Describe specific ways to decrease potential bias in your classroom, including ways to incorporate your students’ abilities, interests, and cultural and linguistic backgrounds into the learning environment.

As classroom leaders, teachers have many opportunities to encourage everyone to respect people of all backgrounds and abilities, and promote a positive classroom environment that supports learning and decreases disruptive behavior. Teachers should reflect on their own values and beliefs in order to understand any underlying effects these beliefs may have on their instruction and […]

Describe the instructional strategies that can be used to promote student learning and individual development, acquisition of knowledge, and motivation.

Benchmark – Strategies for all Students Part 1: Developing Strategies For each student, write a 150-200 word response that includes: A learning theory that applies specifically to each student’s unique cognitive, linguistic, social-emotional, and physical developmental needs. State the learning theory and why it is appropriate for the student. Research support is required. One developmentally […]

Describe how you envision collaboration , engagement practices, and responsibilities toward families including those with cultural-linguistic differences.

Ethical position The purpose of this activity is to provide an opportunity to present your ethical perspectives as an educator regarding interactions and collaborations with families. In a minimum five page-paper, present your ethical position with respect to working with families and communities. Present your views from the standpoint of the age level and /or […]

Would you say that today, residents in the United States have a “strong shared ethnic, linguistic, religious, and/or collective identity”?fkt why or why not?Discuss

In lecture 12, Prof. McKay, defines “nationalism” as “existence of symbols and beliefs which create patterns of strong shared ethnic, linguistic, religious, and/or collective identity.” Nations and nationalism were also discussed by Marks last week in Ch 5: The Gap (pp.148-150). For your response draw on lecture and/or Marks to discuss at least 2 elements […]

Define and describe linguistic anthropology. What are some of its subfields and what social information can anthropologists gain from studying language?

Topic: 1. Define and describe linguistic anthropology. What are some of its subfields and what social information can anthropologists gain from studying language? (you may focus on any given part of this question). & 1. Describe some of the major evolutionary adaptations in the history of the genus Homo, that produced modern homo sapiens, the […]

What corpus linguistic techniques or methods been used?Discuss

In this examination task, you should reflect upon the usage of corpus methods in Linguistics by reading two articles: 1. Aijmer: ‘You’re absolutely welcome, thanks for the ear’: The use of absolutely in American soap operas 2. Berglund Prytz: Refugee or Migrant? what corpora can tell? Use the following questions as a guideline: 1.What is […]

Write a rationale explaining why the book is suitable for reading to a specific group of ESL learners.

PART 1: Select a children’s book (fiction or factual) suitable for a specific target group of ESL learners. (the book has to be an award winning, the book has to be shared with the class- so if possible to have it online or shared in a presentation) Provide information about the book: author/illustrator/title/publisher. Write a […]

what linguistic choices have you made in your re-write with regard to lexis? what linguistic choices have you made in your re-write with regard to syntax?

Actions Word limit: 1000 words in total. You should spend around 300 word for the re-write, and 700 words on your rationale. The emphasis of this assignment is firmly on the rationale. Please include: what linguistic choices have you made in your re-write with regard to lexis? what linguistic choices have you made in your re-write […]

Discuss Can we solve the need for complete intelligibility in such ‘life or death’ situations while respecting linguistic diversity? If so, how? If not, how can we call such discrimination socially just, or do we just have to accept such discrimination?

Choose one question and write responses. 1. One argument for discrimination based on language is the need for people to understand. For example, air traffic controllers around the world speak English; however, they speak with different accents and dialects. Can we solve the need for complete intelligibility in such ‘life or death’ situations while respecting […]

What is/are the aim/s of the activity? Is there a linguistic** component as well as the purpose of getting to know the students? For example,

Assignment 2: Evaluating Icebreakers (First Day Activities) Choose an activity from the list above (# 1 to 11) and evaluate it taking into account points 1 to 4. You are required to elaborate on these points, and answer them in paragraph format. The minimum word count for this assignment is 500 words. What is/are the […]