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becoming Americanized by the English language and culture. Through elementary school and constant persistence from the nuns of the Church as well as his mother and father, Richard learned the public language and gained his public identity. As Richard continued to be silent and unwilling to speak English at school during class time, the Church's nuns visited Richard's home to discuss with his parents about the difficulties of their three children adapting to the English language. At the clash of the

English as a Global Language English serves as a global language and it is essential especially among different countries to have an effective communication. Learning English is a great tool among other countries to promote development in the English language during the previous decades. English language not just improved the educational level of a one’s country but also it had been raised political and cultural aspects which are very significant for most countries. The changes that the English language

culture and languages. Most immigrant families come to America speaking a different language and have to adapt to the American language, English. However, several people do not learn English or have difficulty learning it. Usually older people struggle to learn English because they do not have time. Though, children may not have a hard time learning the English language because they are often sent to school. Currently children are now expected to learn a new foreign language, but most of the children’s

Many cannot tell that I originally did not speak English growing up. My first language was Spanish. I saw “was” because I have more use for my English than I do Spanish. That is not to say I don’t speak it anymore, just not as much. My parents are both immigrants from Mexico and did not know any English when they came to the United States. Instead, they learned once I began to learn. As I went on to school, I never quite learned the “rules” needed to create sentences. Instead, I developed a “Does

Terms 2 Introduction 3 Importance of Research 4 Background 4 Key Issues 5 Current Flight Trend 5 Language Acquisition 6 Effect on Native English Learners 7 Research Approach 9 Methods 9 Duration of Research 10 Conclusion 11 Bibliography 12   Definition of Terms LEP – Limited English Proficient or Limited English Proficiency NE – Native English ESL – English as a Second Language Mainstream - to place (a child with special educational needs – in this research proposal it is in regards to LEP learners)

The English language has been the language that most people use in conversations and in everyday life. According to Carmen Santillana (2013), English is the most used language in the world, and there are one out of five people that can speak or understand the English language. There are 53 countries whose main language is English. According to a research in the US, it takes 4-7 years or even 10 years for a student in the US to develop their academic language proficiency (p. 85). Every country has

Communicate It is obvious how crucial a mutual language is needed within our everyday lives. There are many ways in which language barriers have affected our society by creating conflict with communication in healthcare, leading to less people attending clinics/hospitals, and leading to an increase of people with drug complications. Language barriers prevent patients from receiving proper healthcare because of conflict within communication. With such great diversity in our country and

Abstract The current study looked at the phonological development of native Japanese speakers who speak English as a second language. Two subjects were given a word list of English words to read from and recorded. The recordings were then analyzed based on their divergence from English phonology. The recordings were also shown to native English speakers to rate the foreign accent of the subjects. The current study was conducted under the hypothesis that the speakers’ L1 would interfere with the

other meanings for people of different cultural groups. According to Buzz Feed, there are many words in the US English that mean something totally different in the UK English. One of those words is pants. In the US English, pants refer to someone’s trousers. In UK English, pants refer to someone’s underwear. As you can see, this would be something totally improper to say to someone

English should be established as the official language of the USA. The NASW and I have different positions on the issue of language in the United States. The NASW language and cultural diversity in the United States policy statement reads that “language is a source and extension of personal identity and culture…to limit or deny language as an extension of culture is to reject that aspect of human beings that helps to define them” (p.217). While, I don’t disagree that language is part of an individual’s