In this film entitled "American Tongues"‚ the basic message the viewer gets‚ is that many people have different dialects and that different people have different views about the people who speak them. Some of these views can be negative and offensive‚ while others can be positive and thoughtful. Regardless‚ we all can see that dialects have a huge impact on people’s lives. In my paper‚ I will argue that people should learn a standard form of English as long as they are comfortable with it. People
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Notes for debate~ Lee Kuan Yew insists that bilingualism is impossible and that English must take precedence over Chinese. Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said Mandarin is important but it remains a second language in Singapore. So parents must be realistic in their expectations. Mr Lee was alluding to the furore which erupted after media reports that the Education Ministry was looking at whether to reduce the weighting of the Mother Tongue Language‚ reports that have since been debunked. Speaking
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Shelby Pletcher American Literature Since Whitman Dr. Hada 1/27/2015 “Wild Nights and Plunging Tongues”: A Comparison of the Incomparable Emily Dickinson‚ a well-regarded poet from the 19th century‚ once wrote in her poem titled Tell all the truth but tell it slant - ‚ “The truth must dazzle gradually / Or every man be blind - “. (lines 7-8) These two simple lines connect two otherwise very different poets from across the board. For anybody whom has not read anything from Dickinson‚ or perhaps
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We have been taught those actions are inappropriate for that kind of setting. Just like it would be inappropriate to use slang or shorten versions of words we use when texting to write a formal essay. In the story a “Mother’s Tongue”
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[THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MOTHER TONGUE ON LEARNİNG SECOND LANGUAGE] -THE MOTHER TONGUE AS A VİTAL POINT- The language is the most important tool in human life to survive.We use language in order to inform the people around us of what we feel‚ what we desire‚ and understand the world around us. We communicate effectively with our words‚ gestures‚ and tone of voice in a multitude of situation. Not only is it a means of communicating thoughts and ideas‚ but it
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A Literary Analysis on “Mother Tongue” By Demetria Martinez “His nation chewed him up and spat him out like a pinon shell‚ and when he emerged from an airplane one late afternoon‚ I knew I would one day make love with him” (Martinez‚ 3). And so it starts‚ the story of a nineteen year old Mexican- American girl named Mary (Maria; as he only chooses to call her)‚ who helps out and eventually falls in love with Jose Luis Alegria‚ a Salvadoran refugee. Martínez’s story of María is told against
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Ebola: Nigeria confirms new case in Lagos Health minister says nurse who came into contact with American Patrick Sawyer is 10th confirmed Nigeria case A Nigerian health official inspects arrivals at Murtala Muhammed international airport in Lagos amid fears of an Ebola outbreak. Photograph: Sunday Alamba/AP Nigeria has confirmed a new case of Ebola in the financial capital‚ Lagos‚ bringing the total number in the country to 10. The health minister‚ Onyebuchi Chukwu‚ said the latest confirmed
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I. Introduction Background of the Study Before we discuss the so-called Gullas bill or the proposed act strengthening and enhancing the use of English as a medium of instruction‚ let’s get a backgrounder on the state of education in the Philippines. For every 100 children that start grade one in our country‚ only 65 will reach Grade 6‚ the others having dropped out along the way (with 18 of the dropouts occurring between Grade 1 and Grade 2). What this means is that even before these children
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national or international language‚ it is recommended that children experience at least five to eight years of education in their mother tongue while gradually being introduced to other dominant languages (Thomas & Collier‚ 2002 in Oredina‚ et al 2015). The strategy of beginning school in the first language and eventually adding other languages is commonly called Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education‚ or MTB-MLE. A UNESCO report (Baron‚ 2012) on the importance of language to the Millennium Development
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English 7- Speech and Oral Communication 1. I hope to hope the hope you hope to hope. 2. I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish. 3. I dream to dream the dream you dream to dream. 4. They’re there till morning to steal the steel. 5. But still they failed to steal the steel. 6. He searches the riches and reaches his success. 7. The riches he searches make him reach his success. 8. She stares at the stairs the whole day through the hole in the hallway. 9. Beware of bewitchery of the bewitchment
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