immigrants. Within a country such as Canada‚ a contrast can be drawn between multiculturalism and interculturalism. Even though both policies share a number of similarities‚ the two models’ histories are distinct. Multiculturalism was developed in a bilingual Canada‚ is also entrenched in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms‚ and has a legal status. On the other side‚ interculturalism doesn’t have any legal status and is only currently used in the province of Québec in Canada (not a law). Although‚ similarities
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Gilbert‚ J Helm‚ B. (2010‚ July 8). Ethnic marketing: Mcdonald ’s is lovin ’ it. Retrieved from http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_29/b4187022876832.htm Kaplan‚ R Oliveras‚ W. (2009‚ December 19). Diversity in 2010 - benefits of going bilingual. Retrieved from http://www.oliverascoinc.com/blog/view/11 Reddy‚ S Toossi‚ M. (2002‚ May). A century of change:. Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2002/05/art2full.pdf
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A group I include myself in: bilingual. Moving to the United States has opened my eyes to the diversity a single country can have. There are many cultures that I’ve never known of and which has been interesting to learn about. Part of being bilingual is that you are able to communicate and help people who don’t know or speak English. I volunteer at a hospital; therefore I’ve encounter opportunities to help nurses‚ CNAs‚ and staff communicate with patients and visitors who only speak Spanish. A group
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Ester Education Quarterly‚ A. Harper TeacherJ. de Jong & Candace Spring 2005 Preparing Mainstream Teachers for English-Language Learners: Is Being a Good Teacher Good Enough? By Ester J. de Jong & Candace A. Harper Introduction More and more teachers find themselves teaching students from increasingly diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. In a recent report (National Center for Education Statistics‚ 2002)‚ 42% of the teachers surveyed indicated that they had English Language Learners
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Books for mother tongue education In 1999‚ UNESCO decided to launch an International Mother Language Day (IMLD) to be observed throughout the world each year on 21 February. This celebration is designed to promote linguistic diversity and multilingual education‚ to highlight greater awareness of the importance of mother tongue education. Multilingualism is a source of strength and opportunity for humanity. It embodies our cultural diversity and encourages the exchange of views‚ the renewal
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imposed in the workplace and the effects/possible effects that it has on employees whose first language is not English. While many companies are aware that they need to be "multilingual friendly" from a customer services standpoint and will hire bilingual and multilingual employees to accommodate non-English speakers’ needs; they also impose rules that do not allow multilingual speakers to speak anything but English in the workplace‚ even within private‚ non work-related conversations. These companies
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legal perspective. Specifically‚ she focuses on an ethnographic study that she has conducted at a high school’s ESL program. According to Malsbary‚ “Results demonstrate how race-language processes create conditions that traumatize immigrant and bilingual youth of color through embodied nativist policies” (Malsbary‚ 2014‚ p. 373). There lies evidence in these statements that clearly implies Malsbary is attempting to gain a contextualized view of the issue of language-racism in the way that she relies
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KayLynn Cuddy Prof. Roehr ENGWR 300 September 30‚ 2015 Beneficially Bilingual Within the writing community there is one category that exists and yet it has not been totally accepted by the academic discourse. Bilingual writing displays not only the knowledge of one language‚ but two and yet is still continuously under acknowledged as an academic writing style. Although‚ known writers have gone against the gain to make an impression on the academic system by providing examples of this technique within
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Heritage Month will be here in no time. Starting September 15 to October 15‚ Hispanics across the nation celebrate their heritage and are filled with joy as other communities join them to celebrate their culture. As a champions in the Hispanic community‚ credit unions must be ready to join the celebration with various communications‚ events and collaborations with the community. This celebration is an opportunity for the credit union’s staff to experience the Hispanic cultural through internal celebratory
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the main factor in what enables them to bond together and rebel. But their nationalism is driven by two important factors. One is that Spain has little respect for the Catalan language and culture1. The Spanish nationalists have been attacking the bilingual Catalan community for years and the Catalans have become fed up. However‚ very few of them are actually vocal about defending their language‚ which causes some doubt among the Spanish nationalists on whether the Catalans are truly loyal to their
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