understand some words or short sentences that are often used by our parents‚ but we have not been exposed to the language enough to be able to communicate. Even though my generation cannot not be considered as Veneto speakers‚ we had a strong sense of being part of a group. In the school where I studied throughout my childhood‚ we had a clear separation between groups: the Italian descendants and the ‘others’‚ often students with darker skin and from lower social classes. Within the Italian descendants
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BEING A FRATERNITY MEMBER: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES By: Arsenio Unajan Baquilid Prologue I am a founding member of a fraternity. As such‚ I can consider myself having adequate exposures on the life of this type of organization. To begin with‚ let me emphasize that a fraternity or sorority is a choice of a lifestyle for a lifetime. It has a strong influence on one’s personality. It can make or unmake a person. I have heard of many arguments against being a fraternity/sorority member. Some are
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in my community. Taking this experience of feeling excluded‚ I want to connect with others whether it be those who come from different or same ethnic group‚ social class‚ sexuality‚ and so on‚ to come together and share our personal experiences of being a minority. In the Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC)‚ I hope to meet new people outside my community and even those who I have not met in the Sacred Heart Prep community as well and learn from one another. No‚ I have not participated
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Why is it important to be bilingual? Answer: Being bilingual allows you to communicate better with other people. It can aid you in school‚ business‚ travel or everyday life. Many people find that learning a second language also helps them improve their first. Phonetics‚ grammar points‚ and other things that native speakers usually take for granted‚ you will start to notice in your own language after learning about them in another. It’s important to be bilingual because it knowing two different
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against another gladiator or against exotic animals who will be fighting for their life just as much them. The Roman Gladiators were the toughest and most brutal fighters of their time. The early times of being a gladiator is different than what people think it would be. The whole concept of being a gladiator and the coliseum
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their hearts for meaning. Similarly‚ the world’s political leaders do not have master’s degrees or doctorates. These are the people who shaped our century‚ and they are too busy with real life to spend time in the paper chase. Students in college are being sold an illusion. They are made to believe that self-understanding and society approval will come with the acquisition of a piece of paper. Instead of thinking for themselves‚ and finding their own personality and strengths‚ they are fitted like square
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Name: Auriol Pedro Topic: Bilingual Education General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about what bilingual education is and how it is important. Thesis Statement: Bilingual education means instruction in two languages. It refers to a range of classroom strategies that include instruction in the student’s primary language. I. Introduction: A. Attention Getter: In 1998‚ California voters passed Proposition 227‚ an initiative that limits non-English language instruction for
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studied the advantage of being open-minded and self confident in an immigration context. They collected data from 102 polish individuals ranging from the age of 17-58 years old. The participants were evaluated by personality and socio-biographical questionnaire. They found that openness and self-esteem were significantly beneficial to the use of a second language. Again‚ both Travis and Leticia immigrated to another country. While Travis was temporarily‚ their ability to take advantage of their situation
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We live in a world where more people from other countries are moving to new ones‚ knowing different languages can help the world be seen in a different light. It can also open windows for jobs that allow working with other countries. Being bilingual means that a person can speak two of the roughly 6‚500 known languages fluently. If a child is taught a foreign language in the early stages of life‚ it allows them to understand subjects faster than kids that are monolinguals‚ one that speaks one language
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internal conflict. “The key difference between bilinguals and monolinguals may be more basic: a heightened ability to monitor the environment”(Bhattacharjee‚ 2012). Bilingualism seems that if being bilingual is a simple life hack‚ then we would all be able to achieve the highest set goal. Being able to withhold more than one language is part of the brain’s executive function. Having to deal with any kind of puzzle even if it is from another country a bilingual has a better chance of solving it. It would
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