...setting. Will you excel in your classes or will you be challenged beyond what you can handle? You don’t know until you actually get into the classroom. While some individuals take classes at resources centers with numerous other students, I was never one of those people. Therefore, when I started college I was rather nervous to see if I could meet the expectations of my teachers. In this class, through extensive research and hours of typing away at the keys, writing and rewriting, I have been able to meet those expectations and strive for success. There have been a few key things that have helped me to improve my writing as I have journeyed through English at Midlands Technical College....
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...The audience for this core reading is going to be the instructor of English 111 online course, Ms. Emily Ford, as well as my fellow classmates. I will be writing this essay for an Ivy Tech course. I believe there will be many levels of knowledge regarding this reading. Each individual will have varying opinions and thoughts. I am sure my fellow classmates will have already read something in relation to this specific reading. I believe everyone in the audience will have a sense of understanding on what’s going on. I am hoping and predicting that my response and summary will help my audience better understand life within another ethnicity. I am hoping the audience will see the issues presented within this reading. This topic is still very relevant...
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...but there isn’t a single experience that is the same. As individuals, we create our own understanding of culture. We define it, we conceptualize it, we teach it and we do all of this based on our own subjective and perceived objective experiences. On a subjective level, we have our own thoughts, feelings, beliefs about culture and objectively, we have a perceived set of rules, traditions, and values passed on by our families. For example, let’s go back a few generations and look at a 1950’s family. This particular family, sticking to gender and religious norms of the time, goes to church every Sunday, dressed to impress. They then come home for a family meal, prepared by the mother. This act...
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...In the 10th grade, my English teacher Mrs. Gordon began a new section, having us read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Before that, we studied classics like Antigone, The Catcher in the Rye, and Hamlet. The Hobbit was something different. We still studied symbolism and figurative language. We still had pop quizzes on comprehension and vocabulary. But this was the action-packed adventure that put sparkles in Mrs. Gordon's eyes. I already liked to read and write. But that day while observing my teacher instruct a bunch of rambunctious teens, only interested in cell phones and instant messaging, I realized how fulfilling it could be to share the love of literature with others. By the end of that year, we all loved Tolkien's adventure and we all enjoyed reading more. But I left with one extra passion: learning more about the world's great stories, and sharing my love of...
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...social inequalities our race, gender, sexual orientation and social class can engender. This is not to say that some of use are immune to life’s hardships but rather that we are not all subject to the same disadvantages by the nature of our inherit traits. However, it must be understood that privilege or what is considered as such is relative to our surroundings. This is not to say that the magnitude of its effect is lessened depending on where you find yourself but rather that our societies may have different criterion when it comes to what it means to be privileged. For this reason, behind my arrival at UCLA exist a story that is neither told by my gender nor my race. It is fuelled by privilege of other sorts, driven by hard work and only mildly slowed down by, in my perspective, minor disadvantages....
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...how we learn.( Mossler, 2013) In order to under the Nature versus nature in my own development we look at my parents. They were children born from farms family’s highest grade level between them was 9th grade, Canadian and Catholic. Growing up in my house when I was a kid the language spoken in the house was French. So naturally I spoke French instead of English. And because that was the language spoken in my environment until I was in preschool where I was taught to speak English. My parents never had anything to do with my education except for they were catholic which means you went catholic school even if you couldn’t afford it. They never went to meet the teacher, parent conference which several was requested by the school because of my dyslexia and learning delay do to my English. When I came home from school with home work and need help I was unable to request help from my parents do to their lack of education or language bearer, education wasn’t very important. So that is what was reflected on to their children. When I turn sixteen in the ninth grade on my birthday my father went to my school. I was called to the office and was surprised to see my father there. He had signed me out of school stating getting a job and working hard was more important than an education. At seventeen I moved out of my parent home got my GED and took College classed got help from Friends and teachers. This were my struggles with learning and studying turned because...
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...know how my cultural and linguistic background will affect my ability to meet and exceed the needs of second language learners. My family and I are African American with family influences from Ireland and the Caribbean Islands of Barbados and Grenada. Growing up in a military family from the South, English was the primary language that was used in my home by my parents. I was exposed to other languages in small amounts due to the fact that my family lived overseas the majority of my childhood. In the past, I was exposed to German and Korean through my parents’ attempts through second acquisition. I received a K-12 education on three different continents. I attended elementary and middle school in the United States, Germany, and South Korea. I received my secondary education in Florida. All of the schools were located in suburban areas. In the United States, I attended traditional public schools and in Germany I went to DoDDS (Department of Defense Schools) where students were children of service members and government employees. In South Korea, I attended a private school. I received my undergraduate degree from Florida A&M University in History with a minor in English. Many of the classes I completed for my minor focused on English as it related to ESOL (English as a Second Language) education. These classes were introductory courses and provided some insight on teaching English Language Learners. Currently I am continuing my education to receive my Master’s...
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...As the child of two immigrants, I grew up in a bilingual household. My native language was Bengali and my second language was English. Growing up, my parents tried speaking both at home, but I had a difficult time learning English. During elementary school, I became poised in battle with reading; reading became my daily, haunting nightmare. I struggled so greatly with reading that I was eventually placed in a English Second Language (ESL) class. I was determined to pass the ESL exam and move on, but to my dismay, I stayed in ESL for the next six years. I became increasingly frustrated at my inability to understand what I was reading. As I flipped through pages and observed the bold words, I tried my best to break up sentences and create little images in my head. I did not find reading enjoyable at all.. I wanted to become a better reader and pass the ESL exam, so that I could fit in with my peers. But year after year, I drowned in my own sorrow of failing and staying in ESL. Not only did I begin to feel isolated from many of my peers, but also from my family--especially my sister, who was two years older than me. Though my sister was initially placed in ESL, she passed the exam and moved on within her first year of being in that class. She was a great writer and reader; by second grade, she was reading at the highest level in her class. She was doing so well that I began to I ask myself, why couldn’t I? I didn’t understand why I was so different from her; we came from the same...
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...role that observation plays in the discovery of learning disorders, in reference to my own experiences. I will compare my experiences to the writing of Almy and Genishi in Ways of Studying Children: An Observation Manual for Early Childhood Teachers and also the personal narratives of Mike Rose in I Just Wanna To Be Average, and Sandra Cisneros in Woman Hollering Creek. I will use these writings to show how it is possible for students to pass through their education, experiencing difficulties but never being diagnosed with a learning disability that they may have. Such experiences of students are important to note in order to better identify learning disabilities within schools in order to provide students with...
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...on my life as it has transpired thus far, I find myself struck by a pattern of emptiness in my life owing to loneliness–a lack of value in my survival–due to what might be described as cultural and social incompetencies. These incompetencies, owing to my upbringing away from my extended family, as well as my continued struggles with Social anxiety disorder (SAD) and its resulting chronic depression, are not without means of improvement, however. Among these means of improvement is the upcoming OCC trip to Madrid,...
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...show. Ask the theorists to debate one of the following topics: (a) Antiterrorism legislation in Britain; (b) the use of stop and search powers; (c) racial and class discrimination in the criminal justice system; (d) the English Riots that took place during the summer of 2011 | Debate: | A debate on the right to revolt: The English riots that took place during the summer of 2011 | Host | Thank you for tuning into Provoke, the live show that asks the questions that provoke your thoughts and gets you thinking. My name is Alison and I will be your host tonight. Our guest panel consists of 3 influential theorists: English philosopher and physician, John Locke, who has been credited for the enlightenment thinking and the construction of social contract theory. Karl Marx and Frederick Engels (1964), who attack class distinction and the ruling class as an unjustified dominant force in society. Last but not least, Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher who wrote the essay “What is Enlightenment?”, arguing that “enlightenment is man’s release from his self-incurred tutelage” (Schmidt, 1996, p. 58).Tonight’s debate will focus on the on the English riots, which took place during the summer of 2011. The panel will take questions from our live audience and debate on the right to revolt and whether it was justified by the working class. It is essential to provide an overview of tonight’s debate for our audience. In the summer of 2011 in London, Mark Duggan, an unarmed 29-year-old was shot...
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...fifth largest country in the world, and the largest country in Latin America. Brazil is an economically growing country located in northeastern part of South America. Brazil gained its independence from Portugal in 1822. Years later, in 1888 slavery was abolished in the nation. The next year in 1889, The Brazilian Republic was established. Brazil is well-known as the world’s leader in coffee production and exportation. Brazil produces one third of the world’s total coffee production. The country has held this position in the coffee market for 150 years. In 1982, Brazil held the world’s largest debt at the time. In 1986, the country put forth a plan to control inflation (BBC News. 2012). The country has come a long way since last century. Brazil’s economy is now ranked seventh in the world related to nominal GDP and the seventh largest in terms of purchasing power and value of the Brazil’s currency. In 2012, the country’s gross domestic product was 2.253 trillion US dollars. According to BBC News, Brazil’s economy growth has doubled from the expected rate in the final quarter of 2013. This growth was surprising considering the Countries economy declined slightly in the previous quarter of last year. (BBC Business. 2014.) According to a recent article by CNBC, the rate of beauty products purchased by Brazilian consumers is expected to significantly increase growing past U.S. markets. As Brazilians are making money, their disposable income is increasing. More and...
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...ASPECTS OF MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE (1066-1500) Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Anglo-Latin After the Conquest: dramatic changes in language and cultural temperament Old English literature: Middle English literature realistic,matter-of-fact,unromantic, growing audience, a panorama of most serious, often melancholic, diverse folk of many social classes (castle, monochrome gray, loyalty to the lord, barnyard, town); the appearance of leasure desperate courage in defeat, class and an audience of women rigorous adherence to the tribal code; new type of secular entertainment: major theme: agony of the lordless man, code continued but became chivalric social alienation, noble and heroic deeds; agony of alienation, physical hardships for audience: almost exclusively male;lords and the sovereign lady thanes - no mention of lower classes, strong courtly flavour, …So they duly arrived The sumptuous bed on which she lay in their grim war-graith and gear at the hall, Was beautiful. The drapes and tassel, and, weary from the sea, stacked wide shields Sheets and pillows worth a castle. of the toughest hardwood against the wall, The single gown she wore was sheer … And made her shapely form appear. … And the troops themselves She’d thrown, in order to keep warm, were as good as their weapons. Then a proud warrior An ermine stole over her arm, questioned the men concerning their origins: White fur with the lining dyed ...
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...In chapter 3, Teaching Your Diverse Students, I learned many things that affect me as an educator. An important fact that interested me a lot was that the primary goal of multicultural education, it is to help students in school with diverse cultures, social class, racial and ethnic groups have an equal opportunity to learn like others. This can affect me as an educator because I will be able to help diverse students to achieve more positive attitudes toward different ethnic groups to integrate them in the curriculum, to make it more comprehensive. Four approaches I will follow will be: Level 1, Contributions, Level 2, Additive, Level 3, Transformation, and Level 4, Social action. This will make various groups more comfortable and eager to...
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...Running Head: Overcoming Language Barriers in NC Pre-K Classrooms How to Overcome Language Barriers in NC Pre-K Classrooms FCS 711- Research and Inquiry in Family and Consumer Science Dr. Rosa Purcell Meisha Conrad April 28, 2014 Introduction Being a teacher at a Head Start/ Early Head Start program I have experienced the language barriers between teachers and students from different ethnic groups. I can say it is not easy when you and your students cannot communicate. Dealing with the situation makes you question yourself and how you can fix the language barriers in your own classroom and also the school. What can teachers do to overcome the language barrier in our classrooms with our Latino children? What are some activities, lessons, games, and etc., that we can do to make a connection and also help them learn? There are many ways I think we can put a stop to the language barriers in school. We may not be able to completely fix the problem but there are ways and things we can do to make our Latino children and parents feel welcome and comfortable when they walk into the schools. Communication is an important part of teaching because the children have to be able to understand the message that the teacher is trying to convey. Children also have to be able to communicate with each other. There are a number of factors in the classroom and many...
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