The English Effect 6 Mufwene 2010 – Globalization and the Spread of English 8 Pike‚ 2013 - 5 Reasons Why You Should Learn English 10 Shumann‚ E. (n.d.) – Effects of English Hegemony on Education 12 Reference List & Further Reading 14 Page |2 Adapted from Colls‚ T. (2009‚ October 19) The Death of Language? Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8311000/8311069.stm The Death of Language? An estimated 7‚000 languages are being spoken around
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IMPROVING READING SKILLS A Research Paper Presented to The Class of Mrs. Irene SF. Canon In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements For the subject English IV By Elaine S. Gayas January 9‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION: Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning (reading comprehension). It is a means of language‚ of communication‚ and of sharing information and ideas. Like all language‚ it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader
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An Eye For An Eye‚ A Tooth For A Tooth The age-old adage‚ "an eye for an eye‚ a tooth for a tooth‚" when viewed as a justification for capital punishment‚ raises serious ethical‚ moral and social questions. Proponents of capital punishment argue that‚ for justice to be served‚ the punishment must befit the crime. Hence‚ a murderer should have his life taken from him! This kind of perverse logic‚ which has seldom been supported by the victims’ families themselves‚ fails to be convincing. In a similar
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READTHEORY Name________________ Date________________ • Reading Comprehension 1 Level 12 Directions: Read the passage. Then answer the questions below. The word euthanasia is of Greek origin and literally means “a good death.” The American Heritage Dictionary defines it as “the act of killing a person painlessly for reasons of mercy.” Such killing can be done through active means‚ such as administering a lethal injection‚ or by passive means‚ such as withholding medical care or food and water.
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English Close Reading Analysis The poem Mariana by Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson was published in 1830 and is the text I have chosen to do closely analyze. The subject matter of the poem was taken from one of Shakespeare’s plays titled “Measure for Measure”‚ and the line: “Mariana in the moated grange‚” gave Tennyson the inspiration to write of a young woman waiting for her lover. The two texts share a common theme of abandonment‚ as in Shakespeare’s play the young woman is also diligently awaiting
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ESL LEARNER`S TEXT The following student essay is based on a reading from the December 1999 exam: an essay: “Getting Close to the Machine” by Ellen Ullman. Why do we have computers? Computers are invented in order to facilitate the satisfaction of our needs. We want to satisfy our needs daily and computers are composed of our thoughts and of how we would realize the action performed by the computer. In Ellen Ullman’s “Getting Close to the Machine”‚ the effects and compositions of a programmed
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INTRODUCTION The human eye is one of the most complex organisms in the human body – second only to the brain. It is the organ which gives us the sense of sight‚ allowing us to observe and learn more about the surrounding world than we do with any of the other four senses. We use our eyes in almost every activity we perform‚ whether reading‚ working‚ watching television‚ writing a letter‚ driving a car‚ and in countless other ways. Most people probably would agree that sight is the sense they value
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men and women‚ my father and mother survived ugly‚ unjust times. In 1917‚ two hours after he got off the boat from Hong Kong‚ my father was called "chink" and told to go back to China. "Chink" is a hateful racist term‚ stereotyping the shape of Asian eyes: "a chink in the armour‚" an undesirable slit. For the Elders‚ the past was humiliating. Eventually‚ the Second World War changed hostile attitudes toward the Chinese. During the war‚ Chinese men volunteered and lost their lives as members of
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An eye assessment should be carried out as part of the client initial physical examination. Unlike most organs of the body‚ the eye is available for external examination‚ and its anatomy is more easily assessed than many other body parts. The nurse‚ through careful questioning‚ elicits the necessary information that can assist in diagnosis of an ophthalmic condition. Following the health history‚ the patient’s visual acuity is assessed. This is an essential part of the eye examination and is measure
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Chuck Close: BOB‚ 1970‚ Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvass * Suffered severe dyslexia and had a neuromuscular condition that prevented him from playing sport and found solace in his art * Known for his work blurring the line between photo and painting * Suffers from prosopagnosia‚ (face blindness) a condition which means Close cannot recognize people by their facial features in three-dimensional form. Present him with a two-dimensional portrait‚ photograph or painting‚ though‚ and the
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