Dual Language Guadalupe Silva Lakeland College Table of Contents Abstract 2 Features of Dual Language Education Programs 4 Assessment and Accountability 6 Curriculum 6 Instruction 7 Staff Quality 10 Professional Development 12 Program Structure 14 Family and Community 16 Support and Resources 17 Conclusion 18 References 20 Abstract What is Dual language? Dual language is a form of bilingual
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A guide to writing an academic paper By Valerie Strauss I keep hearing from college professors that too many of their students don’t write well. So here’s a primer written for college students on how to write an academic paper‚ though some of the advice would be useful for anybody writing anything. The author is Steven Horwitz‚ a professor of economics at St. Lawrence University in Canton‚ NY. He is the author of two books‚ Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective and Monetary
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with their first language. Many will never even bother to consider learning a new language. While they ponder on whether or not studying another language is necessary‚ they tend to forget what good can come from it. This may sound like a predicament that happens all over the world‚ but these thoughts are frequenting the minds of many American students’ more than foreign students. Should they or should they not be required to learn a second language. By learning a new language‚ a student can be
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Using Games in Language Teaching The purpose of this paper is threefold: to discuss reasons for using games in language‚ to give suggestions on when and how to use games‚ and to explain categories for classifying games. Why use games in language teaching Games have long been advocated for assisting language learning. Here are some of the reasons why: 1. Games add interest to what students might not find very interesting. Sustaining interest can mean sustaining effort (Thiagarajan‚ 1999;
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Modern First Language Acquisition Theory 现代母语习得理论 Language is closely related to the human mind. The human mind‚ however‚ is very difficult to study‚ as it cannot be observed directly. But it leaves its traces everywhere‚ particularly in language. Language has been a window of the mind. Many people have tried to discern the workings of the mind from the growth of children. Psycholinguists are concerned with the mental processes that are involved in learning to speak‚ and are also interested in
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INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE FORMACIÓN DOCENTE Y TECNICA Nº 55 PROFESORADO DE INGLES ENGLISH AND ITS TEACHING III Academic Paper HOW TEACHERS CAN HELP CHILDREN LEARN A SECOND LANGUAGE EFFECTIVELY BY THE TEACHING SATRATEGIES THEY USE IN CLASS Student: MONTANARI‚ JIMENA TEACHER: PROF. SARA RACKER 2010 Abstract Play‚ imagination and literature are considered essential for children’s whole development. Research shows that they are concerned with the development of abstract thought and creative use of knowledge
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SUBJECT ASSIGNMENT: DEVELOPING LANGUAGE SKILLS INDEX Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 1.The learning theories in the units……………………………………………………….…3. 2.The integration of the four skills…………………………………………………………. 4 3.Strategies to develop the four skills……………………………………………………. 5 4.Typology of tasks…………………………………………………………………………. 7 5. The ‘authentic/genuine’ aspects. ……………………………………………………….. 8 6.The product-process aspects of the two units…………………………………………
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Background issues in language learning. All children acquire a language as they develop. They acquire it subconsciously as a result of the massive exposure to it which they get from the adults and other children about them. Their instinct acts upon the language they hear and transform it into knowledge of the language and an ability to speak it. It’s that simple. People don’t speak to two and three years old the way they speak to adults. Instead‚ they (parents especially) use exaggerated intonation
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vocal apparatus‚ discovering sounds that are distinctive for their particular language * Sounds will narrow to only the sounds that they hear around them * Intonation patterns are first to be acquired * Babbling appears to be innate ONE WORD UTTERANCES * Occurs at around 12-18 months * Infants discover sounds relating to meaning and start to use the sounds in expressive ways * They might acquire language all in the same way in the end‚ but there is considerable variation in details
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implications of increased internet usage by children for creators of language learning materials. How should such resource creators adapt their approach for the next generation of learners? With the proliferation of advanced technology on internet usage‚ the popularity and accessibility of online learning has increased rapidly for children’s using with various learning materials. Employing computers has become a mainstream in many fields‚ language learning in particular. Social networking sites‚ such as
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