Growing up bilingual meant that not only was I lucky to be cultured in two languages but it also meant that I had an expanded vocabulary with words in Spanish and in English. In elementary‚ I felt uncomfortable speaking either language around my classmates because they would look at me strange if I spoke Spanish with someone and then weird again if I spoke English and I felt that I had to identify with just one. Once I got into my teenage years I learned that being bilingual was not a disadvantage
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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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everyone else and even their children when they start taking ESL (English as a Second Language). They will start to have a wider spread vocabulary then the parents own and can feel as if they’re being disconnected from them as well. In the poem Bilingual/Bilingüe by Rhina Espaillat this struggle is shown. This poem shows how family relationship can be affected from a language barrier by causing emotional‚ cultural and educational differences. A language barrier can affect the emotional aspect of
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Spanish is the language I’ve known all my life. It’s the language my family and I have used since we were able to speak. I never really questioned when other people would use a different language. I don’t even remember other people speaking a different language than me until I moved to a different elementary school. I attended pre-k through second grade at Perez Elementary. There‚ from I remember‚ all the classes where taught in Spanish‚ so I was never exposed to a different language. Things drastically
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Bilingual Children with Communicative Disorders: Understanding and Treating University of Arkansas Abstract This report studied what was already known about bilingual children with communicative disorders in order to address specific problems that come up in this field. Studies done on this specific population within the past decade were found by searching online databases. The studies were then analyzed and organized into methods and results with a discussion to explain any findings. Findings
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elementary school children received bilingual education‚ which is double the current level. In 1968 the Bilingual Education Act was passed‚ which did not require bilingual education‚ but used students’ native languages in the curriculum to one degree or another. With the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001‚ bilingual education was left far behind‚ and was no longer a part of the national framework for elementary schools (“Bilingual Education”). Now‚ bilingual education in the United States
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challenge are‚ by creating English as a second language program‚ a structured English immersion approach‚ or implementing bilingual education. Ms. Esparza’s approach will be to start a bilingual education program. Bilingual education involves the delivery of instruction in two languages‚ with attempts to preserve and build on native language skills. A major barrier to bilingual instruction is the lack of teachers who are not only fluent in two languages but also qualified to teach math‚ science‚
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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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advantages of being bilingual. As a native Spanish speaker who had to learn English I am much familiarized with this subject. I was born and raised in Cuba and in 1997 at the age of 13 I came to the states. For the past 18 years I have been around others who like me have had to learn English as a second language and I can attest for many of the benefits. What are the benefits? • Expand vocabulary more easily. Individuals who are bilingual will benefit academically in many ways. Bilingual individuals will
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Interviews Do you feel you are capable of having a successful interview? Webster defines an interview as “a formal consultation usually to evaluate qualifications (Webster). Dictonary.com defines an interview as “a formal meeting in which one ore more persons questions‚ consult‚ or evaluate another person” (dictionary.com). Technology today has changed the scope of a successful interview. A successful interview contains five key components; knowledge of the importance of an interview‚ preparation
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