shaped by the standards set by the state and mandated by the federal government. These standards serve as an instrument for the definition of the language and the content that all students including English language learners (ELLs) are expected to achieve (Fenner, 2012). In this article, Fenner and Segota tackled the importance of the English language proficiency (ELP) standards, professional teaching standards and Common Core standards, their impact on ELLs and the interrelation between them.
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Translators-Interpreters in Contemporary Society in the US and in Europe: Luxury or Necessity? Dr. Eduardo González University of Nebraska at Kearney Judging by appearances, the US has everything it needs in terms of meeting present-day requirements for language services in all spheres of modern life. There are immigrants from everywhere, millions of bilingual or polyglot people, excellent universities and colleges and so forth. However, the results as to having qualified translators and interpreters fall
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Joint attention Does joint attention facilitate language acquisition in children? Joint attention is that shared focus of two individuals on a single object. This is simply achieved when one of the individuals alerts the attention of the other to the object mainly through pointing, eye gazing or through the use of verbal and other non verbal indications. An individual focuses their gaze on the other individual, points their finger on the object and then returns their gaze on the individual. Cross
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Does the spread of English prevent its NSs from learning foreign languages? Does the spread of English prevent its NSs from learning foreign languages? Table of Contents Page number introduction: 3 Argument With: 4 Argument Against: 5 Responding To The Counter-Argument 6 Conclusion: 7 List Of References: 9 INTRODUCTION: At a time when the number of users of English language increases in all parts of the world to nearly two billion people, while only a number
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The Influence of Internet in Learning/teaching English Language Abdullah Ibrahem Alorini Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University Introduction The Internet offers tons of information and unlimited resources that people can use in order to expose them to authentic language use. Exposure, however, is not enough to trigger language acquisition. People need to be acquainted the use of computers to enhance language acquisition. The aim of this paper is to prove that Internet is a great influence
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own interpretations on the intricate mental states during response and language acquisition. In his review, Chomsky simply says that Skinner’s concepts apply well to animals but not to humans in both literal and theoretical terms. Chomsky aims at developing a scientific way to understand language, because metaphors are not sophisticated enough to explain the internal states. Firstly, Chomsky emphasizes the creativity of language because it varies limitlessly. This contradicts Skinner’s perspective
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The Linguistics Assessment of a Young Child’s Language Melissa Ozuna California State University, Los Angeles Questions: 1, 5, 7, 8, 12 The Linguistic Assessment of a Young Child’s Language Introduction “The child begins to perceive the world not only through his eyes but also through his speech.” Like Lev Vygotsky, Holmes speaks about one of the everyday behavior we use and that’s language. Communication is done by engaging our brains and bodies to make sounds and transfer one person’s thoughts
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Fostering Language Development Linda Bender ECE315: Language Development in Young Children (BDG1616A) Instructor: Catherine Norwood April 25, 2016 Art Center Art centers is set up so that children can easily access the materials that are located on shelves that are at eye level, the activity will be a teacher directed activity. “Art making is often a social activity for young children where language is developed.” (Johnson, 2006) Children are given many different chances to communicate
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Introduction: Language learning acquisition has embedded different factors that contribute to its success, among them; personal matters such as the affective domain and willingness towards the learning process, in that regard, “there are a number of personality factors that have a direct impact on learners. Motivation, Self-Esteem, and Anxiety are the main psychological factors that have an effect on learners’ achievement in learning foreign languages”. (p6 the main psychological...); moreover
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foreign languages. When it comes to learning a new language the most common piece of advice given from adults to children is “You are young. Now is your time to learn a foreign language”. But I have always wondered why is that? Can’t adults also learn foreign languages? Here the answer is “Yes, they can.”, but it is harder for them due to a few factors, which they should overcome if they want to easily reach their goal. Nowadays, children are being exposed to and start learning languages from the
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