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I just came with a work visa, which restricted me to working in a Hispanic church only. Through a little contact with English speakers, two years passed and my English remained worryingly basic; consequently, studying English become imperative. Added to it, in my heart burned a strong desire to become a professional here. Therefore, I have undertaken a long journey to learn English; from there, my passion for learning was born. I have developed that passion for the past nine years. Due to I “communicate

standards were developed by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers. Standards were developed with input from educators and administrators from around the country. The standards focus on English Language Arts and Mathematics, but standards span across other core subjects taught in public schools from kindergarten to 12th grade (Chen, 2017). There are even common core standards now in place for pre-kindergarten instruction to ensure every

identification assessment I learned a lot of things of an English Learner student. Furthermore, the student that took my assessment was a third grade bilingual student who speaks very little English. Moreover, I was surprised to see that the student was able to get most of the sounds correctly of the English letter. I feel that the student was able to get most of the sounds correctly as he was able to associate the sounds that he knew in Spanish to the English ones. I was surprised to see that the student

learning the real events that occurred in a person’s life while the typical myth of Pocahontas saved an Englishmen from being killed by her father. In the beginning of the book we are briefly introduced to Pocahontas, the Powhatan people and the English colonists. As the book continues we follow Pocahontas when she is kidnapped, her married life, and her trip to London where she got sick because of foreign illnesses and died. Camilla Townsends “Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma” wants Pocahontas’

In her article, Mainstreaming English Language Learners: Does it Promote or Hinder Literacy Development?, author Esther Somé-Guiébré, discusses the impact on literacy development when English language learners (ELL) are placed in mainstream classrooms. In this study, she followed two ELL students who are native French speaking African immigrants in the fifth grade in American schools. One of the students was a recent immigrant, only arriving five months ago, and the second was in her third year of

culture and self’s remains intact. This leads me to wonder why else someone would not wish to assimilate and what obstacles come with rejecting their new environment. Although it is not explicitly stated throughout the novella Min is reluctant to learn English due to the fear of losing her culture and herself in the processes. Min’s fear of losing herself further emphasizes the internal struggles that immigrant parents face. Struggles that go unnoticed due to the focus usually being the offspring and the

considered trying to become allies with the English, but as time went on, a war would emerge between Natives and the English settlers as to control the land. The English and Native American relationship changed drastically due to two main factors: English seeking religious freedom and economic prosperity. First, English seeking religious freedom caused a shift in the English/Native initial relationship, like the pilgrims did a whole century before. The English wanted to incorporate their Christian relationship

The Importance of English in the World of International Business ‘English is now a global language that belongs to all those who speak it.’ (Nigel Newton, publisher) It is the technology that allows people to travel further and faster than ever before. It is the Internet that links people regardless their nationalities and countries they live in. And technology is also the reason why lots of business people are active globally and why more and more entrepreneurs are on the move than ever

The question people are asking themselves is whether globalization is a good or bad thing. For many years, there have been concerns about whether globalization has an impact on language. How exactly can it affect a person, and if it does in what ways? What if nobody is able to understand you? Immigrants find themselves in this situation quite often; this phenomenon is called linguistic isolation, and argues against globalization and how it leads to the extinction of indigenous languages and beliefs

different versions of English that have taken root in her life. Tan notes that she includes all the Englishes of her life in her book, The Joy Luck Club. Tan, the daughter of immigrants, learned to navigate between the “perfect” English of her professional life and the “broken” English of her youth. The author’s main claim of there being no perfect way of speaking English is one that can be easily recognized because Tan gives clear examples of the diverse versions of English in her life, she pinpoints