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  • Can Animals Learn a Human Language

    Description: Language is a complex and multifaceted ability that is fundamental to human communication and social interaction. The ability to learn, understand, and use language is a uniquely human trait that has allowed people to convey meaning, express emotions, and share information across cultures and time. In...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 2 Sources | APA | Social Sciences | Essay |
  • Incorporating Integrated Language Teaching Approaches

    Description: As the course comes to an end, I would like to express my gratitude for the key concepts that I have acquired through my participation in the class. The course taught me essential strategies that will enhance my effectiveness as an ESL teacher. The insights that I have gained from the course will shape my...
    1 page/≈275 words | No Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Language of Visual Analysis: Human Faces and Emotions

    Description: The photo contains four individual photos, and all of that photo focuses on human faces and emotions. People's emotions are crucial in photography because they may convey a story just by looking at them. In the image presented, the people's faces are accentuated and given importance in addition to their...
    2 pages/≈550 words | No Sources | MLA | Visual & Performing Arts | Essay |
  • Influence of L1 on L2 Acquisition on 3-5 Years Old English Language Learners in the US

    Description: Technological advancement has made the world a global village. Events happening in one part of the world have a major impact on another part of the same. Because of such changes, people have often found themselves interacting with others from different cultures. Proficiency in more than one language is...
    15 pages/≈4125 words | 15 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Communicating Assessment with English Language Learners (ELLs)

    Description: English Language Learners (ELL) families are a fundamental component of the learning process. As a result, educators must find creative approaches to keeping them engaged through appropriate information about their children’s progress. Hettiarachchi and Huertas (2013) note that assessment is the progressive...
    3 pages/≈825 words | 3 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Developmental Language Disorder

    Description: A child's learning process from early stages is crucial in forecasting the type of learner they can become in the future. However, several barriers affect a child's learning process from kindergarten to grade 12 (K-12). Learning disorders include autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities, and...
    4 pages/≈1100 words | 5 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Primary Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching

    Description: The key points that the author makes in the third chapter relate to the oral approach and principles of situational language teaching in foreign language teaching. Besides describing the history of the approach, the author lays down its main characteristics, particularly the specific direction of introducing...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 2 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Way Individuals Acquire and Develop Language

    Description: Individuals acquire language through interaction with the prevailing environment from their childhood. Notably, children can learn any language depending on their surroundings. As these children develop, they can differentiate various sound and language rhythms in their environmental exposure. In this case,...
    2 pages/≈550 words | No Sources | Other | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • Critical Analysis of Lev Manovich’s "The Language of New Media"

    Description: Lev Manovich’s The Language of New Media presents an engaging analysis of the new media. The author is convinced that contemporary society is constantly exposed to computerization that ultimately informs comprehension of new media, including the principles that revolve around automation, and variability,...
    3 pages/≈825 words | 6 Sources | MLA | Communications & Media | Essay |
  • Skinner: How Language is Learned and the Six Elementary Verbal Operants

    Description: Skinner proposed that language is learned through operant conditioning. He believed that humans acquire knowledge via reinforcement, during which they are rewarded for correctly using a particular language form. This discussion focuses on Skinner’s idea of language learning to highlight its application in...
    1 page/≈275 words | 1 Source | APA | Psychology | Essay |
  • Cross-Cultural Language and Literacy Education Report: Education System in China

    Description: For this report, I interviewed three people at my school: two Chinese immigrant students from one of my Algebra II classes and my Chinese colleague. All of them were born in China. Student #1 has been in the US for about four years. She was a sixth grader in China before she came here. The student can read...
    5 pages/≈1375 words | 2 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Should English be the Official Language of the United States?

    Description: The debate over making English the state's official language is centuries old in the United States. On the one hand, it idealizes social and economic benefits attached to its declaration as the official language. On the other hand, minority groups' protection becomes a severe concern. However, the current \...
    4 pages/≈1100 words | 3 Sources | APA | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • Online Discussion on American Sign Language (ASL) and Teaching ASL

    Description: Is the original research still relevant to the concerns and issues of the field? The article remains relevant to the concerns and issues related to American Sign Language (ASL) and teaching ASL. The study results indicate that automatic speech recognition (ASR) could improve pronunciation and offer lessons...
    1 page/≈275 words | 1 Source | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Self-Assessment of American Sign Language and Teaching Style

    Description: On November 8, 2022, I analyzed myself while watching ZOOM and what I do teaching ASL 101 while Darcie observed me. I teach for TrueWay ASL Unit 1-3, and Darice and I provided feedback afterward. * Fortunately, I studied etiquette background and clothing outfits. A black backdrop would be appropriate. I ...
    1 page/≈275 words | No Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Depiction of Social Movements Leader's Charisma Through Body Language

    Description: Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous speech for the Civil Rights Movement, I Have a Dream, in 1963, and Alice Garza’s speech for the Black Lives Matter movement in 2015 offer excellent depictions of social movement leaders' charismatic and captivating abilities. Martin Luther King Jr. provides a figurative...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 3 Sources | APA | Social Sciences | Essay |
  • Teaching Methods for American Sign Language Teachers

    Description: Each student has a unique learning style. Since each student perceives information differently, no single learning style applies to all students. For example, some students learn better visually, while others learn better simply by hearing something. However, Brown (2014) argues in “Make it Stick” that this...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 1 Source | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Teaching American Sign Language and How to Use Teaching Method

    Description: People can succeed by combining intelligence, perseverance, discipline, and hard work. Even though intelligence can be inherited, a person can still work hard to enhance cognitive abilities. When a person is born, their mind is like a blank slate, but through a series of skills they acquire, they eventually...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 1 Source | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Legislative Events and Issues in the Education of English Language Learners (ELLs)

    Description: Several landmark cases have played a significant role at the federal and state English Language Learners (ELLs) levels. For instance, the Plyler V Doe case has various implications for ELLs. One is that the government should not deny any children in the US free elementary and secondary education. The law,...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 3 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Animals and Language: Zanesville Edition

    Description: In the news article “18 Tigers, 17 Lions, 8 Bears, 3 Cougars, 2 Wolves, 1 Baboon, 1 Macaque, and 1 Man Dead in Ohio,” Chris Heath reports about the infamous zoo escape in Zanesville where a depressed man, Terry Thompson released his collection of exotic animal. The reporting takes parts in three main section...
    3 pages/≈825 words | 2 Sources | MLA | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • Secondary Source Evaluation: American Sign Language

    Description: Fitzpatrick, E. M., Hamel, C., Stevens, A., Pratt, M., Moher, D., Doucet, S. P. ... & Na, E. (2016). Sign language and spoken language for children with hearing loss: A systematic review. Pediatrics, 137(1). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2015-1974. In the article, the researchers were keen to establish the...
    3 pages/≈825 words | 1 Source | APA | Education | Essay |
  • The American Sign Language Proficiency Assessment: Summary of Measure

    Description: The American Sign Language Proficiency Assessment (ASL-PA) is a test that determines how well non-native Deaf children understand American Sign Language. The interview approach was used for the evaluation. In addition to this, the purpose is to keep an eye on the acquisition procedure. Was this measure...
    1 page/≈275 words | 1 Source | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, and the Teaching of Foreign Languages

    Description: 1 What was the research question? Kramsch (2000) asks about the significance of Applied Linguistics in second-language acquisition (SLA) and SLA-related aspects of a study. Applied Linguistics refers to the multidisciplinary field that studies the process of acquiring language and its theoretical principles...
    1 page/≈275 words | 1 Source | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, and Foreign Language Education

    Description: Although not clearly stated, the research question was anchored on establishing the impact of second language acquisition on applied linguistics, language methodology, and foreign language education (Kramsch, 2002). The author primarily used qualitative research design to get to the “soul” of the research ...
    1 page/≈275 words | 1 Source | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Teaching and Learning American Sign Language

    Description: Kramsch, C. (2000). Second language acquisition, applied linguistics, and the teaching of foreign languages. The Modern Language Journal, 84(3), 311-326. https://doi.org/10.1111/0026-7902.00071. The article looks at how SLA relates to other necessary fields of study, including applied linguistics, foreign...
    1 page/≈275 words | 1 Source | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Medical Language Interpretation and the Best Practice

    Description: This report evaluates the range of medical language interpretation to deduce best practice, including scenarios lacking qualified language, ethical principles considered, and implications to patient care and the public health code of ethics. The essay also evaluates U.S. and Taiwan medical practice models...
    3 pages/≈825 words | 2 Sources | APA | Health, Medicine, Nursing | Essay |
  • Internal and External Factors on Enrollment Trends in Language-Related Subjects

    Description: Steward, D. (2004). The Master's Degree in the Modern Languages since 1966. Profession, 154-177. In the article written the Steward (2004) entitled The Master’s Degree in Modern Languages since 1966, the authors discussed how the number of Master’s (MA) enrollment and conferment for MA English and MA...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 1 Source | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Language and Cultural Variation between Chinese and American English

    Description: Because of globalization, transnationalism, and rapid means of global communication, the traditional concept of one language and culture has become obsolete. In the present world, most of the world's urban population is bound to use more than one language, which has resulted in the development of a unique...
    5 pages/≈1375 words | 3 Sources | APA | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • Issues Concerning Sign Language Teachers and Beginner Signers

    Description: It is indeed true that Willoughby et al. (2015) conclude by noting that sign language teachers focus on the form, such as error correction, and not the use of language to accomplish tasks. This is because these teachers need to focus on developing competence among learners. However, this is considered to be...
    1 page/≈275 words | 4 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Clinical Field Experience: The English Language Arts Classroom

    Description: The literacy needs and abilities of the students are mainly focused on reading, writing, speaking and listening. When it comes to reading, the students are working on how to pronounce unfamiliar written words, focus on sounds, read fluently and understand what they read. In writing, the students can hear...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 3 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Demographic and Home Language Composition of the PK-12

    Description: In 2020, Arizona's kindergarten to a 12th-grade population comprised 54% English Native Language students and 46% Latino speakers. This makes up about 505,000 Latino students. Notably, 97% of Latino students are United States-born citizens (Wright, 2019). Of the 505,000 Latino students, 79,000 are English...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 2 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Lesson Plan for English Language Learners

    Description: Integrated English language development: Vocabulary acquisition and use. Instructional Plan Title: Can you determine a word's meaning using context clues? Study Shelley Rotner (2020), Many Ways: How Families Practice Their Beliefs and Religions Lesson Summary and Focus: This lesson emphasizes...
    4 pages/≈1100 words | 3 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • The Language Used to Describe Their Bodies Degrading and Disrespectful

    Description: When describing an individual's body, especially a woman's, it is crucial to choose proper adjectives. This means that when doing so, decency must be paramount in the mind of the person undertaking such a duty. History is replete with accounts of people who lost the meaning of life after being subjected...
    4 pages/≈1100 words | 4 Sources | APA | Social Sciences | Essay |
  • Speech-Language Therapy

    Description: One of the intervention strategies used on the patient was speech-language therapy. According to this intervention, the speech-language therapist helped the patient gain verbal communication skills (Intergrated Listening Systems, 2016). Speech-language therapists use a variety of strategies such as prompts....
    1 page/≈275 words | 2 Sources | APA | Psychology | Essay |
  • Interaction between Motivation, Attitude, and Second Language

    Description: Otherwise known as second language learning, second language acquisition (SLA) refers to the process through which people acquire a second language. Central to SLA is the interlanguage view, the perception that language learning is not simply a result of the difference between it and the one they already ...
    7 pages/≈1925 words | 7 Sources | Harvard | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • ASL: Deaf Children & Language Acquisition

    Description: According to Dr. Chen Pichler, children require high input of languages such as ASL, BSL, or spoken language to acquire it successfully. Therefore, parents must ensure that they provide these by improving joint attention, focusing on child-directed signing, and making children part of rich conversations....
    2 pages/≈550 words | No Sources | APA | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • American Sign Language: Audism

    Description: Over the years, deaf people have been substantially represented in modern culture. However, few gaps exist in how the general population understands what it means to be deaf. Therefore, deaf people continue to experience open discrimination every day. The act of discriminating against deaf people is...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 2 Sources | APA | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • What are the Benefits of Learning Another Language?

    Description: Learning a language can open doors to opportunities, whether you're looking for a new profession or just want to broaden your horizons. Speaking another language has been shown to unlock intellectual potential and boost cognitive capacities, in addition to improving your professional chances and love life....
    2 pages/≈550 words | No Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Teaching Native American Folktales to Improve English Language Skills

    Description: The Circle of Life and the Clambake is an interesting American folktale that explains the importance of natural resources and self-dependence via a story of the Wampanoag people and their dependence on the giant Maushop (Bruchac, 2022). This story will help students understand native American folk culture...
    4 pages/≈1100 words | 2 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Understanding Language and its Use in Asia-Pacific Region

    Description: According to Gao (2017), social change is reflected and reproduced by people's language practice, with trans‐local linguistic varieties becoming resources for constructing a new social identity. We learned through class readings that social change happens because of globalization, which leads to the...
    1 page/≈275 words | 3 Sources | APA | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • Learning and Teaching Second Language Vocabulary

    Description: English is the most spoken language globally, with over 379 and 753 million native and non-native speakers. Just like Greek was a universal language between 500 BC and 100 BC and Latin in the Middle Ages, English is the universal language of modern society. With increasing globalization, cross-cultural...
    8 pages/≈2200 words | 7 Sources | Harvard | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • Interplay of Language and Power in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

    Description: Initially, learning institutions in French Polynesia remained hesitant to teach and expose children to other languages apart from French, which was the commonest. However, with the emergence of power structures with time, there was a need for the region to allow schools to adopt other languages and...
    1 page/≈275 words | 2 Sources | APA | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • Hearing Loss and Language Development Delay

    Description: For my project, I chose to make an infographic about hearing loss in general and how it affects children's language development. I chose this topic because of the current childcare landscape within the home nowadays. With the ever-growing expectations and necessity to work more and earn more, more and more...
    3 pages/≈825 words | 3 Sources | APA | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • Background in American Sign Language Report

    Description: Demographics: PCC serves more than 60,000 full-time and part-time students. We fill a unique role that offers high-quality education and opportunities for our students, which contributes to the vibrancy of Portland’s economic community. Involvement: The administration takes charge of enrolment and...
    1 page/≈275 words | 1 Source | APA | Education | Essay |
  • American Sign Language (ASL) Program Offered at The Portland Community College in Oregon

    Description: This paper reports on the American Sign Language (ASL) program offered at the Portland Community College in Oregon. The college has four main comprehensive locations in Cascade, Rock Creek, Sylvania, and Southeast which offer full-service facilities. Description/Type of school: A Community College – One of ...
    3 pages/≈825 words | 8 Sources | APA | Mathematics & Economics | Essay |
  • Assistive Technology Device Matrix for Students With Identified Language Disabilities

    Description: The toys help students focus on learning by reducing self-stimulation behavior such as tapping things and twirling hair (Biel, 2017, pp. 12-13). Fidget toys helps in self-regulation by calming down and directing children’s attention and behavior toward class (Biel, 2017, pp. 12-13). The toys decrease stress...
    4 pages/≈1100 words | 3 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Under Presentation of Youth Perspectives on Language Shift in Academic Discourse

    Description: Odango, 2015 indicated his article is a dialogue piece and pointed out there is under presentation of youth perspectives on language shift in academic discourse. The researcher also argued the case for involving the youth in language reclamation. dialogue requires meaningful interaction and exchange of ideas...
    1 page/≈275 words | 2 Sources | APA | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • Native Indian Sign Language: Buoy in ASL Linguistic

    Description: Native Indian Language: I took Indian History at CSULB. I was fascinated with Indian History somehow, and I decided to interview with Sarah-Young Bear for a research paper. The reason why I am looking for 100 percent blood in Native America. Her name is Sarah Young Bear-Brown. Her Meskwaki name is tti-ka-mi-...
    1 page/≈275 words | No Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Digital Newsletter for English Language Learners Parents

    Description: Parents' participation in their children's education benefits English language learners (ELLs) just as other pupils. Some Hispanic families may be reluctant to participate actively due to their poor English skills, lack of exposure to popular society, and education structure in Arizona. Creating a class...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 3 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Structured Query Language (SQL) Injection and its Background

    Description: The advancement of technology has brought it with itself numerous cyber risks that threaten the operations of modern companies. Having a comprehensive defense mechanism is an essential practice for modern firms given that the collection and storage of data, some of which may be personal, is part of the...
    7 pages/≈1925 words | 6 Sources | APA | Business & Marketing | Essay |
  • Discourse Analysis and Features of Sign Language

    Description: Discourse Analysis: Discourse analysis is a method to study the language that explains how language shapes reality. There are different methodological approaches to discourse analysis: Speech acts theory, Interactional sociolinguistics, Ethnography of communication, Pragmatics, Conversation Analysis, and variation...
    1 page/≈275 words | No Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Analysis of "They're Bilingual…That Means They Don't Know The Language"

    Description: The text "They're Bilingual…That Means They Don't Know The Language" describes discrimination against African Americans like the Latinx who face prejudice due to their ethnic groups. The Latinx are considered ignorant and inferior due to the poor use of language as the Americans consider bilingual speakers...
    2 pages/≈550 words | No Sources | MLA | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • Unit Plan for Fifth Grade English: English Language Arts

    Description: TARGETED STATE CONTENT English Learning Standards: English Learning Arts 1 Adjectives: Definition 2 Writing adjectives 3 Linking verbs 4 Adjectives after linking verbs 5 Adjectives that compare 6 Using more and most adjectives 7 Adjective suffixes 8 Using and identifying an adjective in a sentence...
    3 pages/≈825 words | 3 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • English Language Arts Unit Plan: Lesson Preparation for Sixth Grade Algebra

    Description: Title of Unit and Brief Summary: This is an English Language Arts (ELA) course focusing on ELA instruction targeting improvement in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Classroom and Student Factors/Grouping: The lesson preparation for five days focuses on reading, grammar, writing, speaking...
    3 pages/≈825 words | 3 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Business Language Test: Reading and Writing

    Description: This business language test will assess two of the traditional skills: reading and writing. It will focus on reading as a receptive skill and writing as a productive skill. The knowledge, skills, capacities, and other features that will form the focus of the reading assessment section include learners...
    13 pages/≈3575 words | 13 Sources | APA | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • Lesson Planning for English Language Learners

    Description: The instructor will make instruction culturally and linguistically related by first understanding the key English skills that grade 2 ELL students need to acquire and nurture so as to be successful in school and beyond. This lesson plan also integrates ELLs’ cultural values and beliefs in the context of...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 3 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Honorification in Korean Language

    Description: The paper sought to determine how the speaker-hearer relationship to the referent subject impacts ‘honorification’ and the vulnerability of honorifics to generational change, particularly in the Korean language. Honorifics denote the relationship between the communicators so that necessary honor and respect...
    1 page/≈275 words | 4 Sources | APA | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • Clinical Field Experience: High School English Language Arts Classroom

    Description: The high school students used the questioning strategy of reading. The students would create questions while reading to get clarity from their teacher. Such a strategy proved effective because it enabled them to interact with the content, thus enhancing comprehension. They also used the summarizing reading...
    2 pages/≈550 words | No Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Evidence of Language Proficiency: Core Skills and Additional Examples

    Description: Core Skill Areas Speaking: ability to welcome, introduce self, communicate/collaborate with others, offer, instruct, narrate, describe, inform, summarize, report, synthesize, state and support opinion, respond, advise, teach, explain, phone, question, small talk, discuss, respond, ask, clarify, question, ...
    2 pages/≈550 words | No Sources | APA | Health, Medicine, Nursing | Essay |
  • Analyzing Arizona's Language Development Approach

    Description: According to Arizona, English learners are students whose native language is not English and have difficulties reading, writing, speaking, and comprehending English. The students are not classified as fluent English proficiency because their performance in the mainstream assessment is not comparable with...
    3 pages/≈825 words | 5 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Language Focus: Supporting Various Language Needs of ELLs

    Description: One addresses language form and language function in the classroom by first demonstrating the various functions of language to learners (such as giving directions, developing an argument, making requests, describing processes, categorizing things, and contrasting ideas) and the internal grammatical...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 3 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • The Relationship between Language and Thought

    Description: What is the focus of the question? The focus of the question is to determine whether language influences thought. Language is a symbolic tool people use to present cognitive processes and communicate their thoughts (Harley, 2014). According to Ethnology, considered the most extensive language catalog, there...
    9 pages/≈2475 words | 3 Sources | APA | Psychology | Essay |
  • Literature in English Language Teaching and the Challenges Encountered by EFL Learners

    Description: This essay will describe and explain a one hour reading and comprehension lesson plan that is geared towards deepening and developing broad competence in reading literature among Asian students in an international school. The class of EFL learners is mainly composed of students between the ages of 13 and 14...
    13 pages/≈3575 words | 9 Sources | APA | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • Court Cases, Laws, and Policies and the English Language Instruction Policy

    Description: How the following legal cases have affected the policies and laws governing language instruction in Arizona: Lau v. Nichols, Castaneda v. Pickard, Flores v. Arizona, and Plyler v. Doe. In Lau v. Nichols, the Supreme court ruled unanimously (9-0) that lack of additional language for learners with limited...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 3 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Black Sign Language and Black English

    Description: I watched Charmay's Video called "How to Sign in BASL (Black America Sign Language) | Strong Black Lead. " I analyzed Charmay's explanation of BASL and ASL, and I found that differences are in 1- Handed vs. 2- Handed signs. Black Deaf signers must utilize both hands in a two-handed sign, but White Deaf...
    1 page/≈275 words | 7 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Washington State Standard for the Foreign Language Arts Level K-12

    Description: The Washington State grade 12 World Language Principles explain anything learners should understand and engage in as they master to communicate using a foreign language apart from English (Dorn et al., 2010). The mentioned standards provide sable support for learners, instructors, guardians, and the larger...
    3 pages/≈825 words | 3 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • The Challenge of Learning American Sign Language Slang

    Description: My challenge was the ASL Slang because I did not know much about it. I was not aware of the ASL Slang until I met some friends in the deaf generation who explained to me how to use it. I applied the social, emotional, and ethical (SEE) framework to use idioms while learning ASL Slang, which helped me learn...
    1 page/≈275 words | 7 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • KJ's Commentary on ASL Slang & Language and Age in the Deaf Community

    Description: ASL Slang: After watching KJ’s commentary video about ASL slang, I learned informative aspects of this concept. Before this video, I would read a book and fail to see the various instances of ASL slang. My primary concern was how can I explain what a sign means when I sign ASL slang and cannot translate...
    1 page/≈275 words | 1 Source | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Activities for English Language Learners to Develop Their Literacy

    Description: Students do not always learn in the same way. Therefore, teachers must incorporate engaging learning activities to help students grasp concepts and language skills. The discussion will comprise four significant actions that students can perform to enhance their reading, writing, speaking, and language learning...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 2 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • American Sign Language Beginner Lesson: Describing Fruits & Vegetables

    Description: Language and Level / Grade : ASL 1 Approximate Length of Unit : One week Performance Range : Basic Approximate Number of Minutes Weekly : 120 min Theme/Topic : Describing Fruits and Vegetables Essential Question: How to demonstrate the various classifications of fruits and vegetables using sign...
    2 pages/≈550 words | No Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Reflection on the Use of SVO and ELAN and Learning French Sign Language

    Description: I learned that SVO is the most commonly used sign language worldwide. However, some countries will sometimes use OSV. As I watched KJ's video, I realized that the lady often signed with SVO. I hadn't learned that myself and had to keenly analyze the lady's sign language. This helped me understand SVO and ...
    1 page/≈275 words | No Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Literacy Development with Struggling English Language Learner through Differentiation

    Description: For students to be in a position to speak in English in social situations.Learners should manage to achieve academic success in all curriculum areas by using English. Learners should be able to communicate in English in a socio-culturally relevant manner.Standards: 21st Century learning skills (Creativity, Critical...
    2 pages/≈550 words | 2 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Literacy Autobiography: Experiences in Language and Literacy Education

    Description: Learning to read and write can happen in school environments or away from schools. Children learn from their teachers and schoolmates when in school and from parents, siblings and neighbors while out from school. When I was learning to read and write, the significant moments and themes included developing...
    3 pages/≈825 words | 2 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Language Attitude and Sign Language Learning

    Description: I read the article and KJ’s commentary, which is very interesting about Language Attitude. I will never forget that day I met a Deaf Russian friend. She moved here from Russia. She’s a very sophisticated fashionista. I learned from her. She said USA deaf people don’t know how to spell and grammar. She thinks...
    1 page/≈275 words | No Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Discussion on Personal Experience with Sign Language Learning

    Description: Thank you for sharing your personal experience. You are not alone as there are many other people in a similar situation. For example, some people persist on speaking Spanish to my daughter even after she tells them that she does not understand. When she fails to respond, they yell at her and when she...
    1 page/≈275 words | No Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Human Language as a Unique Human Trait and The Study of Non-Humans to Learn Language

    Description: Scientists profile human language as a multi-faceted ability with various sub-sections that have developed independently of speech. Fujita and Fujita (2021) explain that language is a specific human race attribute, which has long served as a modular and conceptual hindrance to the biological explanation of ...
    3 pages/≈825 words | No Sources | APA | Psychology | Essay |
  • Reflection on English-Language LearnerTeaching

    Description: The presence of English Language Learners (ELL) necessitates introducing a special form of teaching to cater to their need. It is not that the understanding of concepts by the ELL learners is fairly complex compared to their Native English counterparts. Instead, it requires a particular setting in teaching...
    1 page/≈275 words | 1 Source | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Reflection on Learning American Sign Language Linguistics

    Description: While trying anything new, one is likely to be scared. The uncertainties of a new job, a new course, a further step in life often leads to fears of inadequacy. Will I measure up? Will I be good enough? Will I succeed? These are some of the questions we can ask ourselves as we try to wade through the fear...
    2 pages/≈550 words | No Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Standardization and Language Authorities in American Sign Language

    Description: Chapter two, Grammar, Standardization, and Language Authorities, had numerous interesting topics. One of the outstanding subjects was grammar. As an emerging American Sign Language (ASL) teacher, I understand that grammar is essential in teaching. In reality, I cannot imagine my life without grammar. Grammar...
    1 page/≈275 words | 7 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • Language Variation in American Sign Language (ASL)

    Description: I want to learn about language variation in I analyzed many deaf people who sign their dialect in their area. For example, Deaf people who reside on the east coast sign faster and stronger, compared to Deaf people who live on the east coast and from other countries nearby Gallaudet. Some deaf people from the...
    1 page/≈275 words | 7 Sources | APA | Education | Essay |
  • The Role of Language in the Society

    Description: Language is a crucial element in contemporary society due to its diverse societal roles. A society is incomplete without language since it shapes any activity that may jeopardize its ability to communicate effectively. Communication is mandatory in society for the successful completion of societal ...
    10 pages/≈2750 words | No Sources | MLA | Literature & Language | Essay |
  • Second Language Acquisition Association with Positive Learning and Social Outcomes

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