As a bilingual student‚ myself‚ I recognize the importance of receiving language support‚ when English is not your first language. At the age of eight‚ I struggled to adapt to my new country and its language. Unfortunately‚ my parents did not know English‚ therefore I could not get any support from home. However‚ I was fortunate to find bilingual teachers that were patient and appropriately skilled to provide me the resources I needed to acquire the new language. These teachers inspired me to become
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Experience Indianapolis Public Schools 07/2016-07/2017 Bilingual Enrollment Specialist 10/2016-07/2017 • Assisted parents with the enrollment process for students • Managed a high volume of inbound and outbound calls • Managed Front Desk area • Acted as a Spanish Bilingual Translator when needed • Maintained school records within the database • Maintained a positive‚ energetic‚ solution driven demeanor in all dealings with parents‚ staff
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HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The American system of school education differs from the systems in other countries. There are state public schools‚ private elementary schools and private secondary schools. Public schools are free and private schools are fee-paying. Each state has its own system of public schools. Elementary education begins at the age of six or seven‚ when a child goes to the first grade (form). At the age of sixteen schoolchildren leave the elementary school and
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the JFK assassination‚ Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech‚ etc.‚ (Pearson) and rock ‘n roll music could have been an outlet for American teens. In relation to social reasons why the Beatles and later British bands were so successful in America‚
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Turnbull believes that prior to addressing the issue of emergent bilingual the term bilingual definition should be tackled first. He explained that the various criteria used to determine a bilingual such as fluency‚ native-like command‚ and complete and meaningful languages production caused the different definition bilingual. Moreover‚ the two most renowned definitions for bilingual offered by Mackey and Grosjean emphasized on having linguistic knowledge and using the language on a regular base
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The featured article brought forth the importance of patient education in regards to psychotropic medications. A close friend Mrs. Brown shared her story. Mrs. Brown is a patient with a history of mental health‚ she was diagnosed with anxiety and depression in her adolescent years. Mrs. Brown has had to grow and learn how to cope with her diagnoses through the course of her life. Mrs. Brown expressed that just before her career started to take off the need and desire for a family was growing
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But language had an important side effect as it enabled human beings to tell each other our deepest feelings and impressions. Language had not a common evolution. Depending on many different influences different languages come up and gained importance and lost it again‚ many times a huge political power favored a language. In our times two languages have an outstanding meaning as millions or even billions of people are able to communicate using these languages. The one of these two languages
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Standardized Test Improving Education in America The use of standardized tests became very popular after the No Child Left behind Act (NCLB) was passed in 2001. The NCLB required yearly testing starting in the 3rd grade‚ in all 50 states. US students fell from 18th in the world in math in 2000 to 31st in 2009‚ with a similar drop in science and we haven’t had any changes in reading. One argument is that standardized tests are a fair and measure the ability of students‚ they make sure teachers
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Discuss the importance and function of code-switching in bilingual children and/or learners of a second language. This essay will consist of arguments for and against the importance of code-switching (or CS). The positive aspects focus on CS as a conscious choice‚ CS a social tool and CS requiring a fluency in all languages involved. The negative aspects will consist of the stigma attached to code-switching in general and in children‚ the difference between CS and ‘code-mixing’ and whether CS
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Americas gifts to my generation are security‚equal rights‚and freedom.we need security to be able to not worry about anything. to be able to go outside without fear. to be able to not worry about anything‚ to be able to live safely. People knew that they could live safer now that america had some of the best security such as nuclear bombs‚ military forces machine guns‚ a wall on the border of mexico(armed with minigun turrents) to keep the mexicans out of the U.S.A. this is some of the best security
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