Essays on Language Diversity

The discussions in this section are taken from the ideas of authors of books, journals and other reference materials that deal with code- switching as a language teaching strategy anchored on the grammar- translation method. Based on the extended body of research on code- switching,…

Code switching is a prevalent phenomenon that frequently involves bilingual speakers. Words from two languages are used within a single discourse when code-switching bilinguals. Code-switching has been differentiated from code mixing in some research code mixing is described as a practice of mixing languages in…

The medium of instruction is that the language being employed within the field of teaching and it should or might not be the “official” language of that country. in line with UNESCO or The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, it considers that “providing…

 When a person is asked about identity, the most common response that you will get is a name, but an individual’s identity is so much more complex than that. Norton (1997) defined identity as “how people understand their relationship to the outside world, how that…

I want to study this topic because I find it quite interesting. I’ve seen people troubled to speak with somebody foreign or unable to talk their language in tv, movies, and reality however I never knew that it was known as a language barrier, even…

Introduction According to PingWu, Garza, and Guzman, worldwide students, mainly from Asia, consider pursuing their education at thousands of institutions among all 50 United States; these students play a crucial role in the variety and globalization of their classes and communities, as they incorporate distinctive points of view within…

The challenges in bridging the gap of student alienation in school settings has been a hot topic in the media in recent years. Alienation can be defined as “a decreasing sense of belonging in terms of learning, teachers and classmates at school” (Hascher & Hadjar,…

My favourite character in the Chinese language is “聽” (tīng), the word for “listen”. The “耳” (êr) on the left is the character for “ear”, which, of course, is used to listen to others, whilst the “王” (wáng) below represents “king”, implying that respect should…

Language is intricately bound up with culture. It is an expressive product of culture that performs diverse functions to facilitate communicative interaction. Idiomatic expressions functions as one of these communicative interactions. This essay investigates one such idiom in its distinct cultural identity. This is done…

Language plays an important role in shaping our personality. Language helps us to express ourselves in the way we are. It shaped how you communicate, thoughts, feelings. Language is also very important in developing the culture of the society. Because of language, we know how…