English immersion programs

understanding a single word in English. I attended kindergarten at three different schools which made it difficult for me to learn English and stay focused on school. Fortunately, there was programs that public schools offered such as the immersion program which helped me learn two languages. I was able to read, write, and speak English and Spanish proficiently. I attended a school with the immersion program from third to seventh grade. At first, it was difficult to learn English due to living in a negative

and support their families, sometimes because of economic need, this causes to have classrooms to be diverse in a good and bad way. Another reason why some people do not continue their education is language barriers, some students do not even know English and despite this they are placed in classrooms with the rest of the students. Some children struggle with school because they cannot understand what the teacher is saying, they also lack of social interaction with peers. It is hard to imagine success

for English-learner evaluation and accountability support at WestEd, a San Francisco-based research group. Today, multilingualism has grown, especially in California, which educates approximately 1.35 million English-learners. Patricia Gandara, a research professor of education in the graduate school of education at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a co-director of the Civil Rights Project there, said” we’ve seen a tremendous growth in the numbers of dual –language programs popping

proficiency in one language and are acquiring proficiency in the other.” In simpler terms, bilingualism means knowing two languages and being able to use the interchangeably. In the US, bilingual education and immersion schools are not that common, but what if they were?  Bilingual education and immersion schools should be  normalized in today's society because language cuts down social barriers, promotes personal    and economic growth and helps aid and guide the next generation into being the leaders of

Americans Must Share a Common Language, English The United States of America has no history; it is a new state. Though it does have a few indigenous inhabitants, the overwhelming majority of its inhabitants are immigrants. There is no history of a common culture or a common language developed over hundreds or thousands of years in the United States; however, the various backgrounds of the United States have combined to form a new American culture. Immigration continues, and with this immigration

Most people assume that english is the official language of the United States, however this is not the case, as there is no official language in the states. Since the origins of the country, english has consistently been spoken across the land, however it has never been established as the official language. America is a melting pot of cultures and the same can be said for it’s languages. Citizens in America speak an array of languages including Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Gujrati, Urdu and hundreds

them being elderly people who live in remote areas of the state. Also, the immersion schools suffer from isolation being placed in the midst of larger English-medium schools, making immersion education more difficult. Warschaur and Donaghy talk about the efforts to revitalize the dying language. One of the efforts discussed in this article is Papahana Kaiapuni ‘Olelo Hawai’i, which is a Hawaiian Language Immersion Program.

personally these are the highlights about the school: the support, options, athletics they offer and that they've got a French immersion program and a French as a second language/FSL program(FSL is what my junior high has). The support the school offers is with a non-accredited program to help those students who are struggling with their French, the school highly recommends the program for students receiving results of 60% or lower . Their vast list of options includes, drama and art. This high school also

the history of structured English immersion in Arizona. Lau vs. Nicols 1974 decided that non-English speaking children thrown into English classes and told to “sink or swim” violated their civil rights. Under the Supreme Court decision, schools were required to provide material and teaching necessary to help ELL students with the language. No more language based discrimination. Flores vs. Arizona 1992 argued that Arizona was not paying enough funds and adequate programs to ELL students. Said ADE

According to the textbook, culture is typically connected with specific customs or artifacts. It is the guide rituals, beliefs, and rules of behavior inhered or passed down through generations. Ramsey also mentioned that culture work on two levels, which are the explicit culture and the implicit culture (Ramsey, 2015, p. 107). The explicit culture consists of definite symbols and expressions like clothes, tools, food, holydays, crafts, and music. I think that one way in which culture might influence