There are many aspects to adapting to a new culture, which include learning a new language, eating new foods, dressing differently, and meeting new people. ... Learning a new language is one of the most difficult tasks to accomplish when there is no one to translate. The younger a person is when they come to America, the easier it is to learn English. Many older men and women have a much more difficult time learning English, especially when they need to find a job. ...

• Word Count: 1060
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He decides to become a teacher and he is placed at a vocational high school on Staten Island to teach English. ... The students are not quite aware of any other way of "learning"; they are used to the unruliness and disorganization. ... Clearly the vocational aspect of this school supercedes any theoretical learning. As long as the students learn the "skills" of their selected trades, then they don't really need to learn the basics of English or Economics. ... The students might have been learning something new, but McCourt was just happy to have a quiet classroom. ...

• Word Count: 1906
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

By learning and adapting we can choose our paths in life. ... Entering the world using only our senses helped us observe our surroundings and eventually led to us learning languages, and symbols therefore communication develops. ... English teachers are now teaching the changes of our language to adapt women such as instead of they or he, now it must be he or she. ...

• Word Count: 1387
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

It captures the answers to the questions studied in the course of English thus far during the short story "The Lady or the Tiger" and the novels A Separate Peace and Lord of the Flies. ... I believe Simon was the key to learning the answer to the first question, "Who Are the Outsiders?" ...

• Word Count: 998
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Young children learn means of communication by observation and television has a great impact on their learning (Bandura, 1973 in Srygley, 1978). ... As I talked to my sister's friends, I learnt that blacks were often sent to a different class to learn English language, which they found difficult to master. ...

• Word Count: 2887
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School