Week7 ETH125 CheckPoint‚ Official Language Movement T. Hill Many immigrants fear bilingual education because it is associated with disadvantage‚ alienation‚ and cultural deprivation. Many of them do not want to pass their native language on to their children because they consider English to be more socially and economically valued. (Linton‚ 2004) The loss of a mother tongue by language minority children has severe consequences. Not only does it threaten to inhibit academic advancement‚
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English as a Second Language (ESL) Written examination – End of year Introduction The VCE English as a Second Language (ESL) examination is to be prepared‚ from 2009–2014‚ according to the following Examination specifications and criteria. The examination paper is designed to assess the key knowledge and key skills which underpin the Outcomes for Unit 3 and Unit 4 (VCE English/English as a Second Language Study Design). The sample examination provides an indication of the type and range of questions
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1 India has about a billion people and a dozen major languages of its own. One language‚ and only one‚ is understood-by an elite-across the country: that of the foreigners who ruled it for less than 200 years and left 52 years ago. After 1947‚ English had to share its official status with north India’s Hindi and was due to lose it in 1965. It did not happen: Southern India said no. 2 Today‚ India. Tomorrow‚ unofficially‚ the world. [fhe spread of English] is well under way; at first‚ because the
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Languages Learning foreign languages is important‚ especially for those going to college. This topic illustrates that we can get closer to family and friends who speak a foreign language and get closer to our roots. When we travel‚ we can understand those around us and read items on the menu. Speaking two languages can open many doors into the business world and make you able to talk to those around the world in your work office. If we learn another language we will be eligible to communicate
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Is Second Life Ready for Business? 1. How can Second Life provide value to businesses that use it? Second Life can provide value to businesses in four ways: by offering support to essential business functions‚ offering a low-cost platform to conduct meetings of workers and customers‚ increasing brand image‚ and as a recruiting platform for new employees. The program can offer support to important business functions like customer service‚ product development‚ training and marketing. For all these
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The Use of Second Life in Business Abstract Second Life and other virtual worlds like it are quickly becoming one more in an arsenal of mainstream applications that business are using to gain an edge on their competitors. However‚ since virtual worlds are still in the infancy stage‚ the ways that companies can best use them to further their goals is still under development. This paper takes a look at how businesses are using virtual worlds in the areas of brand and service expansion‚ virtual human
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In most Asian families‚ most kids’ first language is their native language. My first language is English but my second language is Vietnamese. It has always been equally important to me in my life. My parents spoke English‚ but little of it. As I was getting a little older‚ one day I heard my parents talking in Vietnamese and it was something about me because they said my name‚ I got really curious and asked them. They would not tell me anything and would just laugh so it made me angry. I realized
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...... .. 3 Main body 1. Language acquisition . . ....... 4 2. The stages of language acquisition .... ...... .. 5 2.1. The prelinguistic stage . ......... ........... 7 2.2. Babbling ........ ........... 7 2.3. One-word utterances .. .... ........... 9 2.4. Two-word utterances .............. .. .... 10 2.5. Telegraphic speech ........ ... 13 2.6. Language learning during the pre-school period .. 16
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Age and Language Learning What exactly is the relationship between age and language learning? There are numerous myths and misconceptions about the relative abilities or inabilities of language learners of different ages. Do children learn language faster? Is it impossible for adults to achieve fluency? In a word - no. These and other common beliefs are simply not true. Children do not necessarily learn faster than adults and‚ in fact‚ adults may learn more efficiently. Furthermore‚ there is no
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The English language English is one of the most important languages in the world. It can even be regarded as the single most important language. Though other languages are important too‚ they are not the same as the English language is. English is important because it is probably the only language that truly links the whole world together. If not for English‚ the whole world may not be as united as it is today. The other languages may be important for their local values and culture.Considering
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