recommended some of the articles that I included in this literature review. The key words are engagement‚ motivation‚ English language Learners‚ reading‚ struggling readers‚ parent involvement‚ home literacy‚ literacies‚ home-school connections‚ and funds of knowledge. Introduction Of all student populations (aside from participants in Special Education programs)‚ English Language Learners (ELLs) face the most academic challenges—especially on standardized evaluations emphasizing academic literacy
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WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: STRATEGIES FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS Annette Zehler At the beginning of this school year‚ you may have discovered that there were one or more students in your class who did not grow up speaking English. They were raised in another country‚ or perhaps even in the United States‚ but where another language was primarily spoken at home. These students‚ who may not speak English at all or‚ at least‚ do not speak‚ understand‚ and write English with the
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May (2013) Int. Res. J. Social Sci. Review Paper English Language is a link language in Social Strata: A Critical Review Ms. Neelam Institute of Technology and Management‚ Aligarh‚ UP‚ INDIA Available online at: www.isca.in Received 12th April 2013‚ revised 22nd April 2013‚ accepted 4th May 2013 Abstract This paper is based on” English language is a link language in social strata: A critical Review” the author is of the opinion that English gives us glimpses of the various developments taking
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myriads of languages. Most countries today‚ because of increasing urbanization‚ international commerce‚ tourism‚ business travel‚ and modern technology have begun to embrace the concept of a society that is multicultural. And evidently‚ a globalized multicultural society would have to also be a society that is multilingual. Even though the US regards itself as the world’s melting pot‚ it has very low levels of proficiency in learning a second language. Most students usually study just English‚ or learn
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The Importance of an Official Language in American Society. The United States of America has commonly been referred to as a great melting pot because we are a country comprised of many different cultures and ethnic backgrounds. The original idea of our melting pot was that one nation would be made out of immigrants from different nations around the world. That cultural influx has created the vibrant and diverse atmosphere of today’s American society. As a society‚ it is important to appreciate
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uncle Mr. Ghalib Al-Bir. Thanks to all members of the English department in Al-Rustaq Applied Sciences College‚ who answered the questionnaire. Abstract: This research is about the importance of fluency and accuracy in language learning; either as a second or a foreign language. It is found out that fluency is more important than accuracy. In other words‚ fluency represents the major section in language learning process‚ and it approximately covers all the important
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Google is a search engine which is aimed at many different audiences. Thousands of people use Google per day‚ ranging from children‚ to even people who are retired. The purpose of Google is to provide people with a means of searching through the vast amount of data on the internet. Google has a range of presentational features in its homepage. As you can clearly see the main thing in the search engine is the logo which is centred at the top of the page. As you can see the logo is themed‚ evidently
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Aaron Davis Mr. Martinous Comp 1 November 26‚ 2013 SMS: Next Evolution of the English Language All living languages change. They have no existence apart from the people who use them. And since people are always changing‚ their language changes to keep up with them. Sometimes the reason for change is obvious. When we invent something‚ it needs a name‚ so then a new word comes into being. If we time-traveled back to 1990 and talk to people we might have a hard time communicating with them because
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TOURISM AS COMMUNICATION: THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN TOURISM Ms. Neena Gupta V. Research Scholar‚ Dept. of English ‚ Univ. Of Jammu‚ Jammu-180006 Email: neenaguptavij@gmail.com Phone: 9796491314 Introduction Tourism is one of the most remarkable success stories of modern times. The industry‚ which only began on a massive scale in the 1960’s‚ has grown rapidly and steadily for the past 30 years in terms of the income it generates and the number of people who travel abroad. Tourism is the
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The Future Status of English as a Global Language─Now is No Forever! As an English major and a bilingual person‚ it’s hard to jump out of the box and deny the deep‚ great‚ far-reaching influence and outspread of English. It seems true that English has become the universal language─the one accredited language to use in professional academic fields‚ the almost instinctive choice of language for people to speak in foreign countries‚ remarkably the none-English-speaking ones‚ and a universally
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