Bilingual Education By: Amy EDBL 4316-850 Dr. Luna Fall 2009 Bilingual Education The objective of bilingual education is to insure students will not fall behind academically because of a poor ability to speak English‚ and to gradually teach them English as a second language. If minority students were taught some subjects in their native tongue‚ proponents insist they could possibly learn English‚ without sacrificing content knowledge (Education). With
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report presents an interview with a bilingual called H.D . H.D. is a daughter of a Turkish immigrant family who lived in Australia for 12 years .H.D. gives examples from her personal life about how she became bilingual background ‚ the challenges of second language acquisition ‚ benefits and the role of languages in her life. H.D was asked the following questions : (a) Could you please explain how you became bilingual? (b) Could you describe the bilingual environment you grew up in? (c) Which
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occurring around the nation- schools are finding it challenging to hire people who can teach in both English and Spanish. In fact‚ 32 states are having difficulty finding enough bilingual teachers (CITE). This difficulty may be because those who have the skills necessary to teach both English and Spanish are able to use their skills in other‚ higher paying jobs. Additionally‚ teaching classes in both English and Spanish require more work‚ since one has to prepare in both languages. The author mentions
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English Language Teaching Situation in Pakistan Analysis) “…a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia” (Attitude & Motivation Macaulay 1935 Ms. Mehwish Haider 1 English Language Teaching Situation in Pakistan Table of Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………...3 Definition of Second language ……………………………………………………….……...….4 Definition of foreign Language …………………………………………………………………4 Different needs to
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Language and Literature C Ms. Cruz CRE: Bilingual Policy in the Philippines By King Alandy Dy Foreigners often perceive the Philippines as a country with excellent English. Many businesses rush to the Philippines to put up international call centers while Asian students come to the Philippines to learn English. This is largely due to the bilingual education which we receive in the Philippines. There are many laws which state that both English and Filipino must be used in education but the
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Bilingual Essay What does bilingual means? A bilingual is involving or using of two different languages. Nowadays‚ most people are actually bilingual. The most used and common language is English which is the universal language. The majority off the world’s population can speak and understand English language. Being able to understand and speak two different languages is a talent. It is an extra factor to one’s personality‚ and it could also help one to build-up one’s self-esteem and confidence
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Objectives of Teaching English .Unit-1.B Unit-1 Sub point-B Note: Here i place the reading material of the topic taught by Kindly go through this for the external exmanitation. A] Aims and objectives of teaching English at secondary level The following are the main objectives of teaching English at secondary level. 1. To develop knowledge and understanding of Grammar. 2. To develop abilities to make use of the grammar in own writing English. 3. To understand the meaning of English passage
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Teaching English to middle school students is quite competitive and challenging job. Teachers are required to give their best efforts to teach English in a more easy ‚successful way. Educational games are very important‚ researched subject and sometimes have been seen just as simple fun. But games are very essential part of the children’s life since children like to play games by nature.They can be an effective method to facilitate the learning process ‚ they can also be used as a first step to begin
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difficulties to both the student‚ in learning the language‚ and to the teacher in communicating and teaching the language. The following essay attempts to outline some of these difficulties. One of the major factors affecting all students attempting to acquire a foreign language is the correlation of the new language and their native tongue. The degree of variation between the student’s native tongue and the English language can cause all kinds of problems with grammar‚ spelling‚ and pronunciation‚ alongside
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University‚ published a preface called “Bilingual lives‚ bilingual experience” in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development‚ in which she claims that a bilingual faces some problems in expressing and distinguishing between emotions on both languages. She gives the example of her Polish-English background and supports that often people who are bilingual make confusions regarding the cultural and deeper meaning of emotions. However‚ I argue that a bilingual learns to perceive the world in a
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