After reading A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” by Richard Rodriguez‚ and “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ I found that being bicultural is one of the best qualities I could have. Speaking two languages‚ eating different kinds of foods‚ and celebrating my culture are some of the advantages of being bicultural. Although my family and I live in the U.S we follow the customs and traditions of America and Pakistan. I have learned to speak three languages‚ including English. I eat a variety of foods and celebrate
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Alphonse Gabriel‚ America’s best well-known gangster will always be remembered as “Al Capone” world wide. His contribution to America wasn’t the best‚ but his disruptive life left a trademark‚ especially during the prohibition era. Al Capone was born and raised in Brooklyn‚ New York during the 80s. He was the fourth of nine brothers and son to two immigrants. Capone’s childhood in Brooklyn wasn’t as disruptive first‚ but as he began associating himself with the wrong crowd‚ many things changed for
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Topic: The Benefits of Being Bilingual Specific purpose statement: To inform my audience about some benefits of being bilingual Central Idea: There are a lot of benefits that a person can get just by being bilingual‚ focusing on the three main areas that are more beneficial. Organizing pattern: Topical I. Introduction A. Get attention- To gain the attention of the audience I intend to ask the question‚ “Haven’t you all wanted to know what people are saying when they are speaking in a different
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Ten proven benefits of Being Bilingual” by Meredith Nudo‚ she discusses the many benefits of being bilingual or multilingual. Although‚
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Why the government are driving to ensure literacy is a main priority‚ especially reading by six years of age. The importance of this and the effects on the child‚ parents‚ teachers and society. Abstract This paper attempts to analyse why the government are working so hard at ensuring all our primary children are reading by the age of six. The importance of this and the effect on children‚ teachers and society. It is well documented that reading is one of the most important abilities students
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Basic elements of building a bilingual dictionary. Dictionaries may be classified by many criteria‚ some of these obvious to everyone‚ for example size‚ language‚ others may more complex and field based. Perspective is based on how the compiler views the work and what approach is taken. Firstly is the work diachronic (covering an extended time) or synchronic. Secondly- how it is organized- alphabetically‚ by sound‚ by concept or by some other criteria. (Jarošová 2000: 12-28) And thirdly‚ is
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Bilingual ≠ Interpreter It’s not uncommon when faced with a monolingual‚ foreign language speaker to find a workplace or social service grabbing the first available bilingual employee available to serve as an interpreter. Surely‚ the main goal is just to get the bigger points across and anyone bilingual can do that‚ right? Wrong. On both counts. The point is rarely to convey only the main points and anyone bilingual can’t necessarily do that. If they can’t do that‚ then they certainly can’t match
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ADULT EDUCATION AND WAYS TO IMPLEMENT IT Democracy without education is meaningless. It is education and enlightenment that lifts a nation to the heights of progress and greatness. Unfortunately‚ the situation as it obtains in India in respect of education is not only distressing but disgraceful and deplorable. At present about 60% of the people in India are illiterate; they cannot differentiate a buffalo from a black mole. Adult education is needed because it is a powerful auxiliary and an essential
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they begin their government regulated education‚ but they are never taught about the outside world or what happened before the society began‚ which leads to widespread ignorance and brainwashing. This controlled learning environment that is forced upon the future generations by the government is the largest aspect that this community uses. The education system that was chosen was designed to lead to widespread ignorance
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decision of how‚ when‚ and if they should make their children be bilingual. They worry that if instead of helping their kids doing so‚ it may hurt them. Most people agree that in long terms‚ being bilingual is a great tool. Since most parents agree on that‚ not all agree on how early kids should be introduce to a second language. Should it be as soon as they are born‚ or first learn one language and then a second? Growing Up in a Bilingual Family Educators and psychologists will advice to introduce
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