Language as a Cultural Indicator There are over 3‚000 languages in the world. The major language groups are: Chinese | 950 million speakers | English | 550 million speakers | Hindi | 350 million speakers | Spanish | 330 million speakers | Portuguese | 180 million speakers | Language and Culture Language is a powerful expression of culture and is closely associated with identity. * Language is a means of uniting people. * Language is also a means of controlling people. (Gaeilge)
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Cultural Diversity Presentation Jose Ortiz ELL 240 Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Learners Ashford University Instructor: Catherine Tapia Date: 10/06/2013 Introduction: This presentation that I will be displaying is to demonstrate the schools‚ parents and teachers the importance of English language learners and to encourage all parents to get involved and be part of the school culture activities. The involvement is important in assisting students
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of cultural identity that so many regularly face. As a child I was not very confident of my Indian culture or heritage. Going to a school with a minimal diversity of ethnicity‚ I had always tried to fit in as ’normal’. I had thought previously that trying to be fully American would make it easier for me to talk to others. And for a while I did try to do just that to the point of always speaking in English and never Punjabi. However‚ it was harder than I had expected‚ due to the very cultural environment
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from diverse racial‚ cultural groups and both genders to succeed. * Empowering School and Social Culture: viewing the school as a whole not just as individuals for fairness regarding culture. * 8 Characteristics of Multicultural School (Banks‚ pg 37-38) * School staff and administrations attitudes and expectations for students * Curriculum to be for all cultures‚ ethnics and both genders * Teaching and learning style coincides with the cultural diversity * Respect
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that used to belong to my grandparents. My mother and father made a point of decorating our house with items that had a sentimental value to my grandparents. This is because the majority of my parent’s cultural values were shaped by their elders and they thought it was important to pass these cultural values down to my sister and I. They did this by filling the house with objects that had significance to my grandparents. Despite being deceased my grandparents still had a presence in my day to day
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Cyberbullying Social networks‚ instant messaging and text messaging are the raging trend for teenagers. Through these forms of communication‚ teenagers can stay in contact with their friends and peers‚ even after they come home from school. Social networking and texting can be fun ways to keep the conversation going between friends‚ but they also come with some inherent dangers. Cyberbullying has become common place for teenagers. What is Cyberbullying? Cyberbulling occurs when an individual harass
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interested in learning about cultural differences and similarities between peoples as I progressed in school‚ and have become increasingly absorbed in learning more about cultures’ languages and customs. I myself am bilingual and am currently learning Japanese in school‚ Korean‚ Arabic‚ and French outside of school. Very soon I will begin my life at university‚ where I hope to be immersed in as much cultural and racial diversity as I have seen up to now in all of my schools. Sexual and gender diversity
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of cultural competence and describe in your own words‚ what is the definition of cultural competence? According to (Leininger‚ 1979)‚ Cultural competence is divided in to two categories‚ the first one is the organizational cultural competence which is according to the National Center of Cultural Competence should hold a defined set of values and principles to be utilized to assess‚ work and measure the effectiveness of the serviced communities. The second category is the individual cultural competence
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psychologists‚ social psychologists‚ counseling psychologists‚ school psychologists‚ industrial-organizational psychologist‚ consumer psychologists‚ educational psychologists‚ experimental psychologist and sport psychologists (Ferguson 1). Writing skills is very helpful to most psychologists. Some psychologists become administrators who direct college or university psychology departments or personnel services programs in a school system or industry. While some become agency or department directors
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Professor Submitted by: Bigtacion‚ Anne Czarina D. IV-20 BSE Social Science Semester II 2012-2013 November 20‚ 2012 MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION (A Development in Education) I. INTRODUC TION In a world experiencing rapid change‚ and where cultural‚ political‚ economic and social upheaval challenges traditional ways of life‚ education has a major role to play in promoting social cohesion and peaceful coexistence. Through programs that encourage discussion between students of different cultures
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