Although Arabic is considered the official language of the United Arab Emirates, English is the most commonly used because it is simply the one language that allows all expatriates to communicate. Dubai and the UAE in general, have a huge number of foreigners coming from all over the world for various reasons. Indians and Filipinos are some of the most familiar faces in the country, and they have brought with them the gift of language. As a cause of this, Tagalog, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and many more languages have flooded the region and created multiple mediums of communication, and the only language that binds them all together is English. Therefore, everyone begins to speak with one another in English, and slowly the mother language fades, or worse; it becomes broken.
The first trigger to fight for French colony in North America was in 1759 when the British conquered Québec. But all the political changes started much later. To understand why Québec still struggles to live among other Canadians without feeling suffocated, we must go back to 1960s when the Quiet Revolution started.
The United States is the most diverse nation in the world. It is full of people from all over the world. The United States is made up of all different cultures and languages. In order to promote this diversity foreign language has begun to be taught in school throughout American society. Some main reasons that foreign language should be taught in schools are foreign language study creates a less prejudiced attitudes and behaviors toward people who are different, it enhances opportunities in life, and the United States needs to prepare for changes in American society with the increase in immigration.
Learning a foreign language in elementary school is beneficial because it helps students build a better academic structure. For example, a study in Louisiana showed showed that third and fifth graders who were taught a foreign language scored significantly higher on their Louisiana Basic skill test, than the students who did not take foreign language course (National Education Association). This proves that incorporating a foreign language in an elementary school will help improve the school's test state test scores.
Ancient Egyptian Society Introduction Long before the onset of modern society, in the arcane and cryptic depths of Egypt, lay an influential and empowering civilisation. They thrived on several things; amongst them were nutriments, water, agriculture, reproduction, and namely, the social classes. (The ancient Egyptian society depended on several key aspects of their culture to thrive in such a hostile environment like Egypt. Such dependant variables included the development of agriculture and irrigation systems, the creation of the need for human reproduction, and the formation of the social hierarchy.)
ZhiJie Xue Instructor: Sita Patel LCD 103 14 March 2018 Bilingual Education is a necessity to LEP student We are in a society that is diverse in cultures, origin backgrounds and noticeably in languages. America is a country of immigrants, and the increasing population of new-coming people brings this diversity into society’s attention. The main issue concerned by most immigrants is the education that they and their younger generation will receive in America.
Introduction: For my research paper, I would like to explore more about the importance of speaking more than 2 or 3 languages, and why is it difficult for an adult to learn a new language. First of all, a child can easily learn new languages easily, but it's different with adults. Not only do children grow and develop at extraordinary speed, but they learn new information quickly as well. I usually ask myself this question, why is it difficult to learn a new language the older we get?
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING BILINGUAL Today, learning foreign language is one of the most important topics. In the globalized world being bilingual has a lot of advantages besides that learning a new language has become a necessity. Surfing on the Internet, talking to people from other countries making business trips easier may be considered as some of the advantages of being bilingual. According to some researches, learning a new language affects brain positively .
The children learning a second language for develop skills that will help create opportunities in the future and ability to communicate with others in different situations. It will most certainly In addition to the language skills of children with learning a second language, and learning the cultural differences helps. Includes a variety of educational and career opportunities as well. However, children learning a second language in the early teens It can learn faster and learn the lesson faster also. But it does not mean if passed, then a teenager.
Introduction Bilingual education is an academic approach followed by some instructors, which is using the native language for new English learners for instructions. Within the international context, bilingual education has become a necessity due to the high number of immigration, colonialism and the great number of local languages (Yushau, B. & Bokhari, M.A, 2005). This approach in instruction has reflected back positively or negatively in many dimensions such as social, psychological, and pedagogical. However, bilingual education instruction is an effective way of teaching English as a second language, in case of well implementation it can be seen as an educational advantage. This literature covers a wide variety of opinions that revolves around a topic that researchers find it controversial, this review will highlight the major question and findings which emerge in order throughout the literature.
¬¬¬¬¬¬¬Speaking two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world because being bilingual, it turns out, it makes you smarter, it can have a profund effect on your brain, improving cognitive, bilingualism has a much greater influence in workforce, improves memory and even shielding against dementia in old age. The German Christoph Harbsmeier is talking about language in a interview for the French magazine ‘Epok’. That’s what interests him. He says how much language influences us and by knowing another languages brings with it another role : “ When I speak French, I can’t stop making gestures with my hands. I learnt Danish at Oxford, because my wife-to-be, who is Danish, didn’t like my Anglophone
All English language learners need to learn the language of instruction in English language schools at the same time as they are working towards meeting the curriculum expectations. Young children learn the system of a new language more effectively than older learners. They may acquire a local accent quickly, whereas their older siblings may always have an accent influenced by the system of their home language. But young children may well take five or more years to catch up to their age peers in vocabulary acquisition and the accurate use of grammar in both spoken and written English.
Definition: Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is an approach to language teaching which supports the development of learners' abilities to use language fluently and meaningfully. The main function of CLT is teaching communicative competence (Richards, 2005). According to Richards (2005), communicative competence means using language for different purposes and functions, modifying language use according to settings and participants, producing and understanding different text types and continuing communication with limitations in language. Principles of CLT: There are many principles of CLT that basically focus on communication.
The change of paradigm from a traditional second language acquisition (henceforth SLA) perspective to multilingualism has contributed enormously to developing the field of multilingual research. However, findings derived from research on third language acquisition (henceforth TLA) and multilingual education has not been applied in the classroom setting. However, teacher training programmes devoted to deal with the multilingual factor in current language pedagogies have been absent in Europe (De Angelis, 2011) and have been dominated by the English-only policy (Otwinoswka, 2017). For this reason, teachers may have preconceived ideas about various issues in third language (henceforth L3) learning and teaching, especially in multilingual contexts.
It is encouraged for students to learn foreign languages as it has numerous benefits. Most countries have introduced foreign language starting from the early age. Today, the high school graduates are required to study foreign language in schools as it becomes a requirement for them to graduate from certain college with minimum of two years of learning foreign languages. Hence, the students are encouraged to learn on other language. Basically, foreign language is a native to another country and it is also a language which is not spoken in the native country of the person referred to.