To what extent is language “innate” or genetically determined? The process of language acquisition begins in the first months of life and continues throughout adulthood. To explain the human ability for language acquisition has been offered two completely different theories. One theory, which was formulated by B.F. Skinner, assumes that language acquisition as a result of nurture and environmental influence, another theory, which was proposed by Noam Chomsky, claims that learning the language is
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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MOTHER TONGUE-BASED MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION IN GRADE I IN THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN PANGASINAN I Nora T. Cruz, Ed.D Domalandan Center Integrated School namaste_db@yahoo.com Abstract The purpose of a multilingual education program is to develop appropriate cognitive and reasoning skills enabling children to operate equally in their community language, the national language and English. Driving both preservice and inservice teacher training are sets
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Growing up Bilingual: A Spanish Heritage Speaker’s Views The role of bilingualism and multilingualism in a child’s growth and development is highly debated. On the one hand, there is a majority of people who grow up speaking multiple languages and dialects, while on the other hand, there are the minority who only grew up speaking one language. Through it all, there is a tension in the educational and societal ranks about whether or not there is an advantage to knowing a language beyond knowing what
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 General Introduction Identity has been defined as a person’s understanding of his/her relationship to the world, how this relationship is construed in time and space, and how the person understands possibilities for the future (Norton, 2000, pp. 5). As a developmental-psychological construct, the notion of identity, and the underlying processes of identity formation in educational contexts have received a great deal of attention in the last decades. Work on identity
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English 711 Definitions of the Words Malik – “Let Them Die” 1. galvanize: to make people take action by shocking them or making them excited 2. obituary: a notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person 3. despair: to stop having any hope that a situation will change or improve 4. homogenize: to make uniform or similar. 5. hegemony: control by one country, organization, etc. over other countries 6. sentiment: a view of or
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Argument Krauthammer argues that English deserves to be the official language of the government in America. Counterargument Krauthammer mentions that America has always had great success for assimilating immigrants, regardless of the difference in language. He also states that it “would not be the end of the world” if America ever officially became bilingual such as Canada. Purpose The purpose is to influence readers that declaring English as the official language of American would help unify
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The Second Prime Minister that has changed Canada is Pierre Elliot-Trudeau. Now we know him as our current Prime Minister’s father, Justin Trudeau. This is very important because it shows the hard work and dedication Pierre has set for his son. Both very inspiring to Canadians each has done their fair share to shape Canada and make it a country everyone would love. Pierre was born on October 19, 1919 in Outremont, Montreal to Charles-Emile Trudeau and Grace Elliot. He started his life as a journalist
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the first step to integrate foreigners, and by consequence, immigrants. I chose the Hispanic community because it is one of the largest community living in the United States; the other one is the African-American community. Besides, in terms of bilingualism it is interested to study the relationship between Spanish and English as they involved in the same environment and how both Americans and Hispanics interact with those two languages. At least, I chose California not only because I had to restrain
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Imperative”. For further information, please contact efareport@unesco.org The importance of mother tongue-based schooling for educational quality Commissioned study for EFA Global Monitoring Report 2005 Carol Benson, Ph.D. Centre for Research on Bilingualism Stockholm University 14 April 2004 Part A: Overview While there are many factors involved in delivering quality basic education, language is clearly the key to communication and understanding in the classroom. Many developing countries
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phenomenon was described, as “antagonistic,” by McGill University’s Michel Paradis. Meaning, one language essentially takes the place of another. This particular case study is so important because it shows that “the relationship between emotions and bilingualism plays out differently for different individuals”
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