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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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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Topic: The Benefits of Being Bilingual Specific purpose statement: To inform my audience about some benefits of being bilingual Central Idea: There are a lot of benefits that a person can get just by being bilingual‚ focusing on the three main areas that are more beneficial. Organizing pattern: Topical I. Introduction A. Get attention- To gain the attention of the audience I intend to ask the question‚ “Haven’t you all wanted to know what people are saying when they are speaking in a different
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not the only tongue you hear being spoken in our daily lives‚ spanish‚ arabic‚ farsi‚ and portuguese are just a few you may hear. Imagine being able to communicate with these people of different tongues than you? How much could you know? How many things could you accomplish‚ in your personal and professional life? Language is powerful‚ and being able to expand your horizons with language can have endless rewards. In the article “ Ten proven benefits of Being Bilingual” by Meredith Nudo‚ she discusses
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Bilingual ≠ Interpreter It’s not uncommon when faced with a monolingual‚ foreign language speaker to find a workplace or social service grabbing the first available bilingual employee available to serve as an interpreter. Surely‚ the main goal is just to get the bigger points across and anyone bilingual can do that‚ right? Wrong. On both counts. The point is rarely to convey only the main points and anyone bilingual can’t necessarily do that. If they can’t do that‚ then they certainly can’t match
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struggle.The curse of being bilingual is one that can affect you for all of the time. The struggle of actually never being fluent in either language makes you feel a bit abnormal. As if you lack some kind of ability to be smart or even just an average person. Constantly being made fun of for the way you pronounce certain words and the way you read. It’s a constant reminder of how you can’t just be normal‚but on how you will never be good enough.You become accustomed to being judged‚demorilized‚
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Bili Bilingual Education: A Life-Long Advantage Alexa Adams It is concerning to see the U.S. continue to academically fall behind countries like China and Finland. The Program for International Student Assessment or PISA‚ is an international standardized test taken by 15 year-olds in developing countries. The U.S.‘s Secretary of State‚ Arne Duncan (2010)‚ was disappointed in the results‚ “The United States came in 23rd or 24th in most subjects. We can quibble‚ or we can face
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Bilingual Education in the United States can be defined as “a program that seeks to permit non-English speaking children (many from lower-class homes) to use their ‘family language’ as the language of school” (Rodriguez 256). In other words‚ it is a method of education that suggests that a child whose native language is not English should learn English in institutions while being instructed in classes in his or her home language as well. This form of teaching has been a strong point of controversy
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There were several advantages being a puritan like making good decisions just by following the bible‚ placing God above all‚ and how the community worked in unity. The reason why puritanism was considered a good thing was due to Puritans living closely by the bible and making better decisions in life. Puritans lived by the ten commandments and by what the bible says. An example of puritans living by the bible is not to steal‚ commit adultery‚ murder‚ and many more.Others may say that it’s a
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wondered what advantages this would give you? Maybe you have never asked these types of questions before‚ since you didn’t need to speak another language than your native. Today‚ being bilingual has become popular‚ but this is a necessity. In this globalizing world‚ speaking more than one language makes people more productive. Researchers say that there are advantages to being bilingual. These advantages can be reflected in your work‚ health‚ and social life. One advantage of being bilingual is reflected
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