OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE The history of the English language is very extensively. It contains parts of French‚ Latin‚ German‚ Norse and of a few less known tongues. Before texts were written in English‚ they were mainly written in Latin and were reserved to be read only by the Pious and royal. The language how it is spoken today was formed only after Centuries of fierce battling‚ governments being overthrown‚ and a period of time known as the Dark Ages. During this time‚ the language began
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and English Languages People who are beginning to learn English‚ many of the features of English language can seem incomprehensible and totally redundant. For example‚ students can ask a legitimate question: why we should learn 12 tenses‚ when Russian we learn three. Also they don’t understand‚ why they use articles‚ if everything is clear without them in Russian. The best way to get a start in learning a language this is to understand‚ how it compares and contrasts to own language.
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Unit 1: Resource for advanced English language learners http://www.youtube.com/user/HarvardBusiness/videos Youtube HBR videos—look for other business-related channels This source of materials seems amazing to me. After a quick review on the material‚ I may admit that it is a good tool for me to develop my English learning in the long term. Harvard Business Review is a prestigious organization that can provide us intensive academic research on a variety of different topics. From this source
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FUNCTIONS ANALYSIS CHART |Context and details of how language will be presented | |Using Mini-situation: "you are coming home by bus. The window is closed and you feel that it’s too hot. You want to open the window and you don’t know the one sitting next to you so you feel it’s impolite if you open it without asking
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People whose native language is not English‚ but who wish to learn English as a second language‚ must learn English as a new language‚ as a skill‚ as an additional means of communication. They have to learn how to pronounce strange words‚ and which syllables to emphasise‚ and what rhythms and tonal pitches should be used. But people whose mother tongue is English do not have to go to school to learn these things‚ they learn it automatically‚ from their parents‚ their relatives‚ their friends
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE II - PROGRESS TEST 2 GRAMMAR (TO BE HANDED IN SEPARATELY – WRITE YOUR NAME ON ALL THE SHEETS OF PAPER YOU HAND IN) 1. Identify the verb phrase constructions in the following sentences (phrasal verb‚ prepositional verb‚ phrasal-prepositional verb‚ lexical verb on its own‚ auxiliary + verb). Term definition: 1. A Phrasal verb: is a two –word verb where the second element is an adverbial particle. These phrasal verbs can be transitive or intransitive. The particle
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only some languages‚ but not to the language they themselves speak. The misconception about primitive language must quickly clear from our mind. All human language are equally complete and perfect as in instrument of communication. It is not the fault of language if not all groups of people are equally competent in nuclear physics or psychology. The Eskimos can speak about snow with a great deal more precision and subtlety than we can in English‚ but this in not because the Eskimo language (one of
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TAs a recent social threat to the whole world‚ terrorism creates panic by killing innocents and destroying the public wealth. The threat of terrorism has been never extinct; however‚ Deroy Murdock‚ the author of “Terror and the English Language‚” argues that the language use of terrorism is weak and not specific. As the consequence‚ “while basketball players and their fans battle each other on TV‚ actresses suffer wardrobe malfunctions‚ and rap singers scream sweet nothings in our ears‚ it’s very
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interact with exceedingly capable speakers of non-native English all the time‚ from the translators and copywriters who are our colleagues to many of the clients who give us work in the first place. I am regularly blown away by the sheer competence displayed – the breadth of vocabulary‚ the grasp of idiom‚ the appreciation of (let’s face it‚ difficult) British humour – but‚ and it’s a big but‚ I can’t help wonder WHY such a strange‚ hybrid language should have become so popular. Is it the spelling? Definitely
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identity to language‚ identity to culture and identity to being a Filipino‚ my answer is Nationalism. The essay of Vicente L. Rafael talks about these issues and tends to awaken the Filipino. In the essay‚ the closely related issues of identity and language have proved us that we are indeed cultureless and left without identity. The essay talks about the hierarchy of English‚ Spanish‚ Tagalog and “Taglish”. Today‚ you can no longer distinguish the class of a person by the language he uses. You
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