use of African American English in primary schools It has always been a subject of debate whether children whose native language is African American Vernacular English (AAVE) should use their own language‚ or Standard American English (SAE) at schools. The stereotypical view of most white Americans is that Black English is something less adequate‚ less precise‚ or less grammatical. They usually do not accept either the pronunciation or the syntax of this language. Nevertheless‚ it is true that black
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Rainforests A rainforest (or rain forest) is a tropical forest that gets a lot of rain. It usually has a lot of plants and animals. A very well known rainforest is the Amazon Rainforest. Most of it is in Brazil‚ though Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Chile and other countries have parts of it.Scientists say over half of all plant and animal species live in the rainforest. Also more than 1/4 of all medicines come from here. Covering only 2% of the Earth’s land area they still provide 40% of the oxygen.. It
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English is the Only Foreign Language worth Learning? Nowadays English is used almost in all spheres of international communication: business‚ politics‚ science‚ culture‚ etc. Speaking English is one of the main conditions to get a good job. For this reason one may think that English is the only foreign language worth learning to feel confident in the society. But is that really so? I strongly believe that a modern person should learn more languages or speak any other language but English for some
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What Makes a Good Foreign Language Teacher? It is not a secret that teaching has a great role in our life‚ it is everywhere. In our constantly changing world we have to get knowledge from everything: e.g. from people and things surrounding us‚ from different technologies‚ from our experience. But nothing of these can take the place of a teacher‚ who plays a great role in life of every person. During rather long period of time a teacher is an integral part of children’s life. A teacher does not
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Language arts are one of the most crucial parts of education for an elementary aged child. In learning language skills‚ a child will be able to communicate with the world around them. Language arts is a very broad term. Many people will hear that and think it only refers to reading‚ but there are many other parts that encompass language arts. Listening- Listening is most usually the first component of language arts development. From birth‚ children will benefit and learn from just listening to
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Hee (Hailey) Baker ESL 053 October 9‚ 2013 Living in a Foreign Country People migrate to a different country in hopes of improving their life style. It may be to provide a better life for their family or to accomplish one’s dream. Whatever the reason may be‚ one brings dreams and hopes to the new world hoping to have a better life than what they already have. When people just think of visiting a foreign country‚ curiosity and excitement comes to mind. That is because you will be
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Worst day in school 201307-ENG10 One of my worst days of school. I can remember one event in my grade school days that I did not like. You could say it being one of my worst days of my life. I was in the fifth grade‚ in a school in Clovis‚ NM. This school believed in paddling if you got in trouble. The teacher I had‚ acted like he love to enforce this rule. He would tell us‚ every time we acted out‚ that he was going to paddle us as he waved his paddle in the air
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Muhyiddin KUALA LUMPUR‚ April 25 (Bernama) -- The Education Ministry targets to train 10‚000 English language teachers this year to raise their competency in teaching the subject. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the move was in line with the implementation of the "Upholding the Malay Language and Strengthening Command of English" (MBMMBI) policy for Year One primary school pupils starting from next year. "Although the ’Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics in
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Writing Seminar Final Essay Student: Aurimar Barrientos Prof: Alexander Salazar The teaching and learning of writing in English as a Foreign Language As foreign language students we possess the capacity to learn a new language‚ for example English. It might be easy to speak it‚ read it and listen it‚ but what about writing? Writing might be disliked and avoided for students because it is frustrating. It is frustrating because it is unnatural. Speaking is natural and not frustrating; when
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Internet as a good tool to learn new languages Nowadays‚ it is essential to master at least two languages‚ both for career development and to communicate within the globalized world in which we live. Presently‚ because of the arising of technological resources‚ the amount of social network users is on the rise‚ and lots of sites have been using this interactivity to provide people with different ways to learn new languages. Among these sites we have Livemocha and Bussu; these are two highly recommended
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