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    The Man I Admire Most

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    11:58 AM me: busy?? 11:59 AM busy?? 12:00 PM URMI: na orkut -a eso 12:01 PM ekhane kotha bolte bhalo lagche na scrap koro 12:03 PM me: ki holo?? URMI: ha bolo me: ki korchho??? URMI: ei tomar sathe kotha bolchi tumi ki krcho go? 12:04 PM me: kobita lekhar chesta korchhi URMI: amar darun lage go kobita ekta shonao na go ohh accha lekho na go tomar ph no ta ki pete pari 12:05 PM tomar kobita sunbo me: hmm nischoi pete paro 9433788978 pele? 12:06 PM URMI: ha pelam me: tmr no ta dau 12:07 PM URMI: kintu

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    Spanish Language Proficiency

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    El sendero torcido al español [The Twisted Path to Spanish]: The Development of Bilingual Teachers’ Spanish-Language Proficiency John A. Sutterby‚ Javier Ayala‚ and Sandra Murillo University of Texas at Brownsville Abstract This paper describes the development of Spanish-language proficiency in bilingual preservice teachers at a university on the Texas–Mexico border. A survey with open-ended questions was administered to preservice teachers in bilingual and English as a Second Language certification

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    Whose values count? Culture: any group sharing values‚ beliefs‚ customs “…isms” ethnicism/racism sexism heterosexism (homophobia) classism ageism prejudice against disabled religious bigotry Cultural Competence Familiarity with other groups culture Know thyself People including students‚ therapist‚ profs‚ are humans first and Three challenges to know about yourself Humans rarely contemplate the origin‚ validity or meaning of their value Humans underestimate the arbitrariness

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    Name: Ronak V Patel Draft – III Paulo Freire wrote “The Banking Concept of Education”. His article is based on the “banking” concept education and problem posing education. Banking education is the learning method between students and teacher where most of the participation in class is done by the teacher. Learners don’t have any idea what the educator is talking about‚ this is the reason why Freire opposes banking education. Problem posing education is a learning method where students are taught

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    English as a Second Language It is a struggle to adapt to a new culture and language‚ which may be completely different from the ones young child may have already learned. This can lead to inner conflict‚ confusion‚ and even anger. One way to handle the conflict is to cut ties with the first culture including language. But is this the answer? Doing so can create a sense of loss. In the essay “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood”‚ Richard Rodriguez shares his personal experience with learning

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    Chicano Origin

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    Who is a Chicano? What does the term Chicano mean? Where does the term originate? Why have Mexican-Americans in the past objected to being known as Chicanos? Why do so many Mexican-Americans today take pride in being Chicanos? There questions are frequently asked when the subject of the Chicano Movement comes up. This paper will seek to clarify the origins and meaning of the term Chicano and attempts to explain some of the implications of being a Chicano. A Chicano is an individual (usually with

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    When Richard Rodriguez entered first grade at Sacred Heart School in Sacramento‚ California‚ his English vocabulary consisted of barely fifty words. All his classmates were white. He kept quiet‚ listening to the sounds of middle-class American speech‚ and feeling alone. After school he would return home to the pleasing‚ soothing sounds of his family’s Spanish. When his English showed little sign of improvement‚ the nuns at his school asked Rodriguez’s parents to speak more English at home. Eager

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