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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The Importance of Bilingual Education in America First off‚ it’s important to understand the difference between learning and education. Learning is the ability of an individual’s brain to acquire and retain information for a lifetime‚ whereas education is an aide to further strengthen a student’s learning capacity with the use of resources: teachers‚ libraries‚ classroom environment‚ etc. All students are essentially equal when they enter the educational environment‚ however students who don’t
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Bilingual education and economic inequality are just two of the many issues Texans deal with in today’s society. In “What is Bilingual Education‚” Stephen Krashen defines bilingual education as “any use of two languages in school – by teachers or students or both – for a variety of social and pedagogical (educational) purposes” (1). Bilingual education confrontations in Texas are due to the overwhelming amount and diversity of immigrants in the past fifteen years. While good for population growth
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Advantages of Being Bilingual Being able to speak two different languages is one of the best abilities to have in todays world. Especially living in the United States‚ which is such a diverse country‚ it really does come in handy. Benefits of being diverse in languages are that you have a greater change of getting that job that’s extremely competitive‚ and you’ll have a wider range of culturalism in your life. As someone who is bilingual‚ I can say that I have experienced certain advantages
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The Advantages of Being Bilingual in Today’s Society According to the studies‚ being bilingual has greater tolerance and less racism. Extended way of thinking helps the approach to cognitive problems and higher levels of abstract thinking. There are many advantages of being bilingual including access to different cultures and makes it easier to find a job. First‚ Bilingualism offers greater exposure
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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 at work. Now‚ the unemployment rate is really high‚ so it is a good idea to increase skills by learning a new language. It is known that being bilingual increase
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Education is a privilege available to all people in the United States; however‚ education of bilingual students has always been tied with political‚ social‚ and economical debates. The United States was founded by nations of immigrants of various nationalities and multiple languages but as the desire for power rose‚ mostly from Europe‚ tensions grew because of these differences and the want of unification began. It was clear that the European language had its advantages and the indigenous languages
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THE BILINGUAL RESEARCH JOURNAL Winter 1996‚ Vol. 20‚ No. 1‚ pp. 45-53 TEACHER ATTITUDES TOWARD THE PRINCIPLES OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND TOWARD STUDENTS ’ PARTICIPATION IN BILINGUAL PROGRAMS: SAME OR DIFFERENT? Fay H. Shin California State University‚ Stanislaus Stephen Krashen University of Southern California Abstract 794 elementary and secondary teachers filled out a questionnaire probing attitudes toward bilingual education. While support for the principles underlying bilingual education
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The Importance of Not Being Earnest Oscar Wilde’s hilarious play‚ "The Importance of Being Earnest‚" is based in Victorian England and follows the story of Mr. Jack Worthing; a lovesick man who lies regarding his identity so he may escape to the city. While his lies start unraveling‚ chaos breaks out. In the last line of the play‚ Jack claims that‚"he has learned the vital importance of being earnest." This conclusion brings the reader to wonder‚ does a tiger ever change it’s stripes? Does the
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