States to not require a mandatory foreign language in its schools. I believe it is paramount for Americans to learn a second language to not only better themselves‚ but to strengthen their country as well. Being bilingual has too much upside to dismiss. The United States currently has no foreign language policy in place‚ but large-scale immigration from Latin America and Asia in recent years has convinced many Americans that English should be made the official language of the United States. I disagree
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The major languages in the United States are English‚ Spanish‚ and Chinese‚ with these last two quickly gaining prominence‚ and about 17.9 percent of Americans speak a language other than English at home. Keeping this in mind‚ it is almost essential today to learn a second language. Being bi-‚ tri- or multilingual has many advantages‚ the more obvious being that one can communicate with exchange students‚ immigrants‚ and fellow online gamers‚ chatters‚ and forum users‚ as well as to bridge cultures
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Alodia Gosiengfiao Alodia Almira Arraiza Gosiengfiao (born March 9‚ 1988) is a Filipina-Chinese cosplayer‚ model‚ singer‚ and actress. As a celebrity endorser‚ she is one of the ambassadors and VJ for Animax-Asia known as the "Ani-mates"‚ and co-host of ABS-CBN’s prank show Laugh Out Loud. She also has been featured in various magazines‚ newspaper and TV shows locally and abroad. Gosiengfiao also appeared on the Filipino FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll‚ ranking #87 in 2009‚ #76 in 2010 and #20 in 2012
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research why and how people learn English as a foreign language. Learners Background
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Persuade Foreign Languages You have heard many different languages but do you understand any of them. This is not that uncommon‚ in fact the number of people in America that don?t understand a foreign language is very high. There is only about 40% of the United States population that don?t speak or understand any language other than English and the other 60% are from immigration or have parents who are immigrates (Kualo). Today‚ I will be trying to persuade you as to why it is important to learn a foreign
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Learning a Foreign Language should be Compulsory Primary school is considered the most important basic level of learning as subjects taught in this curriculum play an essential role in children’s future. Acknowledging this issue‚ many countries are starting to put a foreign language subject into this curriculum‚ while other states this subject should be taught in secondary stage of education. This essay will look at those critical reasons why should students start learning alien language at primary
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In a poll taken by Americans‚ only 29% of them can “speak a language other than English well enough to hold a conversation.” If schools are requiring foreign languages classes in school then why can only 29% of the people hold a conversation? This is because of the way the language is taught and how old the students are. Children start leaning English when they are two to three years old. Most schools start teaching foreign languages when their students are seven to eight years old. That means
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Individual Assigment Why Do People Learn Foreign Language ? Language is a system of communication for us to interact with others. Without language we may not be able to interact‚ because language is the source for the creation of human interaction with others. The language in the world is very much‚ on average every countries has different language even though there are the same but not many and not completely the same pronunciation‚ for example‚ is that the English language is divided into two‚
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arabization and foreign languages has become a serious issue that set all Moroccan talk. This conflict opens the eyes on the gaps that the Moroccan educational system contains‚ and put Education Ministry in a very embarrassing attitude. The conflict between Arabization and foreign language learning can be solved if Moroccan educational ministry make a curricula that respect Arabization as a mother tongue and concentrate it concerning foreign language learning taking into consideration that foreign languages
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Foreign Language High School Requirement A survey done by the Center for Applied Linguistics in 2008 found that "The findings indicate a serious disconnect between the national call to educate world citizens with high-level language skills and the current state of foreign language instruction in schools across the country"(Cal:Research). This is concerning as all of the competition for the U.S. is gaining a step and we ’re doing nothing . If the U.S. expects to continue to be competitive in the
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