of Reading Skills of Spanish-Speaking English Language Learners in Bilingual Education Classrooms‚” a scholarly article was written by Romilia Dominguez de Ramirez and Edward S. Shapiro; tailors the importance of constructing significant resources in schools to help Spanish-speaking English language learners‚ also addressed as ELLs. Over the years‚ a dramatic increase of Spanish speaking students in U.S. schools has increased. It is stated that 78% of English language learners in Grades K-12 speak
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Poetry Analysis Bilingual Sestina by Julia Alvarez Julia Alvarez was born in March 27th 1950 in New York City. When she was only 3 months old her family decided to return to their homeland in Dominican Republic. It seems they wanted to make a difference in their country which at that time was being ruled by the dictator General Rafael Trujillo. In 1960 her family returns to the United States because his father was part of a plot to overthrow country’s dictator which it failed and under
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INTRODUCTION Today‚ teaching English language assumes many different shapes. Teaching methods vary from teacher to teacher. However‚ we can find one common feature these methods do share. They all are tinged with communicative competence objectives. Using poetry in the classroom may undoubtedly add to a broad spectrum of classroom activities that communicative approach offers. Poetry being a part of literature offers tremendous potential for ESL/EFL linguistically‚ culturally and aesthetically
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CHALLENGES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ENGLISH AT SECONDRY LEVEL INTRODUCTION: The modern world is a global village and communities of the world are getting closer to each other. Through language different people and communities share their ideas and concepts. As Lyytinen (1985) pointed out‚ “man uses language to express feelings and attitude
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intended for children that spoke at home languages other than English and with annual incomes below $3000. The 1974 reauthorization eliminated the poverty criterion and for the first time it required the use of the students’ native language and culture in the instruction of ELLs (Crawford‚ 1989). However‚ the purpose was not to develop the students’ native language‚ but to allow academic progress in the content areas while acquiring English (Lyons‚ 1990). Congress again reauthorized the BEA in 1978
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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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s/z Roland Barthes TRANSLATED BY R.idYtrl Miller PREFACE BY Ridunl HowanJ •A Blackwell Translation © 1974 by Farrar‚ Straus and Giroux‚ Inc. Originally published in French as S/Z Copyright © 1973 by Editions du Seuil‚ Paris 350 Main Street‚ Malden‚ MA 02148-5018‚ USA 108 Cowley Road‚ Oxford OX4 UF‚ UK 550 Swanston Street‚ Carlton South‚ Melbourne‚ Victoria 3053‚ Australia Kurfllrstendamm 57‚ 10707 Berlin‚ Germany All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced
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Name: Auriol Pedro Topic: Bilingual Education General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about what bilingual education is and how it is important. Thesis Statement: Bilingual education means instruction in two languages. It refers to a range of classroom strategies that include instruction in the student’s primary language. I. Introduction: A. Attention Getter: In 1998‚ California voters passed Proposition 227‚ an initiative that limits non-English language instruction for
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primary schools and the secondary schools regarding how they teach the English language. I chose an ordinary city school to visit in Vac. First of all‚ inasmuch as I am much more interested in teaching grammar school – aged students than children in their early years I was curious about how do the elder students get along with the language learning. Secondly‚ in my future plans I put at a highlighted place the prospect of teaching in a grammar school therefore I wanted to know what I would face if
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form modern methods of teaching English Modern methods of teaching English as a foreign language contributes to the growing body of language instruction. The article supplies excellent resource materials for not only enlightening young language teachers about the worth and effectiveness of numerous teaching methods‚ but also for leading them to a wise decision in the selection and use of an appropriate method. Becouse of my assumption that there is no particular teaching method which works effectively
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