The Ninth Doctor from Doctor Who said, “I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improbable dreams.” My community of Laredo, Texas have been problems in learning English and an increase of ESL students in our schools. This a border city from the United States and Mexico. I want to have the students learn English so they could go to universities or college not have issues in English. I want to use three kinds of linguistics and literature to have students learn English. The students would benefit with this kind of program in school to learn English. This would help my community to have more knowledge in English because Spanish we all know since we do international business. This would help our …show more content…
The variation will see the accents, chronological of English language, and the social communication. We need them to understand the difference of accents in different areas of Texas. Just because someone might say the word different but it means the same. The teacher needs to make the children understand that having an accent is nothing wrong because everyone has one. We need to teach the teachers about historical roots of English or chronological development of English language. They need to understand how the language of English has changed and developed. Once, they learn this then they could apply how technology is changing language. The students need to understand that language changes and will keep changing but they need to understand that language is a tool of communication. Then introduce students how to use language in social events. That it’s different to speak in a presentation than how you speak to your friends. They could speak different according to the event or situation. In the other hand, psycholinguistics which “an interdisciplinary fields that examines how people use language to communicate ideas.”(Barnitz 7) Teachers will focus on three basic rules surface structure, deep structure, and transformational rules. Surface structure is words that represent actual spoken or written language. The need to understand that words have representation and meaning. Deep
If your students are English learners, learn a few key phrases in their native languages to model that it is acceptable to struggle with pronunciation and language learning.
Language is a very important and significant part of individuals’ life. It is considered as one of the best device of social behavior. Language is a means with the help of which people communicate and send a social message to one another. But language does have very special characteristics according to which it changes and very depending on many factors. According to the researchers there are no two people who speak identically. Their languages vary as per their geographic location, age, gender, ethnicity, social background etc. many a time, it is observed that even the members from same family speak differently due to differences in their location ( Biber & Conrad, 2014). For example, in my neighborhood, there is a difference in the ways of
However, this issue would take far more than funding. The issue of bilingual education in our public school system is a much debated topic in this country, and especially in this state. The Education Topic over Bilingual Education in our School Systems Spanish-speaking populace has grown tremendously in these past decades, much of which have immigrated with Spanish as their only language. This has left the public school system with an interesting problem; how to successfully transition Spanish speaking students into an English environment. Public school systems have adopted an immersion program; where students learn English and other subjects in classrooms where only English is spoken (Parkay, 2013). Students are not necessarily aided, they are required to learn like their peers from the teacher and ask for direction when needed in English. This program might aid some fast learners, but students who do not adapt to English; which is a foreign language to them, are left to learn on their own. If the student does not get the
Education serves as the greatest gateway to advancement and progress in our society. However, not all students are provided a fair opportunity to reach their full potential. To address this problem, I founded the Herndon STEM and ESOL Academy in 2014 with the hope of meeting the unaddressed needs of unaccompanied young immigrants from the 2014 American immigration crisis to the Washington DC metropolitan area. The program seeks to aid non-English speaking students in their quest to master English and to connect them to resources that can help them transition to life in the U.S. while still celebrating their culture. Our ultimate goal is for students to reach far beyond their original dreams, onto a greater future.
Lancaster’s class communicate in a variety of ways ranging from talking using body language and mouthing words to all out yelling across the room, this behavior is evident in all of her classes. Standard English is not always used in this class between students, but between Lancaster and her students she prefers to use Standard English to communicate, but if she is in the middle of conducting and cannot talk she will use hand gestures to communicate. Also, conducting is her form of talking to tell her students to get louder, quieter, hold out notes, or stop playing or singing all together. In her class, no ESL students are enrolled, while there may be bilingual students, all of her students speak fluent English. Evans as a school offers foreign language classes that all students must attend for at least two years, but no “bilingual” courses are
Exposing children to different languages and dialects and encourage appreciation of linguistic diversity. Educators can encourage children share with the group how they say hello at home or is there are special words or names they use at home – different names for grandparents.
Reading chapter six from Beyond Grammar Language, Power, and the Classroom, written by Mary R. Harmon and Marilyn J. Wilson has open my eyes not to base peoples’ language off from standard American English because everyone has a different dialect depending on their culture. I am going to be more mindful of peoples’ dialect, and not be quick to judge a person based on their language because a person's language is what makes that individual unique. Instead, I am going to embrace the different dialects and use them as an advantage when teaching a classroom
Doctors Ana Iddings and Mary Combs are Associate Professors from the University of Arizona who conducted research on how to help English language learners become successful in grades Kindergarten through 12 along with Dr. Luis Moll who is a Professor Emeritus from the named university. Dr. Iddings has conducted individual research on many topics, one being the education and professional development of teachers to work with English language learners (ELLs) and their families. Dr. Combs currently teaches courses in bilingual and English as a Second Language (ESL) courses on the graduate and undergraduate levels. Dr. Moll’s main research was conducted in education of Latino children in the United States.
He can understand a range of complex structures in extended discourse and comprehend many distinctions in language tailored for different audiences.The student often shows strategic and organizational abilities and expectations in discourse. Mr. Chanberland can adap his vocabulary according to his audience. He can use the language to speculate at length about abstract topics such as how some change in history or the course of human events
I propose a program that will help immigrants who want to live in the United States learn the English language to improve their communication and, help third-year U.S. college students who want to become teachers gain practice. First, immigrants would learn to communicate while helping our future teachers gain hands-on training in a classroom setting. Lastly, teaching immigrants to speak English will help cross cultural boundaries and, possibly change our views about immigrants as they will be able to connect and tell their stories. Helping immigrants while helping U.S. citizens in the process is the best way to work together on some immigration issues and views.
“A language variety is basically the style of language that a speaker chooses, whether it be slang, jargon, formal or baby-talk. Social factors are the primary reason that speakers choose different styles,” (Payne). Language allows Cumulative human experience, shared perspective, as well as it allows complex, shared, goal directed behavior. “The physical environment of a conversation or oral presentation plays a large role in the variety of language an individual uses,” (Payne). The difference between how and individual may speak with their grandmother and how the speak to a friend is huge. There is always a time and place in which one should speak in a formal language, other times it is alright to talk informal. Language impacts my life in a huge way and it is mostly in a bad way. I surround myself by people that speak a lot of slang and a lot of curse words so it was bound to affect my language, the way I speak has a lot to do with the people I spend my time
I agree that with the population growth in students with Limited English Proficiency that there should be more educators certified in ESOL to help this growing population. Hiring more educators will make certain that all students will get the services that they need. I also agree about having EIP teachers and a reading specialist to target the student’s weaknesses in the area of literacy. You were on the right track when you stated that If the children are struggling, then there could be programs set up to teach and support the parents as well. However, it could be challenging to involve immigrant parents because of the barriers immigrant parents face that may keep them out of school, including an inflexible work schedule, a lack of English
Communicating what we want to say, how we want to say it is the goal of expressing ourselves linguistically. For English Language Learners (and their teachers), the ability to do that successfully in their new language presents a challenge. In the content areas of instruction, it is especially important to draw out the information that a student already knows in their native language – even when they do not have the linguistic ability to express themselves in English – in order to assess their level of understanding and engage prior knowledge. Using non-linguistic representations provides a way of bridging that gap between actual understanding and the ability to express that
Success in education depends on how literate one is. Moreover, being literate is more than being able to read and write, rather it is the student’s ability to apply the skills taught effectively on a job, in society, and to further their education. “Students with strong literacy skills have promising educational and career options, while most students with weak skills face a future of being undereducated and underemployed as they struggle with undeveloped personal goals and unfulfilling, low-paying jobs” [Hock & Deshler, 2003]. Consequently, the ensuing paper will compare literacy and language models used in a bilingual education program and will select models that would be useful in establishing a bilingual program.
Language change happens every day. New words are constantly being added and new dialects are forming. People have always argued about the causes of language change and tried to control the changes that occurred but ultimately they accomplished nothing. Languages changes and spread as a result of the people who use it daily. African American English and California English are both examples of the different ways language can change. People try to resist the changes in their language because they do not want to see it change. Language change is a natural process that can be affected by others but never stopped. This course has done an excellent job explaining how language change starts and spreads.