Mr. Schulze 1 11-08-05 English 1010 Synthesis Essay This is a synthesis essay on the English only debate. In the debate we have a number of authors who have an opinion if English should be the official language? Here are a couple of opinions shared by Robert D. King ‚ "Should English be the Law?" ‚ S.I. Hayakawa‚ "Bilingualism in America: English Should be the Official Language"‚ and Greg Lewis " An Open Letter to Diversity’s
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cause harm could be castastrophic (“Dual Use Research: A Dialogue”). Dual use research is a growing concern that has the scientific community and the public frequently discussing the potential harm a research could bring if one intends to use the information improperly‚ in turn‚ potentially turn the information around to cause harm (Biotechnology and the Law 367). The risk that many individuals are concerned about is the intentional and calculated use of the research information to do harm to
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of the English Language and Orewell’s Essay In America‚ English is the national language. However‚ with many different cultures and ways of life‚ everyone doesn’t speak the same English. In the north‚ people tend to speak clearly and to some this is correct. In the south‚ people tend to tie their words together and to some this is incorrect. Ultimately‚ the question is‚ is what is good language what is bad and what causes the two. In Orewell’s piece‚ he criticizes the English language starting
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GLOBAL LANGUAGE? __________________________________________________ English isn’t managing to sweep all else before it -- and if it ever does become the universal language‚ many of those who speak it won’t understand one another by Barbara Wallraff ECAUSE I am interested in what happens to the English language‚ over the past year or so I’ve been asking people‚ at dinner parties and professional gatherings and so on‚ whether they think that English is well on its way to being the global language. Typically
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"There is no point in preserving the past. We should be looking to the future." Do you agree with this statement? Seperating past‚ present and future is a mistake many people tend to make. The past‚ present and future are entwined in each other‚ and most apparently‚ the past is deeply embedded in the future. Often‚ youngsters feel that the past is unimportant‚ and that we ought to be looking to the future. This is a deadly‚ fatal‚ and extremely misguided way of thinking; are they even thinking
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------------------------------------------------- English literature From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia William Shakespeare English literature is the literature written in the English language‚ including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example‚ Robert Burns was Scottish‚ James Joyce was Irish‚ Joseph Conrad was Polish‚ Dylan Thomas was Welsh‚ Thomas Pynchon is American‚ V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad‚ and Vladimir Nabokov was Russian‚ but all
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for people learning a new language. English is not my first language‚ it is my third‚ and I have spent a lot of time and effort to going through these steps. As an individual learning a new language‚ I can definitely say it is hard. Believe me‚ there is no way that a person can learn to run before he learns how to walk; the same applies to learning a new language like English. One of my English teachers from De Anza College said‚ “English is one of the hardest languages in the world‚ so you guys
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Investigating the English Language Needs of Petroleum Engineering Students at Hadhramout University of Science and Technology Atef Saleh Al-Tamimi & Munir Shuib School of Humanities‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia Biodata Atef Saleh Al-Tamimi worked five years as a university instructor at Hadramout University of Sciences and Technology‚ Yemen. He is currently a PhD student at the School of Humanities‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia. His areas of interest include ESP‚ Needs Analysis‚ and English Language Teaching
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English Language Education in Rural Schools of India: The Situation‚ the Policy and the Curriculum Abstract This paper attempts to bring in the issues related to English language education situation in rural schools in India‚ the state policy on language education‚ quality questions in second / foreign language education through an analysis of language policy practices and the curriculum and syllabi of five states (provinces) in the country. The language policy in school education emerged
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Designating English as the Official language of the United States April 3‚ 2011 Designating English as the Official Language of the United States The United States contains people from every nation with every language and culture known. All of these people help to make the United States the country that it is today. Each of the cultures has their own language and they are all citizens of this country. A citizen means that you have the same rights as every other citizen to speak the language of your
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