English language

The letter to the editor document exhibited some very biased opinions on immigration, American culture and cultural immersion in America. The author of this letter stated that the view of a multicultural America “has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity”. I suggest the author meant that a multicultural American has weakened the United States political power or sovereignty and the identity of America. Although that is not necessarily true, America is considered the…

parent’s were from China and neither ever attended college, she already expected that she would be the first generation to finish an education and have a real job when she would grow up. Coming from a family who did not know english well, Tan struggled from having a broken english at first. In one…

work you can get it, however studying is the way out to success and to reach for higher standards in life, so it is important to do it in spite of weariness, lack of time, language and cultural barriers and life in the United States which is different from life in our countries of…

Not all people who speak the English language speaks it the same way. In the essay, “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan analyses how the societies judge people by the way they speak. Tan talks about her mother having limited English, since that people give her less priority than needed. Her mother can understands every word that fluent English speaker says, however, it is hard for her to express her words. In the essay, “The F word”, by Firoozeh Dumas illustrates her personal anecdote to describe the…

Excuse me, where is the elbow grease? When it comes to immigrating, simply learning the language is not enough. In order to assimilate into a new country, one must not only learn the language and culture, but also be capable of translating the culture back into language. So is the story of a young girl who immigrated with her family to the United States when she was just seven years old. In her essay “Hot Dogs and Wild Geese,” Firoozeh Dumas illustrates the challenges she and her family…

The study was conducted in Xiamen Songbai Secondary School with 96 participants from second year. The results of the study were positive and students were found to have a positive attitude towards the use of mobile for learning English. To cite a response, the author narrated a response of a student claiming that the positive and possible use of mobile technology for learning than only for fun"(Wang,Chen&Fang2011p.100). Another similar study was conducted in a private university…

A sensational dramatist and poet in addition to the son of the town bailiff, William Shakespeare had grown to become one of the most universally-known figures, whose thought-invoking plays and sonnets have enraptured the minds of people and continue to do so even to this day. While growing up in the town of Stratford Upon Avon in a household of ___, his father’s prominent position allowed him to have an education in the local grammar school. There, Shakespeare was taught Latin, a skill that was…

Second grade is an amazing year for young students. This is when the English Language Arts learning begins transitioning from learning to read to reading to learn. The PA standards reflect that the student’s learning should focus on reading fluency, comprehension, and phonemic skills in addition to introducing, identifying, and using literary devices. There is a lot that the teachers need to cover in English Language Arts and that is why integration is my favorite thing. Many of the skills that…

“How I Got My English A” Pokey finds himself going into school and not knowing how to spell, unlike the other kids do. While on his journey to learn to spell he meets his language arts teacher which leads him through the way of getting that english A. Miss Cannister Teaches him how to spell and read correctly, he comes along some obstacles such as not having confidence in himself. through the story Pokey slowly learns how to read and write like he always wanted to. Poky uses his language arts…

concerned about the performance of students when compared to other nations. “The Common Core Standards are a set of K–12 school standards in English language arts and mathematics. (McGroarty and Robbins). These strandards were established to offer students and teachers an opportunity to be more challenged. The Common Core lays out what students should know in English and math and was intended to transform American education. Regarding the implementation of Common Core, it appears that people…