In some schools - for example, Tower Hamlets - most bilingual children will speak the same language as a mother tongue, whereas in others 40 different languages or more may be spoken. ... It does not necessarily imply full fluency in both or all languages". ... It draws attention to the fact that children may have two or three languages in addition to English; also that English should be considered as an additional language, rather than one that replaces the children's other languages. ... Task 1: Auditing your knowledge of children learning English as an additional language. ......

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• Grade Level: High School

Swift is satirizing the scientists with their wild theories and unproven facts. There were many of these people around his time that made many theories that turned out to be false. ... The Houynhnms had the reasoning and language of our human race. ... He learned to speak their language and learned their ways. ...

• Word Count: 1361
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• Grade Level: High School

In the poem, Spenser uses such literary devices as figurative language, personification, and the almighty symbolism among others. ... Many see this as a statement of the belief and theory of reincarnation, once again, a religious belief. ...

• Word Count: 571
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As Safie, a beautiful woman who visits Felix, learns the language of the cottagers, so does the monster. ... Now able to speak and understand the language perfectly, the monster learns about a human society by listening to the cottagers' conversations. ... The concentration of emotion, adventure, and imagination during the Romantic Era led to new ideas of creation, such as Darwin's theory of evolution. ... Erasmus Darwin was a physician who started to develop a theory in natural philosophy concerning the evolution of organisms. ... His son, Charles Darwin, formed these preliminary id...

• Word Count: 2436
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Rudyard Kipling's works are greatly known for their sociological references, use of language, and influences from India. ... One theory of Kipling's, that unless England supports its colonies then they will fall, is heavily expressed in this verse (Middle 1). ... Kipling's works the use of the language of everyday men speaking to men has annoyed many of his critics (Sandison 203). ...

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It is based on the Piagetian theory that "children learn actively and construct their own knowledge." ... Some of the aspects are all day kindergarten, beginners reading program which combine a phonic and whole language approach, reading groups which are constantly assessed by teachers, one-on-one tutoring, and co-operative projects in language arts and math. ...

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The language men and women used in writing letters to one another were flowery and passionate. ... Men also wrote other men in the Age using the same type of passionate language that women used. ... The industrial age in England and the United States brought out people and theories to combat the chaos created by industrialization. ...

• Word Count: 3367
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In May 1607, the Virginia Company of London founded the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was called Jamestown established on the banks of the James River, named after King James I. The colony was sponsored by a group of investors who hoped to profit from the venture...

• Word Count: 2369
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School