Some bilingual programs are designed to develop full bilingualism, or the ability to use two languages proficiently; others use the native language to facilitate the acquisition of English. ... Keywords Bilingualism; Developmental Bilingual Education; Dual Language Immersion; English Language Learners; English Only; Linguistically Different Learners; Transitional Bilingual Education; Heritage Language; Sheltered Content Instruction Overview The education of "bilingual" students in the U.S. has always been closely tied to political, economic and social concerns. ... In the political climate of ...

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The English language is the most dominant language spoken on earth today. ... It is a language made for everyone and for every occasion. ... The mastering of a language is the key. ... When occupying countries like India, South Africa and Zimbabwe, the English language was taught out to the public and made into an official language in most occupied countries. ... Today it is still a language that is spoken on at least three continents, but unless it is one of the official languages of the country in question, it is not often prioritized, unlike English. ...

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Their native language and English would be combined and they would be able to develop a combination African-English language. ... First of which is Ebonics developed out of contact between African languages and English. ... The second one is Ebonics developed out of contact between African languages and English. The Africans then blended their own native language with English. ... The Africans then blended their own native language with English. ...

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" Identify the issues in South Africa during the period 1886-1910 and analyse how they helped shape the future of South Africa."" ... The discovery of gold had a great effect on South Africa. ... South Africa never recovered form the experience-. ... Thus, black Africans were left without the vote (except in the Cape Colony) when South Africa was unified in 1910."" ... "Never since has there been a head of government in South Africa whose first language was English."" ...

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Micheaux clearly demonstrates the lack of educational opportunity of African Americans in the south. ... These films portray not only color prejudice but also class tensions within the African-American community. ... The silent films without the use of speech rely on the actors' actions and body language to help add detail to the story. ... Micheaux seemed to criticize African Americans who helped to perpetuate their condition for personal gain. ... Many whites believed that African Americans were too lazy or stupid to want an education at the time. ...

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The German people would return to Germany where they have German names and speak the German language. The Chinese people would return to China, where they have Chinese names and speak the Chinese language. ... Unfortunately, we do not speak the Blackese or the Negroese language. Our ethnic group has gone from being Negroes to Coloreds, to Blacks and now the "politically correct term" African Americans. ... So if you are not to be labeled Black or African American, what are you to be recognized as? ...

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There are different ethnicities that have the same general idea of Christmas, but it is not celebrated in the same manner, such as the African-Americans. ... There is no official language in this country that is why some of the immigrants feel that it is perfectly fine to never learn the English language. Therefore, they just continue to speak their native language, just as long as they stay in a community of people who speak the same language as them. ... It took African-Americans years and years of hardships to get equal rights as their white counter parts. Rodney King was an innocent Af...

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This class was focused on teaching students the language of African Americans who first came to this country. This language was titled "Black English." ... If the statement read: "Reggie, like many other African American men and women, was a victim of police brutality... This is not a lost language, but instead a language that has faded. ... So, to make a statement such as "our language and the killer's language" is racist and absurd. ...

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This is a question that many African Americans may have asked or be asking themselves. ... However "acting white" has been known to be portrayed as an African American individual that has chosen to speak properly and become serious about his or her life and future, and act in a manner that is not of the "ghetto" or "gangster" culture. ... As Chapman states in her article, "language is a ridiculous way to judge the level of ethnicity of a black person." ...

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She goes on to say: Just as the formation of the nation necessitated coded language and purposeful restrictions ... so too did the literature, whose founding characteristics extend into the twentieth century.... ... In other words, the space for the creation of self-narrative of whites in the United States has been in the opposition between their freedom and the enslavement of Africans, and the space for the creation of the self-narrative of white men has been in the opposition between their public power and women's domesticity and reproductive capacity. ...

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The end of World War II brought about new flows of immigrants coming from the New Commonwealth (India, a few African countries, the West Indies) and from Pakistan. ... New Commonwealth immigrants formed numerousethnic groups based on common language, religion and race. ... The Asian community is composed of several groups based on 7 main languages further divided into numerous dialects. Some groups have to resort to a second language, such as English, in order to integrate. ... Furthermore, the unemployment rate for black (Caribbean, African and other) and Pakistani/Bangladeshi male workers wa...

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They were rather far away from Cape Colony and already developing their own language, the Afrikaans. ... Rhodes was by the time, Cape Colony Prime Minister; this colony wanted the whole south of Africa to belong to the British Empire. ... In 1899, the recently appointed Birtish governor of Cape Colony Alfred Milner, who deeply resented the way the Boers treated the British, passed decrees to transform the British troops formed by twelve thousand men in the South of Africa into a fifty thousand men's army. ... It also allowed the afrikaner language to be used at schools and at the Law Cou...

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Nationalism was a major cause because it was ignored by many groups who felt that people of the same ethnic origin, language, and political ideals had the right to independent states. ... The three countries competed for economic expansion over Africa. ...

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