The Importance of Teaching Spanish to America’s YouthI The Importance of Teaching Spanish to America’s Youth Most people would love to be able to travel to Spain or Mexico and feel comfortable with speaking the native language as well at the same time making themself a more valuable employee to any future employer. A simple way to achieve both of these goals would be to learn a foreign language more specifically Spanish. Many children have the option in their class rooms to elect to learn Spanish
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We live in a world where more people from other countries are moving to new ones‚ knowing different languages can help the world be seen in a different light. It can also open windows for jobs that allow working with other countries. Being bilingual means that a person can speak two of the roughly 6‚500 known languages fluently. If a child is taught a foreign language in the early stages of life‚ it allows them to understand subjects faster than kids that are monolinguals‚ one that speaks one language
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As Author Malcolm Gladwell once said‚ "We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction." Teaching by example goes a long way‚ and really helps children grow and learn. A bilingual teacher is able to communicate effectively with students while at the same time opening the door to learning a second language. This allows the students to be comfortable with their language rather feeling forced to learn a new language. This supportive type
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There’s actually a lot of controversy about baby signing in the academic community‚ not about whether or not it should be done‚ just about whether or not it speeds things up‚ or delays talking. “Learning to speak is usually accelerated by teaching sign language and speech at the same time. One possible reason is that both forms of communication stimulate the same area of the brain” (Edelson). While the brain is constantly measuring the amount of activity occurring in the brain at any given time
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Growing up and being raised far away from my country of birth‚ Mexico‚ I believe being Hispanic is not just a title I hold for being born in a Latin American country or that is based on how I look‚ how I dress‚ or how I act‚ but rather is keeping the history‚ my native language‚ the tradition and culture of my home country alive in me. Coming to this country at a young age did not allow me to enjoy the lifestyle of a “true” Mexican or Hispanic‚ but that didn’t stop me from learning the culture and
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Bilingual Culture; The Role of a Second and a Foreign Language Children learn their native language “Nasa-yuwe” at home and it is spoken among members of their own community‚ but at the time of interacting outside their native communities‚ they must switch to Spanish. Likewise it happens when they have access to the external world like in the case of radio and the internet; what at times suggests that interaction in the outer language (Spanish) has more relevance than interaction in the
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THE AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD BACKGROUND • The army method • Second World War • The US army was trained with a basic oral communication WHAT IS IT? • It is an inductive teaching and learning method. • It is based on imitation and repetition drills (oral). • The students must repeat what the teacher says. • Similar to the Direct method: students must avoid their native language into the classroom. • It is focused on grammar and phonology. PRINCIPLES • It was based on the structural linguistic (Bloomfield
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Some scholars of psychology argue that being bilingual means being superior in cognitive ability. These scholars have access to a plethora of published research supporting the cognitive advantages of bilingualism. However‚ evidence supporting the cognitive disadvantages of bilingualism does exist‚ but the publication of them is not as frequent. Positive abstracts supporting cognitive advantages were published due to numerous reasons and the authors of this study suggest one reason is called‚ publication
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READING RESPONSE In the article “My Two Minds”‚ Catherine De Lange details the differences between bilingualism and monolinguals. It was believed that starting back in the 19th century‚ bilingualism would confuse the capability of a child to fully understand either language properly. Later studies then shown that people who were bilingual may not have as a diverse vocabulary‚ but the overall cognitive ability to speak another language did not hinder the overall development. Using a technique to
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The Poem Bilingual/ Bilingue by Rhina Espaillat is a narrative poem which suggest a epigram‚ it has a deep message about the language barriers between two different cultures and relates to the struggles that everyday bilingual people have to face‚ especially when growing up. But‚ it’s written in a way that the message is very clear and to the point using informal and at times witty language‚ grasping the reader’s attention. This poem uses figurative language to help get the message across. Metaphors
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