scenario that I chose was on accent discrimination. In this scenario an employee named Maria has had her job threatened due to tardiness‚ attendance‚ and language problems. Specifically her rapid speech patterns and heavy accent had lead to communication issues within her workplace. This topic is important for the study of cultural diversity because many people who move to the United States have accents. I would like to discover whether language issues such as having an accent are sufficient grounds for
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Writing a Summary In the article‚ "Time Talks‚ with an Accent’‚ author Robert Levine explores a cross cultural contrasts in the idea of time‚ called ’social time’. He discovers that this concept includes the components of waiting‚ rushing; being early or late; as well as the past‚ present and future. He chose to be a professor of social psychology so that he could manage his own time. While teaching in Brazil‚ he discovers the concept of amanha‚ which signifies that everything that can be postponed
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How foreign is Foreign Accent Syndrome? Christina Stone ENG101 Mr. Link Tuesday October 30‚ 2012 Foreign Accent Syndrome is a rare medical disorder in which a patient develops what sounds like a foreign accent. Further investigation reveals a significant increase in the number of cases over the past few years. This essay will consider some of the reasons why Foreign Accent Syndrome also known as FAS has had such a rapid escalation. The question of whether FAS is
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Based on the book of Niel Ferguson which was written in 2008 “ The Accent of Money” ‚ he made the four -hour documentary called “ An accent of Money: The Financial History of the World” in 2009 which won an International Emmy Award. This documentary of Niel Ferguson is about the examination of long history of money‚ banking and credit. Starting the documentary with the opening sentence “Bread‚ cash‚ dosh‚ dough‚ loot‚ lucre‚ moolah‚ readies‚ the wherewithal: call it what you like‚ money matters”
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intonation patterns which add conventionalized meanings to the utterance: question‚ statement‚ surprise‚ disbelief‚ sarcasm‚ teasing. An important feature of English intonation is the use of an intonational accent (and extra stress) to mark the focus of a sentence. Normally this focus accent goes on the last major word of the sentence‚ but it can come earlier in order to emphasize one of the earlier words or to contrast it with something else. Intonation (music) Intonation‚ in music‚ is a musician’s
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alphabet to indicate different pronunciation than the letters are usually given. This article describes the most common diacritical symbols‚ as well as some punctuation marks commonly used in French‚ Italian‚ and Spanish. * é - accent acute * è - accent grave * ê - circumflex * ë - umlaut or diaerisis * ç - cedilla * ñ - tilde * ø - streg * ð - eth (capital form Ð) * å - bolle * æ - ligature * œ - ligature * ē - macron * č - háček * ŭ - crescent
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101 Characteristics of Americans/American Culture To help you compare and contrast what you observe of American culture and your own‚ mark the similarities and differences between your culture and what you have read about in this book. 1. America is enormous: the third largest country in the world with a population of more than 300 million people. 2. Americans come in all colors‚ have all types of religions‚ and speak many languages from all over the world. 3. Americans are extremely independent
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The next largest group belongs to words borrowed from China through their long mutual history. The smallest group‚ though the fastest growing and possibly of the greatest concern‚ are the words borrowed from modern western languages (especially American English). To a much smaller extent‚ the third group also contains words borrowed from other Asian languages (besides China).
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differences in languages‚ there are still a number of differences between the accents of a language. According to the New Oxford American Dictionary‚ accent‚ in terms of sociolinguistics‚ is defined as the unique manner of pronunciation to a specific individual‚ region or nation. (Oxford University Press‚ 2005) Lippi‚ the author of English With an Accent: Language‚ Ideology‚ and Discrimination in the United States‚ believes that accents identify nationalities‚ socio-economic status‚ social class and more
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rather than being strategically planned. A question we need to answer is how good our students’ pronunciation ought to be. Should they sound like native speakers‚ so perfect that just by listening to them we would assume that they were British or American or Australian? Or is this asking too much? Perhaps we should be happy if they can at least make themselves understood. Discussion Difficulties in FL Pronunciation Two particular problems occur in much pronunciation teaching and learning
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