《跨文化传播》课程论文 题目：Japanese System of Bilingual Education: Connecting Intercultural Communication with Bilingualism (跨文化传播、双语形象与多元文化主义：以日本双语教学为例) 研 究 生： 阿夏 指导教师： 安然 学 号： 201122800213 学 院： 新闻与传播学院 专 业： 传播学 华南理工大学研究生院 二〇一二年七月 Abstract The concept of "bilingualism" (two-, multilingualism) has become a symbol of the XXI century. Bilingualism is a way of thinking, perception of the world, self-identity
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1998). Bilingual education is practiced in several different forms, in many countries, for years. The defined meaning of this idea, is the use of two languages in schools, used by teachers, students, or both, for a variety of purposes, educational or socially. The bilingual education system was first legally introduced by Ohio in 1839, the first state to adopt the bilingual system, although at this time, it authorized German-English instructions. As time raveled, the Bilingual Education Act was
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Bilingual Education Introduction Communication is a powerful tool in every setting that involves human interaction. The importance of bilingualism is felt when there are communication barriers orchestrated by multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism. The effect of communication barrier is more profound in the learning environment. This is reflected in the way it incapacitates understanding of the course contents. This paper will talk about bilingual education and the milieu in which it is juxtaposed
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As a current bilingual teacher in the Ft. Bend District, Mrs. Martinez thrives for the success of all her second-grade students. My mentor has shown passion for those ‘at risk’ students for the last thirteen years, by instilling in them a sense of self-empowerment, and motivational strategies. Mrs. Martinez truly believes that the students success tells you how successful one as the teacher is. The path to becoming a successful educator, depends on one’s ability to maintain an organized learning
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educational aspiration. His book is a highly detailed catalogue of all the relevant lawsuits about educational equality and Mexican American students, including not only school segregation, but also chapters on school financing, special education, bilingual education, school closures, the rights of undocumented students, higher educational financing, and high-stakes testing. Valencia discusses the cases any scholar of constitutional law knows well, such as SAN ANTONIO
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Richard Rodriguez’s “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood”, he argues that bilingual education causes people to lose their identity. He crafts his argument by using anecdote and personification, and anaphora. Richard Rodriguez proves his position against bilingual education by revealing his experiences through anecdote in order to illustrate the detrimental effects of bilingualism. He recalls the feeling of losing one’s identity due to bilingual education by stating, “After listening to me, he
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2005/ED/EFA/MRT/PI/9 Background paper prepared for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2005 The Quality Imperative The importance of mother tongue-based schooling for educational quality Carole Benson 2004 This paper was commissioned by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report as background information to assist in drafting the 2005 report. It has not been edited by the team. The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and should not
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English. Historically, past federal laws and court decisions protected the rights of non-English speaking children. One federal law established during the 1960s was the Bilingual Education Act (Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1968). This law provided legal guidelines and funding for transitional bilingual education programs. In the Lau v. Nichols, case, the Supreme Court ruled that school districts were required to take affirmative steps to protect the civil rights of limited-English-proficient
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declared bilingualism to be a hardship devoid of any advantage • Study did not distinguish between fluent bilinguals and limited bilinguals whose command of one language or the other was poor Are Bilingual Students Better? • Bilinguals outperformed their monolingual counterparts in almost all cognitive tests • Bilingualism at an early age influenced subsequent cognitive development • Bilinguals’ enhanced cognitive performance is explained by their having more than one conception for a concrete thing
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Bilingual language is beneficial for the child’s first language and English development “Language constitutes us, it gives us meaning and allows us to make meaning, and it develops and abolishes spaces.” (Benjamin, 2002). Critiques of bilingual education continually claim that children can only learn one language at a time after which they are taught a second language (Krashen, 2000). They assert that bilingual education cause confusion among children and limit their intelligence capabilities;
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