Peter Hessler got the opportunity to travel to Fuling, China in order to teach young college students English literature. ... When Peter got to Fuling, he quickly discovered that almost nobody spoke English there except for his students and Adam. Both of them tried to find tutors as soon as they could, but they weren't able to get English speaking teachers, so they had to do with teachers that only spoke Chinese. ... Cultural competence is possible if one executes it correctly by learning the language, learning about the culture through locals, the paper, research, learning about the hist...

• Word Count: 1732
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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

'Secondary socialization is the wider process of learning; a child learns what is expected of them, and what is acceptable/appropriate behavior, for them; within a small group that The essay title 'all children in the UK are given an equal opportunity to succeed' is a functionalist opinion and very much subjective. ... This can be attributed to the parents' use of restricted language and vocabulary, as well as their subsequent poor attitude to academic learning. ... A lack of educational books, quiet places to study and access to computers or the internet in the home res...

• Word Count: 1664
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I am really excited to use this book, along with other resources to help with learning activities that correspond to the book's topics, to increase my students' awareness of multiculturalism and provide a platform that presents mathematics in a new and life-application-level way. ... This includes using a variety of teaching styles that are consistent with the wide range of learning styles within various cultural and ethnic groups. ... Hands-on manipulatives, cooperative group learning activities, learning to use the vocabulary by discovering the meanings during discover-a-relationsh...

• Word Count: 1407
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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
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• Grade Level: High School

After fully learning to read, Douglass had realized that he had created a mental prison for himself that he could not escape in slavery. ... Irwin Kirsch, Executive Director of the Literacy, Learning and Assessment Group at Educational Testing Service, also suggests a firm correlation between the lack of literacy and poverty, as well as the level of literacy and employment status. ... Knoblauch reinforces this idea stating that "the enfranchisement of those whose lack of English-language abilities has depressed their economic opportunities- (Knoblauch, 125). ...

• Word Count: 1465
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The film demonstrates the contrasting educational views of Welton Academy and the English teacher, John Keating. ... Nolan says; "Tradition Discipline" meaning that the students should uphold previous traditions but if students keep following the previous generations unquestioningly they will be perpetuating the same mistakes rather than taking responsibility and learning from their mistakes. ... Keating is talking about learning to recognise your limits and that your actions should go only to the extent that you feel is right. ... He sees risk taking as part of the learning process and not a...

• Word Count: 1552
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He tells us that his mother barely knew any English. ... For example, Rodriguez was too interested in his books and learning more facts, and not interested enough in the big picture. ... As he read Robinson Crusoe, for example, he knew that the main theme or lesson of the story was "the value of learning by oneself"(526), but did not actually learn anything by taking the theme and relating it to his own life and situation. ...

• Word Count: 1364
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For example, even in countries that share the English language, the meaning of "yes" varies from "maybe, I'll consider it" to "definitely so," with many shades in between. ... Learning the significant and important values of another cultural could help to eliminate possible problems when interacting with that particular culture. ...

• Word Count: 1464
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Culture, from this angle, refers to the outcome of a formal and programmatic learning process (as in going through schooling). ... For example, Raymond Williams defined culture in his 1965 book, The Long Revolution, as "a particular way of life which expresses certain meanings and values not only in art and learning, but also in institutions and ordinary behavior. ... The meaning of symbols, all kinds of symbol (such as Chinese or English writings), is socially constructed. ...

• Word Count: 1950
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The end result is that each community is entangled to preserve its own cultures rather learning and appreciating the other cultures. ... This is because, the majority groups which are the English, French and Portuguese immigrants and natives have skewed the entire political system to characterize values that come only from them while excluding other minorities from Asia and Africa. ...

• Word Count: 2297
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate