ENGLISH ONLY COURT CASES INVOLVING THE U.S. WORKPLACE: THE MYTHS OF LANGUAGE USE AND THE HOMOGENIZATION OF BILINGUAL WORKERS’ IDENTITIES Kari Gibson University of Hawai‘i Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects against discrimination in employment on the basis of race‚ color‚ sex‚ religion and national origin. However when the judicial system has examined English Only workplace policies in light of Title VII‚ it has generally determined that such policies are not discriminatory if an
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Bilingual education was first initiated in 1968. It was a new means to educate the children who spoke a minority language. thirty-one years later the same problems exist for those children who speak a language other then English. The experiment of Bilingual education has been a failure and now it’s time to move on. The first English only initiatives were brought forth in 1981 by newly elected president Reagan. Since then the conflict over Bilingual education has drove on. Currently twenty-three states
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challenge are‚ by creating English as a second language program‚ a structured English immersion approach‚ or implementing bilingual education. Ms. Esparza’s approach will be to start a bilingual education program. Bilingual education involves the delivery of instruction in two languages‚ with attempts to preserve and build on native language skills. A major barrier to bilingual instruction is the lack of teachers who are not only fluent in two languages but also qualified to teach math‚ science‚
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Being Bilingual The world has become a small village. People from different countries communicate with each other daily. Therefore‚ the need for bilingualism has become urgent for several reasons such as migration‚ having parents who speak a different language or studying in an international school. In fact‚ speaking two languages can help us get better job opportunities and open up our mind.
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Being different when it comes to language is hard for others to accept. Some bilingual students in a study reported that they felt isolated and discriminated against by fellow classmates who were perhaps native to the area they were in. Most immigrants find it very hard to fit in because they either speak a different language or speak in a different way. What happens to some of these students is similar to what happens to illiterate students. Not in every case‚ but in many they are teased‚ ignored
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This semester I observed a first grade bilingual classroom at Martin Elementary. The classroom contained three ELL’s at a variety of levels. The instructor‚ Mrs. Guerrero‚ used lots of sheltered instruction strategies not only during the set time for bilingual instruction‚ but throughout the rest of the content areas. Throughout the semester‚ I saw how Mrs. Guerrero used specific strategies to teach vocabulary to her LEP students. The first thing I noticed was how she had seated them near native
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I have full understanding of SpEd programs such as 504‚ resource‚ and inclusion. Most of all I consider myself very knowledgeble in the area of Bilingual Education. I have served in LPAC committees‚ have administered a variety of language assessments‚ and worked in different types of Bilingual program models. I’ve had the opportunity to work in Bilingual‚ Dual-Language‚ ESL‚ and General Ed classrooms. As an experienced educator‚ I am also skilled in the area of implementing differentiated instruction
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Everyone has a talent or skill that they’re proud of‚ mine has to be being bilingual. Being bilingual can be very helpful not just to me‚ but to others as well. Speaking two languages can help me with any new career opportunities that would make me stand out and take me very far in life. I have worked really hard to get to where I am today. My family only spoke Spanish to me so I wasn’t able to learn English. My oldest sibling growing up didn’t speak English either. When I started elementary
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As a bilingual student‚ myself‚ I recognize the importance of receiving language support‚ when English is not your first language. At the age of eight‚ I struggled to adapt to my new country and its language. Unfortunately‚ my parents did not know English‚ therefore I could not get any support from home. However‚ I was fortunate to find bilingual teachers that were patient and appropriately skilled to provide me the resources I needed to acquire the new language. These teachers inspired me to become
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Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood by Richard Rodriguez is an essay that shows his readers a part of life that many have never experienced. Rodriguez uses this essay to show how he fights through his childhood to understand English. Speaking clear English will help him to fit in to society. He faces society while forfeiting his happy home life‚ to try to become a typical English-speaking student. As a young child‚ Rodriguez finds comfort and safety in his noisy home full of Spanish sounds
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