Linguistic Diversity: English Language Learners Janice Watson EDU: 639 Human Relations & Learning in the Multicultural Environment Dr. Jamie Worthington September 20‚ 2010 Linguistic Diversity (English Language Learners) English Language Learners (ELL) refers to students whose first language is not English and encompasses both students who are just beginning to learn English. Because there are so many students who enter the United States who do not speak English well or not at all‚ we
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In history you would assume that diversity would be little to none due to slavery in the country. When we look back we don’t see that diversity spread into law enforcement just as much as it was. In present times you would also assume that there is discrimination against blacks only but some officers feel like there is reverse discrimination against whites also. Dating back to the late 18 hundreds during slavery‚ blacks were enforcing the black communities. Colored police made up 1% of the law
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The United States of America is made up of several different races‚ religions‚ and ethnicities‚ as well as men and women of different ages‚ and sexual orientations. This makes the United States one of the most diverse nations on earth. It is estimated between the years 2010 to 2050 minorities will increase from 36% to 54% of the population. (Schaefer‚ p. 4‚ 2012)(p.4). Immigration is the main reason for this estimate. It is estimated that in 2050‚ 67 million people will be immigrants and another
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Equality and diversity policy The purpose of this policy is to advise staff in good practice to comply with the associations regulations in relation to equality and diversity The manager is responsible for ensuring that workplace rules and standards are clearly known‚ understood and followed by all staff. This workplace is an equal opportunities organisation and will ensure in the provisions of its care and support services‚ employment of all staff and use of volunteers It I recognised that
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Stereotypical Diversity While watching the oh so popular TV series “the office”The Office specifically the episode “Ddiversity Dday‚”‚ I came to realize how big of a deal racism is. I believe that racism is an absolutely pointless objective‚ which many people live by. As the famous Michael Scott‚ who tries to solve problems‚ but eventually ends up making them ten times worse as they were to begin with‚ undergoes a Chris rock routine and has an African American male coincidently named Mr. Black
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Principles of diversity‚ equality and inclusion in adult social care settings 1.1 Explain what is meant by Diversity: people have things in common with each other‚ they are also different and unique in many ways. Diversity is about recognizing and valuing those differences. Equality: making sure people are treated fairly and given fair chances. Equality is not about treating everyone in the same way‚ but it recognises that their needs are met in different ways. Inclusion: ensuring people‚ whatever
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in our personal life. Learning to value diversity‚ to become conscious of our ways of relating to each other and their ways of relating to us‚ does not come easily to most of us nor is it something that can be imposed from the outside. In Valuing Relationship (1995)‚ Lewis Brown Griggs sums the interrelationship of knowing ourselves and building relationship with others as follows: "Knowing myself is what allows me to know‚ understand‚ and value the diversity of others so that I can build trust with
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Accounting Diversity Although accounting standards and practices are the same across the board in their orgin‚ the Accounting and taxation structures of different countries around the world make them vary between countries. Different countries apply different accounting practices. This accounting diversity is the reason that one company may seem profitable while another seemstobe operating at a loss. This difference between global accounting practices can head to poor business decision-making
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Diversity Diversity in management is a major task. There are many aspects related to diversity‚ such as: culture‚ religion‚ and gender‚ just to name a few. It is important to remember that different people have different values and morals. Treating each person as an individual may be a difficult task for some managers. For managers who hire‚ hiring people with different backgrounds can enhance the team’s performance by introducing different perspectives and ideas. The planning process
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CULTURE AND DIVERSITY TIP SHEET When implementing prevention programs‚ it is important to consider culture and diversity‚ such as socioeconomic status‚ sexuality‚ spirituality‚ ethnicity‚ and other aspects. Culture involves every aspect of an individual’s external and internal life. Many definitions of culture exist. One way to define culture is the knowledge‚ experience‚ values‚ ideas‚ attitudes‚ skills‚ tastes‚ and techniques that are passed on from more experienced members of a community to new
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