Why Chinese Should Be Offered In High School

Learning a foreign language can be beneficial in future settings and handy when it comes to global presence when well educated, but very difficult processing and learning especially at an older age. Foreign language classes should not be mandatory while in college because there is lack of time, it should depend on individual interest, and because many believe it is a waste of time.

Dual language is a form of education in which students are taught to read and write in two languages. The majority of dual language programs in the United States teach in English and Spanish, although there are emerging programs that teach in Mandarin, Japanese and Hindi. The programs start of mostly in kindergarten sand 1st grade and continue throughout primary education, in addition some dual language programs depending on the grade continue through middle and high school. Even Hayward’s own Burbank elementary and Winton middle school are offering dual language programs. Each level of teaching uses a different language ratio in which class is instructed the classes start off with a 90:10 ration and later as years pass the ration becomes

The primary goal of providing cultural diversity in the classroom is to help all students become respectful of the multitudes of cultures and people that they’ll interact with once they exit the educational setting. This can be an overwhelming job for the educator, given that the world at large is substantially more diverse than their immediate learning environment. In the typical educational setting, there is a tendency for students to exhibit classic behaviors relating to their own culture and upbringing.

In Ontario's public school system, grade 12 University level English is a requirement to enter all university programs. I believe that grade 12 University English should be a requirement for all university programs. I believe this due to the fact that although many programs don't even use most of the concepts that University English teaches you, it still has important ideas that one should grasp before they enter into University. These concepts will be commonly used throughout their career as a student and long after as well.

By many researchers, it has been hypothesized that language could be acquired only within a critical period, which is from early infancy to puberty. If this is true, this should be extended to second language acquisition as well, and, if so, young children should be better at acquiring the second language than adults, and younger children should reach higher levels of proficiency in the second language. If this prediction is true, it would importantly demonstrate that children should be exposed to language with rich vocabulary and grammar within the critical period, and foreign language exposure at school should take place in early grades in order to maximize their opportunity to learn the language effectively. However, the motivation and the purpose of learning the target language may differ depending on the individuals and those factors can limit or expand the exposure to the target language. In this paper, I would like to discuss the correlation between the age that bilingual individuals are exposed to the second language as well as their motivation, purpose, and value of learning the second language. I would like to suggest that regardless of the age that individuals are exposed to the second language, if one values the importance of learning the second language and maximize their exposure to the targeted language, they can reach to the native level of proficiency in that language.

High school is known as a place where teenagers go to learn and expand their knowledge and skills that are needed to help them succeed. Students are hoping that high school will give them more of an insight of the real world they will face in just four short years. The current school curriculum is outstanding academically, but students are lacking life skills that are needed to prepare them for the real world challenges.

Growing up in a Latino household only knew how to speak Spanish. I was surrounded by only Spanish speakers, when I attended kindergarten is when I was introduce to the English language. It was difficult for me to connect with other classmates because they didn’t speak my language, not even the basic words. I believe it’s important for children to learn different languages from young. It will help the students from other countries to have a sense of comfort. I believe schools should in force learning the basics Spanish words, so has the Childs gets older to high school they may grasp the language better.

In “A comparison of Foreign Language Learning Social Environments, Motivation, and Beliefs between Chinese and American Students,” Yang and Chen focus on the differences between Chinese and American students’ learning foreign languages and do a survey. They find that American students agree that learning foreign language can help “break cultural biases”, while Chinese students believe that learning foreign language is an essential skill to

Around 6,000 to 7,000 languages are spoken daily around the world, but as time goes on the amount of people that know each language is decreasing. Schools should have foreign language class. Initially, students who are bilingual have a brighter future. At the same time, language class helps students overall in school. Following this, being fluent in more than one language may improve one’s appreciation and respect for others. At the same time, when considering learning a second language one may want to consider the few cons. Undeniably, if students study a foreign language,they will be better

The rise of China calls for programs to expose our young generation and their teachers to cross-cultural experiences, engage with their peers in dialogues, and full immersion opportunities in China. As a result, their cross-cultural skills, knowledge of China and a global awareness will grow, which will

Learning a foreign language is interesting but it cannot be done in just several months. By learning foreign language someone can communicate with people all around the world. They can also access knowledge sources from other country such as books, articles and movies. But, there are some people said that studying a foreign language in university is student’s option. However, in my opinion learning a foreign language is necessary especially to all university students at least for two years because learning a foreign language can help them to expand their knowledge by learning other cultures, the world and beyond, to get job advantages in the future and to become smarter by improving the functionality of their brains.

The differences between the Chinese education and the American education are more obvious in people’s mind, not only to the international students, but also to the native students and some people who study on this. As more and more Chinese students come to America to have better education, we should think about why the American education system is better and how could we change our system to have a new education system in China. These differences have some deeply reason, like the American is the nation which loves freedom. It took long time to make such a big difference between the two education systems, and we need longer time to change it. An undeniable

I believe that learning a second language should be mandatory. The reason for this is because the United States has become very diverse, it is not only filled up with English people. There are so many races that now live here, so I believe that learning a second language should be required, for later on when the students grow up and get their job, people from all races will be coming in contact with them. And when that happens, they will most likely know how to speak the other person's

Many children around the world often learn a second language early on in their school careers, often having English as a popular choice for other countries. The same cannot be said about American schools unfortunately. There have been countless debates on whether or not schools in the U.S, should offer more programs for elementary schools so kids can be more exposed to acquiring linguistic skills and thus make it more facile to be more fluent later on in their school careers. Children should learn a new language as not only do they have more opportunities when given this exposure early on, they also would have cognitive, creative, social, cultural, linguistic and academic benefits with learning a new language earlier.

In the past, St. Mary students were required to take a foreign language class in order to earn a foreign language credits. If they didn't take it, they would not graduate from high school. Now, some teachers think that school should take off foreign language class due to many reasons, while some teachers contend that it is necessary for student to take a foreign language class because it’s benefit to students. Thus, this issue whether to keep or to take this requirement off, will be discussed in the conference room by teachers and principal