the English Language. Although the English language is only 1500 years old‚ it has evolved at an incredible rate: so much so‚ that‚ at first glance‚ the average person in America today would find most Shakespearean literature confusing without the aid of an Old-English dictionary or Cliff’s Notes. Yet Shakespear lived just 300 years ago! Some are seeing this is a sign of the decline of the English language‚ that people are becoming less and less literate. As R. Walker writes in his essay "Why
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Argumentative Essay The Future Status of English as a Global Language─Now is No Forever! As an English major and a bilingual person‚ it’s hard to jump out of the box and deny the deep‚ great‚ far-reaching influence and outspread of English. It seems true that English has become the universal language─the one accredited language to use in professional academic fields‚ the almost instinctive choice of language for people to speak in foreign countries‚ remarkably the none-English-speaking ones
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Wherever I turn‚ wherever I see‚ English is in front of me English has become the most important language all over the world. It is everywhere and you can’t avoid it‚ even if you try to. It is everywhere you turn‚ everywhere you look and everywhere you listen. To understand and be understood in this world‚ you have to know English‚ and you will not come far if you don’t. In this essay I am going to write about how International English affects our daily lives and why it will play an important
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WR097 Mar 3‚ 2013 Leo Zhang Funny‚ Attractive and Entertaining: Richard Lederer’s “English Is a Crazy Language” After Richard Lederer retired in 1989‚ he wrote a book about how crazy English is. Because he had taught English for many years‚ he used many interesting comments to writes “English Is a Crazy Language‚” the opening chapter of his book. In the sixth paragraph of the essay “English Is a Crazy Language‚” the author‚ Richard Lederer uses many kinds of rhetorical techniques. The use of
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Importance of English Language & Speaking Skills Among Fourth Year Students Submitted To: Submitted By: Date Submitted: Approved: ___________________________________ Acceptance and Approval Approval and Endorsement Acknowledgement Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Abstract The overall agenda for the research reported here grew out of semi-structured interviews with senior secondary students here in Davao City‚ Philippines. These Students were asked a number of issues‚ including
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Value of Language I was talking with a friend of mine about a year ago‚ about what humanity has done and is capable of doing. During this discussion‚ we came to the conclusion that language was one of the most impressive feats of humanity. My friend said that language really is just a bunch of sophisticated grunts‚ and I have to say I agree with him. There are thousands of languages in the world‚ and multiple dialects to each language. I have always felt that wasting potential was one of the worst
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English has become a global language because it is both easy to learn and is superior to other languages. To what extent do you agree with this statement? Nowadays‚ English has naturally been evolved as a global language over time despite the fact that it has been proved by researchers that is the third most native language in the world after mandarin Chinese and Spanish. A global language is a language spoken internationally which is learned by many people as a second language. For many years
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Essay on English as a world language and its future in India Many people think that the teaching of English is playing havoc with our native regional languages. Even the protagonists of Hindi‚ our national language‚ are deadly opposed to it. They think that English is a foreign language and an average Indian can neither understand it‚ nor express himself in it. Moreover much energy of a child is being wasted in the learning of English. So English should altogether be abolished from this land.
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3 ~ Essay 2 | The Systems; Language Skills of English | | | 1. Take a look at the list of items below. Decide which system these relate to: lexis‚ phonology‚ grammar or function. | | I went to London; I´ve been to London.grammar | | Lend me $5. Could you possibly lend me $5?Function | | library; bookstorelexis | | foot; footsgrammar | | I’d rather not; No way!Function (grammar? Because of ;?) | | hit; heatPhonology | | photograph; photographerLexis | | should; must
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Grice’s Maxims Quantity [don’t say too much or too little]; Relevance [keep to the point]; Manner [speak in a clear‚ coherent and orderly way]; Quality [be truthful] Grice’s Maxims Quantity [don’t say too much or too little]; Relevance [keep to the point]; Manner [speak in a clear‚ coherent and orderly way]; Quality [be truthful] Filler Items which do not carry conventional meaning but which are inserted in speech to allow time to think‚ to create a pause or to hold a turn in
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