Speaking, the most important things that we use in our day to day life. It can be use in different parts of life. However, many tend to ignore the fact that word can be a tremendous influence in one’s life. If it’s being use in inappropriate situation, a word can kill an aspect of a person. With that being said, is it important to take in all the thing people says about you? Personally I don’t think so. In the process of growing, we have to learn to develop the skill of filtering out the unnecessary information we receive and just be ourselves. My English learning journey began when I was around 4 years old. For me english is like a second nature; I use it so often that I feel like I’m more connect to it than Chinese. By the time I finish kindergarten my parent wants me to continue my education under a system that involve english. So they decided to send me to an international school. At the start I was thrill by the opportunity, but the best part of all is that I get to study at …show more content…
When I receive the result I was being place into an ELL class. At that moment I do not have any specific reaction towards it. However, that all changes at the very first day of school. The ELL class were teaching ABC and spelling like “cat”; I thought I was placed in the wrong class. When I got home I told my mom about what happened. Then She immediately inform the school that the class were too easy for me, but instead of giving me a chance to try a harder course they suggested me to remain in the same class. In other words, the school think my english skill wasn’t good enough. Keep in mind I was a first grader, I’m ignorance in the sense of meaning behind people’s saying, so instead of fighting back I stayed in the “mad house” for 2 straight years. In those years, I tried terribly hard to convince my teacher that I am not part ELL class, but there’s no
Every evening after school I would flee home to the confinements of my room and bury my face in the bright white light of the iPad; and everytime I put it down, there was this biting restlessness to pick it up again. My social life diminished as my hours wasted on the iPad began to rise, and I began to feel the lost energy from many late nights. Though after months, an epiphany came. I awoke to find a naive middle schooler whose life was filled with nothing but the waste that fills much of Netflix and YouTube. I then asked my Mother to take the iPad away and almost magically my quality of life improved: I did better in school, went out with friends, and felt energized throughout the day. Yet, I worry. Not for me, but for those who are one step from the trap I fell into. An author, many years earlier, had the same worry. He explored this worry
In pursuing my ELL endorsement, I found it to be very beneficial to interview current ELL teachers. They shared their insight and expertise in this field. I interviewed the middle school ELL teacher at my school, an upper-elementary ELL teacher and early-elementary teacher in my district. I asked twelve questions that pertained to their experience teaching ELL. These responses are valuable to future ELL teachers and general education teachers who teach ELL in their classrooms.
I spent a whole year in Florida in a military boarding school. I learned to become independent, good grades and it was a wonderful and unique experience. I wanted to go back to my country, I missed my family and wanted to graduate in the school that saw me grow and I did.
This Semester I observed a three-year-old girl named Allie. Allie attends preschool at Land of Learning; she is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. It was my pleasure observing her and getting to know her. She is a very sweet outgoing girl that doesn’t let her disability get to her. I observed and assisted Allie throughout her days at preschool. I assisted her and observed her with recess activities, eating lunch, and daily school projects. My past observation experiences I observed at Westgate elementary school in a class room mixed with students with learning disabilities, ADHD and also ELL students the class was taught by Ms. Lewis. I observed a second grade ELL classroom and also a fourth grade classroom. I observed these students during school
Spanish should be required to be taken as a second language in grades K-9. American students should be required to speak Spanish fluently upon completion of their 8th grade year. Other societies such as Pakistan, Japan, and China can demonstrate proficiency in 3 or 4 languages by middle school years. "A child taught a second language after the age of 10 or so is unlikely ever to speak it like a native," said a February 1996 Newsweek article. Through extensive research it has been proven that the earlier a child is introduced to a second language the greater the chances are that this child will master both languages. A number of experts attribute this mastery to physiological changes that occur in the maturing brain as a child enters puberty.
In the United States, it is important for a person to speak English fluently because it is the official language in America and everybody communicates in English. Many people believe that English should be the only language in America and that sometimes people may face prejudice when they speak English with an accent. For some parents, the fear of prejudice makes them decided not to teach their children their native tongue. On the other hand, there are many other reasons why some parents want to teach their children their native tongue. Gabriela Kuntz explains in My Spanish Standoff why she did not allow her children to speak Spanish at home. Kuntz’s explanations are acceptable, but some research studies reveal that most young children can learn two or more languages. Also, many researchers say that children can learn a second language faster than adults.
With the rapid economic development, more and more people try to immigrate to America and trying to learn English. Some parents would like their children just speaking English. However, there are some parents tend to keep their native language and teach to their children, in order to keep their culture alive. And in my opinion, parents should keep their old language alive.
Just like Rose, I did not bother switching classes and I continued with the enrollment. Rose and I both made the best of the situation but I knew I was not meant to be in that class. I achieved exceptional test scores and wrote unbelievable papers in that class. My teacher for 8th grade English was the exact opposite of a literacy sponsor. My English teacher closely resembled that of Roses’ teacher Brother Dill. My teacher was exceedingly unenthusiastic about his job and the capabilities of his students. He did not teach me to succeed but to only pass by the bare minimum. He tore apart the essays I wrote and broke down my literacy confidence. Throughout this I maintained a empowering spirit about my writing and reading
The credit that I would fulfill doing this abroad program, an advanced Western Tradition, fits perfectly in my schedule and will help me be one step closer to my early graduation. Most obviously, studying abroad will also benefit my education by giving me a wider-range of knowledge. I will get the chance to talk to numerous people of different backgrounds, hearing what they have done in their life and how they got where they are.
Going to school was probably one of my favorite things to do besides playing doll with my older sister. My sister went to preschool and kinder in Mexico, but once I was going to start kinder my family decided to move back to California. Through all of my elementary years, I would spend half school year here in Salinas and the other half over there in Michoacán. We would go back and forth because my dad’s work was only in certain seasons. When I was about 10 years old my family decided to officially move and stay in Salinas. I was still young at age, so everything was a really big change for me. One of the biggest changes was in my education, going to an all-English elementary school. Being a native Spanish speaker, totally new to the English language was quite a challenge. What no one really saw was the struggles that came along with my education, both in Mexico and here in the U.S. The education system in Mexico was totally different to the one here in California, and to this day they’re still not similar to one another. Growing up in these two different places, trying to adapt to a different culture really made going to school somewhat a different experience than others, since I went to school in two different
What really shocked me was that my mom agreed with my teacher and did what she said. The next year I was stuck in the same grade and the same class with the same teacher, learning the same work again. But even then that still didn't make me feel or think less of myself until a few years later as I was getting ready to leave middle school. All school year old I was one of the top 5 smartest kids in the whole grade. It got closer and closer to the end of the year and time for gradation, all of my teachers told me I would be validation of the year. I ended up believing them and worked hard to keep my spot as validation. It was a few weeks before gradation and we were given report cards early and my English teacher announced who would be validation and salutatorian. Two of my classmates got both positions and at first I was confused, upset, and most certainly pissed off. I went to everybody I could trying to figure out what happened. We looked at the grades and averages and come to find out my English teacher gave both girls 105 in her class making their averages higher than mines by 3
English is, almost certainly, the most important subject that a child can learn in school. Without knowing proper English, a child will not be able to communicate effectively with the English speaking nation. They would be shut off from education and other people in this country. A person who does not poses proper English limits his or her ability to achieve their highest potential. Knowledge of the English language is important to learn to be able to communicate with others, in the teaching of immigrant students, and in finding and maintaining a job.
I always want to be an international student because I believe that learning in different surroundings will offer me a chance to explore the world. In order to become one, I have been preparing myself for this upcoming challenge. Long years of studying and paying most of my attention to school work made me wonder whether it is worthwhile to spend so much time on textbooks and became curious about what it is like to study in another country. In 2011, I seized the opportunity provided by my senior high school and became an exchange student in the U.S. . I didn’t fit in perfectly in the beginning, but throughout my exchange year, I had learned to adapt m...
First my attitude had to changed for this class. When this happened I started taking extra time in my assignments and in my reading. This happen when I turned my paper in a different format and my teacher could not open it. She gave me a bad grade. Then I question why I had got a bad grade because according to my believes I had done a good job on the essay. She then told me because I did not send it to her properly and she could not open it. So I resend it and instead of checking to make sure she could open it. I forgot to check. Two weeks later I check my email and I saw a message form my teacher saying it was not acceptable that she had given me time to turn it in and I had not. That incident made me think about how much time I was putting into my classes. So I managed to make it into a PDF document and send it to her but by that time I had already made my grade drop.That incident had the most impact on me and in all my classes, especially in my English class. It told me that I need to check
At the time, I was still learning how to speak english, so participating wasn’t comfortable for me. I usually talked in an unorthodoxed way as I would use a mix of both Tagalog and English within my sentences. This was unusual because I did well in my special English-speaking class designed for foreign students. Although communicating the language was difficult, it didn’t stop me from excelling in school or making friends. Overall, the academic experience of American schools had a more relaxed and fun vibe in comparison to what I was so used to. It gave me more freedom for expression with myself which I think my old academic lifestyle