language. My first point is learning foreign language has a wonderful effect on human’s brain. This is because the research which looked at brain densities of bilingual people. There were three types of people‚ some of them speak only one language‚ and some of them learned a second language before 5 years old‚ and others became bilingual between ages 10 and 15 . This research was carried out by Mecelli (Micheli) who is London’s Department of imaging Neuroscience researcher. Brain imaging showed
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speak‚ the way we act‚ the way we view other people and who we are comfortable with. This makes us have a bias towards different cultures. This has been a problem in society for a long time‚ Richard Rodriguez‚ in his article “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” demonstrates how in his childhood‚ about fifty-years ago‚ kids viewed him in a strange way because of his ethnicity (group of people that have a certain racial‚ cultural‚ religion or other traits in common.) and language. “Walking down
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My idea of interest is the importance of being bilingual. Our schools in America don’t focus on a teaching kids a second language. As a Hispanic‚ and American citizen‚ being bilingual is very important to me. I learned Spanish and English as a kid‚ and this had led me to have better communication‚ and has opened more opportunities for me. I chose this topic because it will raise awareness and lead many Americans to better communicate with the Hispanic community. The American society needs to adapt
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1. The advantages of being bilingual There are many advantages of being bilingual. It can get you many places in life and could help you in a time of need. Knowing English as a second language is a good thing in many western countries. There are many English-speaking people in western countries and knowing English will help you to communicate with people. Also‚ I travel to America a lot for vacations‚ so knowing English helps. The third is that if I want to have a conversation with foreigner it
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the hardships of being bilingual. Teachers never realized how hard it was for me to follow and comprehend oral and written information just because of a slower process time due to being bilingual. I also took intense courses in Spanish while in school. I would rather characterize myself as a person of moral obligation and word. Once I set my mind on something I always do it. I always follow through on my promises be it cutting the grass for my church‚ or tutoring a bilingual child. I will show up
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Advantages of Being Bilingual In today’s society‚ twenty percent of the United States citizens are bilingual which demonstrates that America is rapidly growing. With all this growth‚ people are becoming fast learners when it comes to accumulating multiple languages. With the good comes the bad‚ therefore not all people are fortunate enough to learn and develop another language. By understanding and comprehending two languages you have achieved a big accomplishment. Being bilingual is important‚ especially
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Transgressing Monolingualism and Bilingual Dualities: Translanguaging Pedagogies Ofelia García‚ Nelson Flores and Heather Homonoff Woodley A. Yiakoumetti (ed.). Harnessing Linguistic Variation for Better Education. Peter Lang. Throughout the world language minorities are most often educated in schools that have been designed for language majorities. Usually they are educated only through the medium of the dominant state language. But even when they are given the opportunity to be educated
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Why is it important to be bilingual? Answer: Being bilingual allows you to communicate better with other people. It can aid you in school‚ business‚ travel or everyday life. Many people find that learning a second language also helps them improve their first. Phonetics‚ grammar points‚ and other things that native speakers usually take for granted‚ you will start to notice in your own language after learning about them in another. It’s important to be bilingual because it knowing two different
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The article “By Bilingual Acquisition”‚ Genesee (2006) explains how children learn and acquire languages. There are a lot of children who live in different environments from their mother languages such as Arabic. They are exposed to another language‚ and it may affect them. There are also careful parents and educated people who think negatively about childhood bilingualism. This phenomenon is common in some communities where some children grow up with their mother tongue‚ and the parents try to speak
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Essay #2 – Benefits of Being Bilingual: Every person knows one language‚ which is the language that you learn during your childhood. In “My Spanish Standoff‚” Kuntz writes‚ “my daughter is frustrated by the fact that I’m bilingual and have purposely declined to teach her to speak Spanish‚ my native tongue.” The information given as well as the information in “English Only‚ but Where” and “English-Only Classrooms‚” has been brought to my attention that being bilingual has advantages. Language is
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