Experience Indianapolis Public Schools 07/2016-07/2017 Bilingual Enrollment Specialist 10/2016-07/2017 • Assisted parents with the enrollment process for students • Managed a high volume of inbound and outbound calls • Managed Front Desk area • Acted as a Spanish Bilingual Translator when needed • Maintained school records within the database • Maintained a positive‚ energetic‚ solution driven demeanor in all dealings with parents‚ staff
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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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Structure of an Interview A structure for an interview for Interpreter/translator position at school district should be very specific. I would include in the posting of the job the following specifications: * Position/Title * Location * Director Supervisor * Qualifications I would include in the qualifications certification‚ fluent in oral and written Spanish and English‚ ability to work with teachers‚ administrators‚ parents‚ and students. After the qualifications‚ I will write
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ability of mine‚ I am endlessly thankful to my parents. They provided me with such a bilingual education that will benefit me in several ways throughout my life. Languages are a door to the world. Languages open our eyes towards other cultures. Languages let us interact with people of different nationalities and therefore provide us with huge opportunities throughout our career‚ whatever we choose it to be. Bilingual education must be strengthened in the United States. Schools must emphasize teaching
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occupation does not describe everything about me or the path I have taken to get me to where I am today. I wish to teach for a few years in different schools in the New York City Educational System. I also wish to compare the different types of Bilingual Education Programs in New York City and decide the type of program I want to be a part of. I believe that I can make a difference in the New York City Educational System by contributing to the instruction of newly arrivals. In two semesters‚ I will
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English 101 October 22‚ 2013 Bilingual Education The United States is a diverse country of many different races and languages. Even though many languages are spoken in the United States‚ English is the preferred language in the United States. Speaking English in America is the key to success. Without English‚ acquiring employment is almost impossible. More and more immigrants are attracted to the U.S every year‚ and the populations of immigrants‚ which do not know the American culture‚ continue
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Are Bilinguals Smarter Than Monolinguals? A Review of the Literature Luke James Walkington La Trobe University Are Bilinguals Smarter Than Monolinguals? A Review of the Literature ‘Bilingual’ people are differentiated from ‘Monolingual’ people by their frequent communication with two or more languages (Barac & Bialystok‚ 2012). Bilinguals are thought to be smarter than Monolinguals (Rubio-Fernández & Glucksberg‚ 2012). Smartness is a measure of successfulness in their education
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The analysis for the Bilingual Education Attitudes Survey theorizes that items in the survey have a strong correlation‚ which demonstrates evidence for construct validity. Measuring both the convergent and discriminant validity supports this theory because in Table 1‚ there is a very strong positive correlation between the first administration (r= .91) and a strong positive correlation with the second administration (r= .86)‚ in relation to the previously validated bilingual education scale. Moreover
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Turnbull believes that prior to addressing the issue of emergent bilingual the term bilingual definition should be tackled first. He explained that the various criteria used to determine a bilingual such as fluency‚ native-like command‚ and complete and meaningful languages production caused the different definition bilingual. Moreover‚ the two most renowned definitions for bilingual offered by Mackey and Grosjean emphasized on having linguistic knowledge and using the language on a regular base
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Bilingual Culture; The Role of a Second and a Foreign Language Children learn their native language “Nasa-yuwe” at home and it is spoken among members of their own community‚ but at the time of interacting outside their native communities‚ they must switch to Spanish. Likewise it happens when they have access to the external world like in the case of radio and the internet; what at times suggests that interaction in the outer language (Spanish) has more relevance than interaction in the
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