Content Retention In English Language

If students are taught in a language they know, they can learn more effectively; and it won’t increase their burden that they have to spend more time on extra schoolwork. Besides, students won’t lose their confidence and interest in school subjects. However, there is rising opposite voice to the bilingual education. In this chapter, some challengers claim that bilingual education cannot benefit students in acquiring English language proficiency; and bilingual education prevent students from using English. In this point, the author defends that the charge that bilingual programs make exclusive use of the primary languages of the LEP students is absurd.

Does class size matter? Do people think smaller classes or big classes learn better? I think smaller classes because there is less people to teach. I think smaller schools are better schools are better also because there is less students and the students have less friends to talk to and pay attention to. Bigger classes don?t teach as well in general.

This greatly limits their access to opportunities and general knowledge of the education system. Southeast Asian parents who are not able to fully communicate in English may miss important information that would be beneficial for their students’ success. These parents are unable to successfully navigate the American school systems, and they often feel unwelcome in the school setting due to cultural boundaries. This and their limited English abilities often restrict their communication with teachers and other school officials that would otherwise help their children succeed. Some parents may also have no higher education, or have had any formal education at all.

English and other languages have some similar grammar rules, so they could get them confused when trying to learn the grammar rules of English and learning another language. One of the main reasons, foreign languages are not offered at the elementary level is money. Many schools cannot afford to hire more teachers to teach foreign languages. Some schools can barely afford teachers to teach the core subjects, along with the required gym teacher. How are schools going to be able to afford to hire teachers to teach foreign

Rewarding students for good grades will decrease student’s self-motivation. Paying students for good grades will realize an actual decrease in academic performance. These distinct disadvantages highlight why schools should not pay students for good grades. First, paying students for good grades causes practical problems in the classroom. According to the National Education Association (NEA), “Many teachers also say paying students for grades leads to practical problems in their classrooms, including pressure to inflate grades and conflict with students and parents.” These pressures and conflicts can lead to larger problems outside of school.

They also motivate the students' performance in the language; so in this case, teaching is geared largely to tests. Hughes (1996) mentioned that if a test is regarded important, preparation for it should dominate all teaching and learning activities. Otherwise, the test content and testing techniques will be at variance with objectives of the course, which will result harmful washback. Davies (1990) also mentioned that tests have great influence on teaching, which is known as washback or backwash effect, and this strong influence is usually negative. For example, for university study in one of the English speaking countries, the students should have a good command of language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) in order to be able to understand the lectures in the classroom, take notes, attend classroom discussion, and read and comprehend the texts.

A combination of a lack of dedication and minimal effort can cause extremely intelligent people to become C students at best. This argument is not claiming that these students deserve higher grades due to their intelligence, but it is simply stating that the grading system currently placed in schools across the country is not the best indicator of one's intelligence. As a matter of fact, self-discipline and good grades have a stronger correlation with each other than high IQ and good grades. (Source D) Another example that debunks the grading system’s ability to judge intelligence is the fact that grades do not reflect world experience. It is proven that many of today's straight A students struggle with applying their learning to real world situations.

Countless amounts students are not putting in enough effort into getting good grades at school. This is why schools are making a plan to get students to achieve better grades. A student’s motivation to do well in school should be their desire to learn, not only do it for the money. This makes school more of a business transaction the a place to learn and grow. Also, there are no beneficial outcomes paying students for acceptable grades have in the long run.

Some downfalls of the public school system are, the unequal amount of funding and resources that can be provided to a school district in a wealthier community compared to in a poor community. Then we have the issue of the school curriculum being too closely related to only the standardized test that provide funding rather than actually making sure the students obtain the education they need. The final problem with the school system is the lack of autonomy in schools, the schools, need to have better social interactions and better collaboration between classrooms to effectively help the students where they struggle. These are all downfalls of the public school system that have major impacts on the final graduation and education a student will achieve over the course of their K-12 schooling

When they copy material from other students or steal it from something that has been written by someone else they are not helping themselves to learn. So they will not develop the skills to do good honest work on their own. The more common the cheating and plagiarism has become has caused students to believe it is not a big deal. “Students reported the just once mentality and did not really feel it was a big deal”(Hongyan Jane Ma). Another effect of students cheating and plagiarizing in the digital age is the fact that they do not try as hard in school.