Assessed Assignment 2: Focus on the learner Muftah‚ married with four children‚ is a pleasant student who is struggling in class. Muftah did not receive any English in secondary school or university. He worked as a Physical Education teacher for two years‚ and then was employed with the Ministry of Youth and Sports for twenty years. In his years of employment‚ Muftah never needed to speak or write in English until about two years ago‚ when he started attending International House. He says that
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In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”‚ Anzaldua introduces her own language Chicano Spanish to us. Because of 250 years of Spanish and Anglo colonization‚ Chicanos developed their own language‚ which was a combination of both English and Spanish. When Anzaldua was young‚ she was told Chicano Spanish was a bastard language and attacks on her native tongue continues throughout her lives. However‚ she didn’t feel ashamed of her language‚ and instead‚ she was proud to speak Chicano Spanish and wished it to
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and remembering details that are important to them. This preference is evident in the character of McCandless. In reference to Chris’ way of feeling something out before making a decision shows that his temperament type was sensing. Chris shows us how he is a sensor when he reached the Morelos Dam and the Mexican border: worried that he would be denied entry because he was carrying no identification‚ he sneaked into Mexico by paddling through the dam’s open floodgates and shooting the spillway below
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In paragraphs 27 through 34 of Gloria Anzaldua’s essay "How to Tame a Wild Tongue"; she subtly conveys her own disgust at the invariable destruction of her Chicano culture by using the rhetorical strategies of organized syntax‚ narrative flashbacks‚ and the incorporation of her "native tongue". Between paragraphs 27 and 30‚ the syntax conveys Anzaldua’s deep emotions about her lingual identity using mostly balanced and declarative sentences. The perfect balanced in noticed in excerpts such as "Until
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In the novel Into the Wild author Jon Krakauer defines isolation as self-imposed due to the desire to escape external influences of society. In doing so he uses tone‚ anecdotes‚ and statements from individuals who were involved with Christopher McCandless. Krakauer achieves his portrayal of isolation by creating a solitary tone‚ providing similar personal experiences‚ and by implementing the actual thoughts and proclamations made by McCandless about scenarios he encountered. He constructs intimate
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which you would establish ground rules with your learners‚ which underpin behaviour and respect for others. How I would establish ground rules for learners would depend on age and experience of the learning group. I would expect an older and more experienced group of learners to be more mature and establish ground rules based on how they would expect people to behave in a group-learning environment‚ for example a popular mantra is “treat others how you would expect to be treat yourself”. Ground
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The older generation can be exemplified through Mrs Birling‚ Mrs Birling and Gerald‚ their attitudes revolve around protecting their own social status whereby do not seem to care for anyone but themselves and their family‚ this can be recognised when the Inspector reveals all about Eva Smith‚ and their reaction to this awful death‚ even though they are involved‚ seems to be non-existent‚ through evidence from the inspector‚ they still persist that they haven ’t participated to this death. They are
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Equivalence‚ comparability‚ and comparison. The definition of Diversity; Difference‚ Unlikeness‚ Deviation‚ Distinctiveness‚ Variation‚ Contrast‚ discrepancy‚ Range‚ and Multiplicity. According to the Equality act‚ (2010) [When providing for learners they should all be treated equally despite] age‚ sex‚ sexual orientation‚ [maternity‚ class]‚ gender reassignment‚ [these people should never undergo] victimisation [or discrimination‚ and in some cases] reasonable adjustments should be made. As
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as routine such as role call. All of these things are a part of the quarantine process due to a plague. The point of the stages of presentation is to attempt to create an understanding in regards to power and knowledge‚ as well as how they can relate to one another. It could be said that Foucault’s argument is regarding similarities in our society compared to panopticism. In both our society and in panopticism‚ the need for control amongst individuals strongly mirrors how inmates under lock and key
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Two women‚ who are the children of immigrants‚ share their stories of growing up in America. The first is Gloria Anzaldua‚ a Chicana who grew up in South Texas. The first chapter of her book‚ Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza is titled “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”. She describes life as a young woman who is too Spanish for Americans and too American for Spanish. The second is Amy Tan‚ a daughter of immigrants who fled China in the 1940s. In her essay “Mother Tongue” she recalls
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