Language Related Assignment 1. The plane leaves at 10.00 tomorrow a) The form is present simple Subject third person + verb present tense + time marker b) A future arrangement – a ‘timetable future’ as the plane has a daily schedule and it will depart accordingly. c) Students may be confused by the form of present simple when a future time is referred to. They may confuse the meaning with present continuous ‘is leaving’ which means the event is happening now rather than
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Spain that has its own language‚ its own culture‚ its own history… Catalonia nowadays is a region of Spain‚ but it has not always been like this. The history of Catalonia began many centuries ago. A culture with many different traits from the rest of Spain started to grow up and during many years this culture has been strengthened. In 1714 Catalonia lost a war against the Spanish soldiers and we lost all our sovereignty. Many people fought for the recognition of the Catalan during many years but
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A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to‚ i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her. These two characterisations do not exhaust the possible definitions‚ however‚ and the label is occasionally applied in ways that are variously misleading or factually inaccurate. Some children learn more than one language from birth or from a very young
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inflation is when there is too much currency so its value is lowered. The more rare something is the more it is worth. That is a very simple concept that can apply to so much more than economy. Inflation has infiltrated school‚ society‚ and even language. Ever since I was a little child‚ I have been showered with words like terrific‚ fantastic‚ and incredible‚ and I bet I am not the only kid who can say that. Everyone is treated like the best because when we are kids and our being raised by are
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Language Identity Are the people who become fluent in a second or third language at risk of losing their own identity? Language has been a way of communicating with each other for thousands of years‚ maybe even more. Since the day we were born we started to learn to speak the language of our fatherland and we’re all still learning. I don’t believe that you can necessarily lose your identity because you speak two or three languages. Identity is a very big word to use and is influenced by many
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1. Figurative Language: I-) Metaphors: *The storm of grief: If someone has a storm of grief‚ they cry loudly‚ uncontrollably and for a long time. *Physical exhaustion that haunted her body: Here the writer is trying to say that the exhaustion was all over her body. *Breath of the rain: It means that you can feel the rain. *Monstrous joy: Here it is meant that the joy was so strong that it seized her body. (The qualities of a monster) ıı-) there aren’t any idioms in this text. ııı-) Symbols:
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A History of the English Language Before the Germanic tribes arrived‚ the Celts were the original inhabitants of Britain. When the Germanic tribes invaded England‚ they pushed the Celt-speaking inhabitants out of England into what is now Scotland‚ Wales‚ Cornwall‚ and Ireland. The Celtic language survives today in the Gaelic languages‚ and some scholars speculate that the Celtic tongue might have influenced the grammatical development of English‚ though the influence would have been minimal
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CATALONIA INDEPENDENCE The Catalonia independence movement is a political movement which is derived from Catalan Nationalism. Catalonia independence have strong roots from past 19th century that Catalonia is nation which is derived from contemporary political and cultural ideology based on the history of Catalonia that is the Catalan language and tradition. The starting of the separatism can be seen from early 20th century‚ when some organization and political parties started demanding for full
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Outline Spoken Language vs. Written Language I. Introduction. But the most common forms of language are spoken and written‚ which are very different and have one similarity. II. Body A. The similarity between spoken and written forms of language is skills. 1. Written language requires skills. 2. Skills are also necessary in spoken language. B. Despite these differences there is one similarity between these two languages. C. One important difference in written and spoken
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Language is a great power which forms a huge part of people culture and identity‚ it’s also enabling them to express themselves and keep their history. In colonized regions the issue of colonial and native language became the subject of discussion between critics. In relation Chinua Achebe "The African writer and the English Language" and Ngugi Wa Thiong’o "The Language of the African Literature" essays; I will discuss what do these two writers have in common and in what way they are different.
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