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    English Yusef Komunyakaa

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    someone close. Some individuals experience intense grief‚ whereas others are able to move on easily. The poem “English” by Yusef Komunyakaa explores the perspective of a boy who befriends a girl who is later shot to death by soldiers. “English” explores events that occur before the girl’s death. The poem “While I Slept” by Robert Francis explores the narrator’s experience of loss. “English” shares the story of someone living in the time of the Nazis whereas “While I Slept” has no specified time. This

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    colonists of early America wanted to break away from English rule for many reasons. The colonists came to the Americas in the first place to escape religious prosecution‚ but the British government wanted the colonists to realize that they could not depart from their rule. This caused a series of laws to be passed that put the colonials into a difficult situation. The first of the main reasons that the colonists want to separate from the English rule would be the acts that Britain put on the colonists

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    ENGLISH A LANGUAGE KILLER

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    Is English a ‘Killer Language’? The Globalisation of a Code Tanja Eckert‚ Andrea Johann‚ Anna Känzig‚ Melanie Küng‚ Bianca Müller‚ Cornelia Schwald‚ Laura Walder Abstract: Does English act as a Killer-Language or not? The fact that English has gained the status of a world language goes back to British colonialism. English was imposed on the indigenous populace in order to strengthen the power of the colonists. As the example of Papua New Guinea shows‚ this can have serious consequences for people’s

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    ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE Abstract This paper is intended to raise awareness on the aspects which define English as an international language‚ by examining the characteristics of an international language‚ the number of users‚ how it spread to reach global status‚ what factors may impede its continued spread and what dangers are involved in the development of English as an international language

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    How do you learn how to speak English very fast? Is it possible to accelerate your English speaking ability? Is it possible to make massive improvements in only 2-3 months? The answer is yes. But of course‚ to make massive improvements requires massive intensity and effort. So‚ how can you do it? How can you improve super-fast? What do I recommend for this kind of goal? 1. Obsession The first and most important thing you need to achieve this goal is incredible passion. You must have tremendous emotional

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    English as a Lingua Franca

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    English as a lingua franca I am going to tell you something about English as a lingua franca. I will be talking about 3 different subjects concerning English as a lingua franca and a lingua franca in common. First of all I will tell you something about the purpose of a lingua franca‚ or in other words; What is a lingua franca. Secondly I will give some reasons why a lingua franca should be or might be introduced. Then last but not least I will mention some of the problem which might occur when you’re

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    INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1. LINGUISTIC SITUATION IN OLD ENGLISH AND MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD 1.1 The development of Futhark 1.1.1 The runic alphabet as an Old Germanic writing tradition 1.1.2 Old English literature in the period of Anglo-Saxon ethnic extension 1.2 Linguistic situation in the Middle English 1.2.1 Linguistic situation in Medieval England after the Norman Conquest 1.2.2 Dialectal Diversity in the Middle English Period 1.3 The Middle English corpus 1.3.1 Geoffrey Chaucer and his lending

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    Borrowings In Modern English

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    bоrrоwings in the English language 4 1.1 Definitiоn and peculiarities оf lexical bоrrоwing 4 1.2 Ways оf bоrrоwing 7 1.3 Sоurces оf bоrrоwing 8 1.3.1 Celtic bоrrоwings 8 1.3.2 Latin bоrrоwings 9 1.3.3 Greek bоrrоwings 12 1.3.4 Scandinavian bоrrоwings 14 1.3.5 French bоrrоwings 14 1.3.6 Bоrrоwings frоm оther languages 16 1.4 Assimilatiоn оf bоrrоwings 18 1.5 Clаssificаtiоn оf bоrrоwings 20 Results оf the theоretical part 21 II Practical research оf using bоrrоwings in the English language 22 2.1 Bоrrоwings

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    as in English‚ an adjective describes the person‚ things‚ etc. that a noun refers to. We use adjectives to say what a person is like or seems like Adjectives can give us information about: • Quality • Size • Age • Temperature • Shape • Colour • Origin An adjective can also describe the idea(s) contained in a whole group of words -Robert’s ideas about the future are absurd They can give general or precise information -What ’s the car like? What form do they have? In English‚ most

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    Classroom English

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    FINAL REPORT CLASSROOM ENGLISH IN BUDI MULIA DUA TAMANSISWA YOGYAKARTA Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the requirements To Obtain an Ahli Madya in English By Dieksi Agawati Hapsari NIM: 08221010 ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM DIPLOMA 3 FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIO-CULTURAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITAS ISLAM INDONESIA 2011 APPROVAL PAGE Title : Classroom English in Budi Mulia Dua Tamansiswa Name : Dieksi Agawati Hapsari NIM : 08221010 Approved by: | Field Consultant | Academic

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