Nowadays‚ the composition of the American classrooms has seen many changes. Due to the increased immigration‚ culturally diverse student population has been constantly growing. The statistics predict that by 2030‚ more than 40% of students in the United States will be students of color. The wide cultural diversity may cause misunderstandings and controversies in the teacher-student relationship. How should the teachers respond to this situation? What do they need to know and what can they do to prevent
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Pakistan is a Muslim country and Islam is the official religion. Islam is the religion which is professed and practiced by the people of Pakistan. Pakistani culture can be called as "Mixed Culture". The majority of people in Pakistan are Muslims by birth and faith. The society and culture of Pakistan comprises numerous diverse cultures and ethnic groups from the Punjabis and Sindhis in the east to the tribal cultures of the Baloch and Pashtun in the west and the ancient Dardic in the north. These
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socialists and left-win communist forces”‚ and the leadership was held by Lee Kuan Yew‚ Goh Keng Swee‚ Sinnathamby Rajaratnam‚ Toh Chin Chye‚ and Kenneth Byrne (Chee‚ 1990). The main tenets and arguments of the PAP were the concepts of multiracialism‚ multilingualism‚ and multiculturalism. In 1959‚ when Singapore was still a part of the Federation of Malaya‚ it won its first landslide victory by winning majority of the seats‚ and Lee Kuan Yew won as the country’s first Prime Minister (ibid‚ pp. 71-74). Since
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constructivist theories are properly integrated in this paper in order to create an effective assessment plan in a two-way bilingual early educational program. Montessori Method promotes the 21st Century Competencies such as problem solving skills‚ multilingualism‚ culture‚ awareness‚ and critical thinking. Teachers‚ as passionate educators‚ should rely on professional development to engage students and inspire them to accomplish their individual goals as well as to promote successful assessment practices
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CULTURAL BACKGROUND: DOES IT INFLUENCE MATURE TRAVELERS EVALUATION OF HOTEL ATTRIBUTES? ABSTRACT The mature traveler segment offers huge potential as they generally have more leisure time and fewer demands on their available income than younger travelers; therefore understanding their needs and desires is ever so important. The current study explores the impact of cultural background upon mature age travelers’ evaluation of 35 hotel attributes presented in a self-administered questionnaire
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Designating an Official Language‚ Unity in the Nation or a Threat to Individual Liberty Dawn Mullins English Composition II Instructor Bargenquast October 15‚ 2012 Designating an Official Language‚ Unity in the Nation or a Threat to Individual Liberty? The debate on whether designating English as the official language will unify this nation or threaten individual liberty has been an issue that is discussed among the nations masses. The definition of an official language
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Introduction English language has been globally becoming the first language rank in the term of highly used by people around the word. To the researcher’s own experiences‚ Holland‚ French‚ Italian‚ and etc.‚ all commonly produce English utterances when they are in Indonesia. They do not speak their own languages or Indonesian to Indonesians unless they are pretty sure about their ability in producing Indonesian. In Indonesia itself‚ English language is one of the favorite foreign languages to
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transparency Objection 3: The EU is weak and unable to defend democratic values INTERPRETING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION I. THE INTERPRETING SERVICES Why multilingualism? The language regimes EU enlargement – the logistics of interpreting in 23 languages EU enlargement – reducing the cost of multilingualism Other modes of interpreting The three Services 1) DG SCIC 2) DG INTE 3) The European
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Endangered Languages CONOR MCDONOUGH QUINN Languages that are threatened with the loss of natural generational transmission are referred to as endangered languages. Language endangerment generally occurs in the later stages of language shift‚ that is‚ when a speech community moves away from their earlier variety‚ dialect‚ or language to a new one or new set thereof (Fishman‚ 1991). While the processes of endangerment and extinction have likely been constant throughout the history of human language
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audiences’ ecologies‚ as consumers of all ages are choosing media that resonates more closely with their interests and style. For ethnic media audiences‚’ globalisation and the global awareness of interconnectedness has increased the benefits of multilingualism and the thirst to connect with other places and people (Georgiou‚ 2001). If community ethnic media considers these linguistic‚ technological‚ and identity shifts‚ these elements could provide opportunities for the creation of new content that
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