries. English is playing a major role in many sections like education, medicine, engineering and business. There are many reasons that makes English is the most important language in the world.