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Why? All three capitals play a big role in how we live our lives. Each capital can impact the use of language and dialects.

Social, economic, and cultural capital impacts dialect and languages because based on the situation presented each concept plays a role in how a dialect or language is used. For example, any language spoken is used to produce social capital in a society. Cultural capital offers a broad of languages, dialects, and furthermore. The factors that shape these concepts in individuals’ lives can result in linguistic profiling due to the individual’s level in society which is their economic capital.

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Why? Throughout this course we have examined the power of the tongue: linguistic profiling,dialect and education. We were able to understand many of these concepts through one of the main domains of language: speaking.

In order to communicate with many individuals we speak to one another in a desired language. Growing up I heard many languages as my family and I were always traveling. I speak arabic and english fluently. However, when traveling and meeting new people I have always pushed myself to learn new languages such as french, amharic, urdu, and spanish. The art of communication is language.

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Why? In a world with over 6500 languages. Each language plays a role in an individual's life. However, many languages that many listen, read, write, and speak in are slowly going extinct.

Throughout our discussion of reviving languages we looked how many languages are slowly leaving each generation. Throughout the video, “Great Lakes Native Culture and Language”, individuals believe it is important to teach one another their language, dialects, and culture so it can live on throughout generations. When their language dies their world dies to because their world revolves around their language. Growing up speaking a language that language becomes a part of who you are. However, once it is not spoken by many it will eventually die out resulting in a piece breaking in one. It is important to many individuals to continue to speak their language because so it can continue to stay until future generations.

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Living Language shares Ron Corn Jr.'s attempt to teach his daughter, Mimikwaeh, to be a first language speaker of the Menominee language. This story is part of The Ways, an ongoing series on culture and language from Native communities around the central Great Lakes.

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Why? We have all taken exams some that we have passed and others where we have failed. I believe there can be many improvements that can help students receive the best score through developing different assessments.

Developing strategic plans to better assess students who are faced with difficulties and challenges when taking exams can help many individuals performance throughout school. I believe by testing different students with multiple exams can help determine which is the best option for each student. Students should be given the option throughout an exam to answer a question in their own way; for example, verbally, in a written format, or a visual representation. This can allow many students to receive higher scores on their exams.

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Why? We have all taken exams;  however, through many exams often the written language can be difficult to understand for each person.

Students taking the SAT that speak another dialect, register, or language other than standard english may find the exam more difficult than the average student. For example, in order for students to succeed within the math section or any section, students must be able to process, interpret, and evaluate written language with understanding and fluency. Solano-Flores elaborates more on how languages differ. “There are multiple forms in which an item can be written in a given language. Each form is a unique combination of lexical and grammatical features that are consistent within the rules of that language; each is a sample of the many possible ways in which that language can be used to write that item” (Solano-Flores, 2006).

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Why? Music is apart of our everyday life. Throughout the "Music as Protest", discussion we examine lyrics to determine if it is okay for an artists to sing and write songs with incorrect grammatical features.

We are more interested in how songs makes us feel despite if the singer/rapper grammatical features are off. You would imagine that people would want more artist to create songs that focus on correct grammar because we grow up listening to music and we would want a positive response from it. However, I believe throughout our society there are so many features that can still allow people to understand and hear correct grammar. Such as tv shows, ted talks, or long lectures from our professors. Music shouldn’t be restricted to following correct grammar in the sense that music is so powerful that if we enforce artists to focus on correct grammar it can destroy many pieces. Although many songs can be seen to have grammatical errors often listeners are still able to fully understand what the musicians are trying to portray.

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Why? Socioeconomic revolves around the lifestyle of an individual it can affect a person knowledge through their writing, reading, and speaking skills.

Socioeconomic plays a large role in dialects and the understanding of language. If we were to look at the different levels of economic classes we would be able to understand that the economic status of one's family can play a role in their child's understanding of things. For example, due to the lower socioeconomic status of families in PS 8 and PS 307 they are not exposed to many resources that other families are. Because of their socioeconomic status it affects the quality of life of many children in relation to social status and class and mainly educational attainment.

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Why? We all have accents as we all speak differently. We hear accents everyday as they are apart of our listening traits.

Many people have an accent due to where they are from; however, accent can be associated with many other factors such as social class. Every person can be seen to have an accent depending on the particular area and person. For instance, my siblings and I wouldn't consider ourselves to have accents; however, when our friends from france come and visit they are convinced that we do. Accents can be heard differently for each person and accents can make one feel differently.

For example, in the video  “Mike Miller- News Anchor”, Miller accent makes me feel like I am in a professional environment such as a ted talk. His accent does not feel foreign to me however, for someone who doesn't normally hear this typical maryland accent may believe otherwise. Personally when I hear his accent it is quite normal because many of my surroundings include individuals who speak in a similar accent. But for some individuals the way he speaks can be identify as a different accent.
A person doesn't have to sound British, Jamaican, Indian to have an accent. We all have an accent because we all speak differently.

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Mike Miller - News Anchor - Resume Tape - Video Portfolio Reel - Augusta, GA - Atlanta, GA

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Why? There are many people who are learning English and can be known as English as a second language (ESOL).

Every person should have taken a survey/written assessment that ask them a series of questions about the first language they have learned, speak the most, and fluently. These type of surveys/exams determine whether an individual should be considered as having english as their second language. However, do these questionnaires truly determine if a person should be considered as having english as their second language? I believe they do when my mother came to the states she took a series of surveys/ exams to determine her strength and weakness throughout the work of the english language. Because of her exam scores and truthful answers on the surveys english was considered as her second language and she became a ELL.

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Journey of International Students becoming English Language Learner (ELL)

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Journey of International Students becoming English Language Learner (ELL)

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Why? ELL students have to work ten times harder in school. They carry the struggles and trauma from past experiences but also the challenge of learning how to read, write, speak, in english.

Moving from country to country and running from her fears and deaths was Narmin Al Eethawi life. Narmin has always encounter difficulties and challenges even after breaking through the hardships she faced back home. Narmin and many other immigrants were challenge when learning how to speak english. For many english learners language acts as a barrier because in many situations it prevents individuals from performing their best.
Let’s say there is a student who performs exceptional in her country while speaking her native language. She can absorb all the information taught throughout her courses and reflect her knowledge through the exams. However, since moving to America she struggled to perform well in her courses. She was able to complete some assignments to the best of her abilities, but she had many difficulties throughout the way. The language barrier in this situation prevents her from learning and performing well in school. ELL students have to work ten times harder than any other student.

In the article “Fairness in assessment of English learners”. “Research findings clearly demonstrate that ELL students perform substantially lower than their native English-speaking peers. Analyses of national and state data show a major gap between academic performances of ELL students as compared with native speakers of English” (Abedi and Levine 27).

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Why? Sociolingusitcs effects every person because it allows societal factors such as the environment to change how a person speaks.

Sociolinguistic examines how many factors throughout our society shape the use of language. For example, culture, religion, education, and furthermore. Sociolinguistic examines how people manage their language in relation to many features such as their environment.

Have you ever changed the use of your language because you were talking to the opposite sex or a professional individual? or have you ever describe the age, sex, or social class of an individual based on the use of their language?

If so you were affected by sociolinguistic because you are connecting societal features to language.

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Why? From every person we encounter to anywhere we go we can listen and understand that people speak with different dialects.

Everywhere a person will go they will encounter people speaking in different dialects. A person may not automatically realize it until they encounter a face to face interaction; however, often individuals are able to notice the differences of how a person speaks compared to how they normally speak.
Dialects are affected by many features such as geographic location, socioeconomic status, social class, culture, and furthermore.
Being an Arabic speaker, you will come across many people who speak it but will speak it differently. In some situations, it may just be a few words; however, in others it can be difficult to understand them due to the different dialect. For example, in the Sudanese Arabic dialect a car is pronounce “Arabiya” عربيه and in the Egyptian Arabic dialect a car is pronounce “Seyrah” سياره. Although it is the same language dialect allows the words to be said different.
Example: "The complexity of Arabic in a nutshell
Interviewer: Saudi Arabic
Interviewee: Amrabat of Morocco, speaking Moroccan Arabic
Translator: Algerian Arabic"

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Why? Linguistic Profiling is issue many of us face because it labels individuals based on how they speak through their accents and dialects.

Linguistic Profiling is “based upon auditory cues that may include racial identification, but which can also be used to identify other linguistic subgroups within a given speech community” (Baugh, 2003). I believe linguistic profiling is raised highly based on race, religion, dialect/accent, and culture. Living in our society today we have a diverse group of people from all sorts of backgrounds. However, due to this in many situation people are faced with linguistic profiling because of how thick their accents are or how they present themselves.

Story time:  I recently went to an interview for a IT desk position. Throughout the interview I made sure that I answered each question in the best way possible to ensure that I have a shot to receive the position. Luckily I was able to make a good impression and received good feedback from the boss. However, as I left she said something that I will never forget. "You speak very well for someone who is foreign". I responded with a thank you but as I left I realized I was linguistically profiled.

I understand many people may not understand the impact of their words but in this particular situation I learned that many people think less of those who are "foreign". Many people automatically think that they are less educated because of how they dress, where they are from, or how they sound. Linguistic profiling occurs everyday; however, we must all learn how to not make assumptions right away based off of how a person presents themselves.

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Why?
Everyday through talking with my friends and family I code switch between Arabic and English. Code-switching displays how we can alternate between two or more languages.

When an individual code switches most of the time they are doing it unintentionally. However, code-switching can also be done intentionally to fit in, express certain thoughts, inability to speak one language, and furthermore. Often when speaking with Arabic and English speakers I find myself code-switching because I am unable to say something in the particular language. For instance, throughout a conversation I would be speaking arabic ; however, if I do not know how to say a particular saying I would switch to English. Evidently this is code-switching.

Learn more about code-switching through this video.

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Why? For me my culture defines my way of life and also for many their culture contributes to how they do many things for instance speaking.

Culture allows diversity in our world. Individuals cultures allows one to understand and learn things about the world and themselves. My culture has  taught me many things through observations of past generation, events, ritual practices, and furthermore. Culture impacts language, for example, in my culture certain words/phrases are disrespectful or inappropriate while other cultures may not believe the same.
Based on the article, "Culture and Language",  Cultural differences have also been noted in the ways in which language is used pragmatically. In our American culture, new skills are typically taught and learned through verbal instruction (Slobin, 1979). In some cultures, new skills are learned through nonverbal observation.