Essays on Language Diversity

Significant changes in student populations from two or three decades ago are reflected in current educational patterns around the world. Students from non-English speaking backgrounds, those with disabilities, those from various cultural backgrounds, and those enrolled in accelerated classes make up the student community. (Jung, 2015). This change has led...

Language has always played an important role in a country's political process. It is one of the primary tools used as agents of positive or negative change. Most world tyrants have always employed neutral means to intervene in instances requiring the analysis and explanation of a written or oral communication...

In chapter 5, Fromkin et al. (189) discuss phonetics and define them as "language sounds." Phonetics is the study of how people from various languages use or mix sounds to form words. That is the science behind speech sounds. The writers contend that people who speak different languages mix sounds...

According to the writer, language is impartial and used as a medium to express the attitude of the individual that is using it, which implies that it has no prejudice or agenda on its own but only reinforces the social meaning of the people who use it. It can be...

The two readings, Language Awareness by Paul Eschholz and On Being 17, Bright and Unable to Read by Raymond David, both have a strong theme of courage. Learners benefit from language diversity because it allows them to build self-confidence and believe in themselves. Courage makes tough times easier because it...