Personal Statement Of Language Study

I walk over to the nine-year-old boy sitting across the room as I reach for my pen and sheet of paper. As I approached him, I halted. Quietly, I asked him what he needed help with. Looking confused, he asked me what the word bough meant. I froze. I didn’t know what the word meant. Embarrassed of not knowing a fifth grade word, I asked the teacher for some assistance and after she told me what the word meant I understood and was then able to explain to him that a bough is just a synonym for a branch. Noticing that David was still confused as to what he was reading, I sat beside him and allowed him to read the passage out loud to me. While I defined the words that he didn’t know and listened to him read the passage, I was able to classify him as an English learner who just wanted to be just as good as the other kids.

I am elated to have the opportunity to apply to California State University of Fullerton's Master of Literacy and Reading program. I graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, in 2013. There, I received my Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies, with an emphasis in Spanish, as well as my Multiple Subject Credential. After graduation, I taught Kindergarten for two years in Greenfield, California. It was there that I learned my passion for teaching reading skills to English Language Learners. I soon realized the joy and cohesiveness literacy can bring into a classroom. For the past three years I have taught first grade at a small rural school in Shandon, California. I was extremely honored to be chosen to travel to Kansas City in July 2017, to

Foreign language classes are often put off until high school due to the fact that this is when people believe students are most ready to learn another language. This belief is widely accepted despite the fact children are able to learn to speak like natives in foreign languages, whereas teenagers and adults usually are not able to learn how to do this. Speaking “like a native” entails being able to think in a foreign language without having to translate (Nadia 1). The ability to speak like a native in a foreign language can be easier to obtain when taught the foreign language during elementary school. Once a student passes the prime learning stages, learning a foreign language can be extremely difficult. Adults starting to learn a language have to work through an established first-language

Thesis: All three authors portray the voice of many people, who, on a daily basis, are underprivileged of speaking their own language, thus, emphasizing onto the lives of linguistic minority students around the world and how they struggle to cope in school and at home.

“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.

Nevertheless, the author also believes it is important to learn well in using the standard English because it is needed in our daily life. The primary purpose of learning well on it is because we can express thoughts well to others, regardless of what language we use, that it’s our responsibility to improve the imperfect to perfect. Based on Tan's mother experiences, life can be a struggle if you refuse to change. As an example, Tan’s mother did not receive the

Students can enhance their lives with the ability to find and seek knowledge being taught language arts. Creating the foundation to be successful in life includes have the capabilities to analyze, read, and write. When a student is prepared with the ability to comprehend languages, words and interacting on various heights, they have the authority to exceed in their elected journey. During the observation, difficulties, techniques, and successes were viewed in regards to the diversity of the students in the school.

My interest in the EIU English Studies Camp stems from a lifelong love of literature and the desire to learn more about the process of creating literary media. As an aspiring editor, this camp would give me the opportunity to learn more about the craft of writing. It would also allow me to become more skillful in one of my favorite pastimes. The courses I am applying to participate in cover novel writing and writing dialogue: two things that are very important to a future editor. Being able to participate in the EIU English Studies Camp would give me a boost in my college career and perhaps even in my career as an editor.

Learning a second language necessarily involves comparison with the learners’ first language, but the latter is generally perceived as causing ‘interference’ in the learning of the target language. So, students are taught to imitate, practice drills, and create speaking habits without addressing the larger complexities of language learning. In the language classroom, learners do not only learn about a culture but they try to understand themselves in relation to that culture. This process entails the transformational engagement of the learner in the act of learning. Students bring with them their own conceptions, misconceptions, experiences, feelings and understanding to the classroom, and as they interact with another culture, their views will continue to change and shape their learning as well as their identity. The diverse cultural understandings and experiences of the students are highly influential and therefore need to be taken into account.

The main idea of the article debates the need for students to take a set amount foreign language classes in order to graduate high school. This article is trying to inform us about the effects not taking foreign language can have on students and persuade us why it should be taken. It pointed out some very interesting information.

I was born in a country where lord Buddha was born, where at time corruption, crime and battle was almost unheard off and there was no place for hatred and racism. I am also from highest peak in the world to the deepest gorge in the world with diverse culture,tradition and architecture. Although Nepal was alluring with its culture and its natural beauty, it was also full of corruption, violence and sometime very unpleasant to live. Nepal education system was and still is substandard compared to other school, which means I could not pursue my dream and help my community cease to where it's heading and help become more productive and enthusiastic. With all the struggle and obstacle and with hope for the better

In this world, all languages and dialects will be taken and woven together to produce a picture that's beauty is on a scale never before seen. It is my firm belief that to achieve this world of beauty, people in every corner of the Earth should push for the study of foreign language to be set in the mandatory curriculum for all students.

“Pienso que puedo ayudarte!” The first thing I ever said to a native Spanish speaker on a cruise to Mexico. I noticed a woman was lost, however upon asking she could not answer as she knew no English. Immediately I resorted to the Spanish I had been learning for a year in class, and it was that very moment when I found an intense love for language. From this point I began dabbling into every language you could think of: Russian, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Slovak, and so many more. Currently I primarily focus on three: Spanish, Chinese, and Slovak. However, the ability to communicate with others isn’t the only reason I find language fascinating, but the very idea of language and how we can produce it and process it fascinates me.

“One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.” Franck Smith

The professional development of a teacher can be a challenging task yet not impossible. During the process of this course I have learned how to face this challenge. However developing my own ideas and style of language teaching is still a work in progress. As a prospective language teacher I take in all methods and principles this course as given me. In doing so I believe it will make me a better professional. This course has presented me with some thoughts ELT teachers need to have once the period of formal training is over.