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    George Orwell was an English author‚ best known for his novels‚ Nineteen-Eighty-Four‚ and Animal Farm. Orwell used his work to raise political questions. In his essay "Politics and the English Language"‚ Orwell questions the authenticity of the English language. According to Orwell‚ the English language has become "ugly and inaccurate‚ because our thoughts are foolish‚ but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts." He believes that this is the reason why we

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    Hieu Tran Professor Michael Mannion English 12 A 27 October 2013 Is Texting Ruining The English Language? In this weeks video John McWhorter talks about texting. John studies how language has evolved -- and will evolve -- with social‚ historical and technological developments‚ in addition to studying and writing about race in America. He argues that we always hear texting is a negative decline or fall in serious literature or writing ability. That texting ruins someone’s ability to write or

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    STRATEGIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SPEECH The first few years of people’s life are key to the development of speech‚ language and cognitive skills. For this reason it is important to create activities and strategies for helping to develop speech and language skills that give them all the stimulation‚ positive role modeling and human contact that they need. STYLE IN LANGUAGE a. Principles in Choosing Words 1. Clear In speech‚ we should use clear word to make the audience undesrtand what we

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    Education in the Philippines Education in the Philippines is based on the education system of the United States‚ with some variations. Generally‚ compulsory elementary education runs for 6 years‚ while secondary education takes 4 years. After high school there are vocational courses or colleges which offer courses for a varying number of years depending on the course. University courses leading to a bachelor’s degree are usually 4 years long. The school year‚ which is at least 200 days or 40 weeks

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    gifted with a special value: language. Engrossed in the theory of Chomsky‚ I have been intrigued by the human’s innate language acquisition structure and have grown up flourished by my passion of being intellectually able to seize this concept. This idea‚ in combination with my personal experiences‚ has made me consider studying English Language and Linguistics in further depth. My early years as a child were undoubtedly full of interaction with the English Language. I clearly remember the first

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    AP® English Language and Composition 2011 Free-Response Questions About the College Board The College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900‚ the College Board was created to expand access to higher education. Today‚ the membership association is made up of more than 5‚900 of the world’s leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. Each year‚ the College

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    English Controlled Assessment The English language‚ although used by almost all across the United Kingdom‚ has been mutated and altered in so many ways that sometimes we cannot even understand it ourselves. One of the main factors that affects our understanding of the language is one’s regional accent. Although most words and phrases will be comprehensible some phonetics may have changed so much that all we can do is hope that the context of what has been said makes sense in order for us to ‘fill

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    Language and power 1 Power is gained in many ways throughout the text. Text I has been written‚ primarily‚ to persuade an audience to share their (bwag) views on the new Sainsburys being built in their “medieval heritage” town of Bishops Waltham‚ therefore it is aimed at residents of the town who are old enough to write a valid letter of complaint – age 18-70. Firstly‚ imperatives are used to be assertive right from the beginning of the text. The word “write” in “write a letter today” immediately

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    The Importance Of Accuracy And Fluency English Language Essay Accuracy and fluency are two key components of second language acquisition. In today’s world‚ it seems that learning the usage of grammar and focusing on accuracy are emphasized by many language students over fluency. This topic of accuracy and fluency has been a controversial issue that has been discussed for many years. Although some formalists argue that learning a language means learning forms and rules‚ some activists take a

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    May (2013) Int. Res. J. Social Sci. Review Paper English Language is a link language in Social Strata: A Critical Review Ms. Neelam Institute of Technology and Management‚ Aligarh‚ UP‚ INDIA Available online at: www.isca.in Received 12th April 2013‚ revised 22nd April 2013‚ accepted 4th May 2013 Abstract This paper is based on” English language is a link language in social strata: A critical Review” the author is of the opinion that English gives us glimpses of the various developments taking

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