the acculturation behavior of immigrants for a long time. The present study employs an important network analysis concept, the social influence of alters on ego, in the field of cross-cultural communication. Using measures of alters' acculturation, English- and ethnic-language media uses, and years of residence in the U.S., a model is proposed and tested upon a sample of international students from a college campus. The results indicate that the alters' acculturation plays a central role in the pattern
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talked about government programs on education are the No Child Left Behind under the Bush administration. That 2002 law required states to show yearly progress in the number of students who were proficient in English and math on standardized tests, although it allowed states to measure proficiency in their own ways. (Gabriel, 2011). THe other is President Obama's own signature education initiative, Race to the Top, similarly used federal money to leverage change that many Republicans had long endorsed
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GENDER AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN ISOKO SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DELTA STATE AJOKPAEZI JULIET EBSU/2003/23214 RESEARCH PROJECT PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES EDUCATION FACULTY OF EDUCATION EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY, ABAKALIKI OCTOBER, 2008. TITLE PAGE GENDER AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN ISOKO SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DELTA STATE AJOKPAEZI
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but about 10 years ago I and my parents became citizens of the United States Citizens.” Interviewer: How old were you when you were first exposed to a second language? AR: “I was about 13 when I came to America and really became exposed to the English language which was through my school’s ESL program and through watch American TV.” Interviewer: How has learning/ knowing more than one language enriched your life? AR: “I think me being bilingual give my lot of career advantages and kind of gives
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Health Promotion Among Asian Americans Robert Ramirez Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family-Centered Health Promotion February 22, 2015 Health Promotion Among Asian Americans The U.S. Public Health Service defines health promotion as “the process of advocating health in order to enhance the probability that personal, private, and public support of positive health practices will become a societal norm” (Edelman, Mandle, & Kudzma, 2014). Health is a basic human right; optimal health is
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The study’s findings suggest that length of stay is responsive to culturally and linguistically appropriate services. Further, their study shows that the provision of cultural and linguistic care in hospitals is lacking in many hospitals. In conclusion, while CLAS is on the right track and simply wants to help people, hospitals need to implement CLAS ideas into their policies to ensure that the patients' needs are met. Each hospital needs to implement the list above with CLAS goals to ensure quality
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with the need for larger numbers of effective medical interpreters and culturally and linguistically competent providers, make Latinos more vulnerable and potentially more expensive to treat than other racial and ethnic groups with better English-language proficiency” (Ortega et al., 2016.) It is vital to understand the nuances of how these socioeconomic factors influence healthcare accessibility. It requires a call to action for policymakers and healthcare providers to develop precise, culturally competent
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Dual Language Programs at Omaha Public Schools English is not the only language spoken within the city of Omaha, nor is it the only language spoken across the state, or even the nation. As a result of immigration and increasing multiracial relationships, the youth of today are more diverse than they ever have been in years—and diversity will continue to increase as the years go by. In addition, the youth may or may not retain native languages spoken within the home once they begin classes at preschools
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characteristics on the chance of being employed. A total of 3,025 Malaysian graduates involved in the study and data were analyzed using logistic regression analysis. The results show that the employment prospects of graduates with a good command of English and who possess leadership and technical skills are better when compared to those without these skills. These findings suggest that steps should be taken to improve soft skills among graduates. The results also show that Indian and female graduates
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THE EFFECT OF AFFECT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING: A REVIEW OF THE ANXIETY RESEARCH Thomas Scovel University of Pittsburgh Although studies of the relationship between affective factors and language learning proficiency abound in the literature, the evidence to support such a relationship is difficult to interpret. Much of the problem resides in the fact that a wide range of variables are lumped together under the rubric “affect.” An attempt is made to ameliorate this situation by
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