Language acquisition

English language learners (ELLs) are the fastest growing student population within the United States. According to a recent report by the U.S Government Accountability Office, approximately 5 million ELL students were enrolled in schools, representing an estimated 10% of all public school students (GAO, 2006). In California, it is already the case that more than 25% of the students in grades PK-12 are ELLs (Stokes-Guinan & Goldenberg, 2010). Therefore, it is of utmost importance to understand…

functions slowly which also includes language. Human speech is controlled by the throat, lips, mouth, larynx, and other muscles. Speech muscles start controlling as well as developing at birth. The complex sounds are fully fluent until after the age of five. Adults start to…

understanding of not only their target language, but also the customs, traditions, and people of a country that is foreign to their own. And yet, there stands an argument that bilingual education is nothing more than a money-guzzling burden that imposes a seemingly menial and impractical task upon the American educational system. In reality, bilingual education is far more valuable than people regard it to be. Not only is it about merely learning a new language or getting immersed into a…

that feedback fills the gaps between learners’ knowledge and target language competence. Dorney (1994) postulated that feedback is “a process, which carries a clear message about the teacher’s priorities and is reflected in the students’ motivation”. As Chastain (1988) states, the type of feedback teachers provide to students shows whether they view language as a grammatical system or as a communicative system. Feedback on language forms pushes students to focus their attention on forms, and the…

educator. Rodrigo, in my opinion, exhibited a vast inconsistency of errors, not necessary more though comprehension of the listener was compromised. These identified errors are likely contributed to his low-level of proficiency and dearth of English language learning experiences. Whereas Xue’s mistakes increased as the interview progressed, her errors were consistently repeated in particular topic categories such as morphological plural [-s]. The recast by the interviewer for grammars did not…

Age, Orthography, and Language Maturity Effect of age on language development, cross-linguistic influence, and orthography are one variable worthy of consideration. However, the focus of this research segregates age from language maturity, that is, we measure the orthographic understanding of the mother tongue, or first language (L1), against the second language (or additional new language). Therefore the issues that I believe need consideration are the ability for individuals to read,…

them in another language. I would gather a 4 people and hand them each a stack of 10 cards containing the words written in English and the other languages. I would then ask them say what they thought the meaning was for each one and how they interpret them. I would have English speakers would relate to the experiment as well as the other language that would be on the cards. I would expect each person to have a different reaction for the words that are written in the other language I think that…

Early bilingual refers to someone who acquires two languages in early childhood. Those especially learn two languages as “first languages” at the same time can be termed as simultaneous bilinguals. Simultaneous bilinguals are commonly exposed to the languages since birth or shortly after. Generally speaking, learning two languages in early childhood does more good than harm. This paper will first discuss the benefits of bilingualism including advantages in metalinguistic awareness, and…

Cultural awareness is very important and significant point in learning language. So, first of all, we should analysis what is culture and cultural awareness, connections between language and culture. There are different conceptions of culture. Culture has been referred to as ‘the ways of a people’. This view incorporates both ‘material’ manifestations of culture that are easily seen and ‘non-material’ ones that are more difficult to observe, as Saville-Troike notes. Anthropologists define…

examine language acquisition (how it all begins) in monolingual and bilingual children. This allows them to get an overall better understanding into brain development but also to address the cognitive advantages and disadvantages of being bilingual and monolingual. Define monolingual and bilingual in a more detailed way (more than what you have below) It has become clearer, the advantage of being and bilingual in the last decade. It reflects the increased interest in minority language and…