colonies of European nations debate among themselves about their duty to write in their native language rather than in the language of their former colonizer. Some of these writers argue that writing in their native language is imperative because cultural subtleties and meanings are lost in translation. For these writers‚ a "foreign" language can never fully describe their culture. Choosing a Language Achebe maintains the opposite view. In a 1966 essay reprinted in his book Morning Yet on Creation
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The use of body language The problem to be examined is the use of body language in social life‚ especially in conversations and presentations. The primary purpose of the research project will be to convince people that body language plays more important role than simple words. While speaking we cannot just have a monotonous speech. We express our feelings and emotions through facial expressions and gestures‚ posture and voice tones. The study of this issue is in the high importance because conversation
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has several languages. There are those‚ like Hebrew and Aramaic‚ that are typically used in more scholarly settings‚ though recently Hebrew has had its revival and can be widely spoken and used by Jewish people everywhere‚ particularly in Israel. There is Yiddish‚ the language typically spoken in the home‚ with a common ancestor to the German language. Other regional languages exist within the Jewish community‚ such as Ladino or Judeo Arabic‚ but Jewish people also often learn the language of the country
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The film Bloody Sunday depicted a conflict between the Northern Irish Catholics and Protestants‚ including the British military‚ which occurred on January 30‚ 1972. Though promised a reform which never took place‚ the Irish Catholics believed they were being discriminated against and decided to protest byways of attempted peaceful marches‚ however‚ the British were not happy about this and believed the protests to be a threat to the British rule of law and therefore put a ban on marches‚ threatening
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James Earl Carter Jr. was the 39th President of the United States and was elected in 1977. He was also a governor in Georgia. Carter believed in government having a more active role and was the last Democratic Liberal. He wanted America to be the first country to exercise and display human rights. Carter believed that America could remain a powerful nation without military intervention. He also pursued to improve the relationship between America and the Soviet Union. During his presidency‚ he would
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"A Call to Action: Regulate Use of Cell Phones on the Road‚" Angela Daly argues that cell phone use on the road should be regulated. Cell phones cause traffic deaths and injuries which put our lives at risk everyday. Cell phones were implicated for three fatal accidents in November 1999 alone. Frances Bents‚ an expert on the relation between cell phones and accidents‚ estimated that between four-hundred and one-thousand crashes a year are connected to cell phone use. The results of a 1997
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the price should be cheaper than if the supply was lesser than the demand. The SRAS assumes that the capital level is fixed. An example: In the short run you CAN’T build a new gas station. This being said‚ in the short run you CAN increase the use of existing factors of production (employees working overtime). In the short run an increase in the price of goods (gas) encourages firms to take on more workers‚ produce more and pay slightly higher wages. Therefore the SRAS suggests that since there
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‘Get tougher on myki madness’ The article ‘Get tougher on myki madness’ (Herald Sun‚ 11/12/12) uses language to impact on Victorian taxpayer’s and general societies view towards the Victorian government and how the smartcard system is costing around $1.5 billion which is more than four times what the original price was anticipated to be. The author uses styles of language to get across his opinion of the government. The author of the article‚ ‘Get tougher on myki madness’ intimidates his viewers
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How do the two speakers use language here to describe the problems the family has faced? Support your answer by referring to specific examples from the transcription. This transcript focuses on a radio programme discussing dangerously high levels of lead being found in the water supplied to newly built houses. Two people (presumably married) Meg and Cameron are discussing how these high levels of lead affected their son Brandon and how they managed to discover and solve the problem. The radio
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The Use of Music in Learning Foreign Languages Does music really helps Bilingual children learn language? "Is it true? Can we learn the language through music?" These were the first things I heard from my friends when I told them that I am doing some research for my journal on the topic relating to how bilingual children can learn their second language through the music. The reason why I chose this as my topic is because I remembered that some time ago when I was surfing the internet‚ I found some
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