English Language The English language is one of the most interesting international languages in the world, where you can communicate with a lot of different people from different cultures. Even though, English is an international language, learning any language quickly depends on the place and people. For example, you can learn it fast, if you practice every day which that means you have to be in a place where all people speak English. Also, you cannot learn the exact pronunciation of some words, if you do not communicate a lot with the native speakers. I am arguing, that learning any language is built on the place and people.
Yeshas V. Sagar Dr. E. Rhee English 711 April 23, 2013 Essay 3 (Final) The Bilingual education controversy in America Bilingual education is a form of education in which students are educated in two (or more) languages. Any educational system that utilizes more than one language is bilingual. People that would support bilingual education may believe that schools in America should encourage and work with the student’s language and culture. People that are not in favor of bilingual education, however, argue that a child’s ability to acquire English quickly is due to his inhibitions. In the essay “A Nation Divided by One Language” by James Crawford and “Viva Bilingualism” by James Fallows, they both claim that it is not necessary to declare English the official language of America.
The second TESOL goal is for the ELLs to use English to achieve academically in all content areas. The last TESOL goal is to use English in socially culturally appropriate ways. Even though the standards that TESOL uses are extremely helpful, they still don’t give teachers enough information they need to make sure that ELLs can achieve high standards in most content areas. . (NCLR Educating English Language Learners Annie E. Caasey Foundationhttp://www.lab.brown.edu/pubs/nclr/edells_impinstprct.)
Some opinions about Adult Education are negative in saying that adults should not have the rights or privileges to learn English. There is an objection to the adult learning and that the U.S. should focus solely on the children of these adults. If this were the answer to resolving the issue then we need to rethink our current situation. Immigration will continue to increase in America and not educating the Adults would pose a harmful threat to our country. Adults are children’s first teachers before they enter the education system and in saying that our focus should solely be on the adults children would be a detriment to a greater cause.
War in the Middle East “Fostering freedom will help end war because people who participate in their own government are less likely to go to war” (Gerdes 190). As long as man is on the Earth there will be some sort of conflict. People have different views, and that has been that way forever. Terrorism exists today because some people have their beliefs and do not want them to be changed. Helping these countries obtain freedom with a democratic government will give them a voice and reduce terrorism.
Anti- terrorist and de-radicalization programs are designed to help people with radical thoughts to think otherwise. So many cases have proved that these programs will work and I believe so too. I hope that one day people wont have to struggle with this and it is eliminated , so our world could be a completely different world, a safer world and America as well to live
Nowadays learning global languages like English started playing a crucial role in education and the question how to teach them effectively arises more and more among the teachers and second language scholars. Second language learning professionally called Second Language Acquisition in linguistics field is the debate of many people who believe in different theories as well as trying to discover the perfect conditions for learning a foreign language. The foreign language learning is much more complicated than the first language acquisition that is why scholars try to create the conditions in which we learn the mother-tongue and apply them to the second language learning for the successful acquisition to happen. Unfortunately, it is not an easy task and takes a lot of researches, time and as each of us is an individual there is no perfect recipe for the second language acquisition. Hence, year after year
Citizens should be encouraged to embrace their citizenship, and not merely as a duty, but as a meaningful opportunity to participate in their own government for the sake of common good and in building the culture of life. In addition, it is an exercise of significant individual power. Now, most Americans will tell you that our politicians have all the power, but I disagree. Although it is true that our politicians do make the laws, here in the United States of America, the people have the authority. If an individual does not vote, then that individual cannot argue or comment on the outcome of what our politicians do.
(Krauthammer) And as a result, racial and ethnic conflicts arise. However, you cannot make everyone to assimilate into one culture by forcing them to learn a language and expect them to learn it quickly and fast. It would even foster xenophobia and encourage alienation of those who do not speak English. Cultural backgrounds are part of who we are. One will be more willing to respect the laws of the land when his/her culture is being accepted and respected.
This is becoming a problem across America, it is showing immigrants and foreigners that it is alright to speak their own language and not worrying about learning English. When entering a foreign country, it is often hard to understand one word said due to the fact that they most likely speak another language, and often there are not signs in English. Therefore it makes sense to learn that country’s language to get by and survive there, depending on how long the stay is. With making English our national language, it would make all foreigners realize that they should not be lazy, and actually try to learn some or a lot of the English language. Foreigners who enter America’s borders do not know much or any English at all.