ORIGIN Parsi or Persian was the language of the Parsa people who ruled Iran between 550 - 330 BCE. It belongs to what scholars call the Indo-Iranian group of languages. It became the language of the Persian Empire and was widely spoken in the ancient days ranging from the borders of India in the east‚ Russian in the north‚ the southern shores of the Persian Gulf to Egypt and the Mediterranean in the west. Over the centuries Parsi has changed to its modern form and today Persian is spoken primarily
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sounds of the long stressed vowels in English changed their places of articulation.(Benson) The pronunciations of short vowels are very similar in Middle and Modern English. The consonants remain generally the same‚ though Chaucer rolled his r’s‚ sometimes dropped his aitches and pronounced both elements of consonant combinations‚ such as “kn‚” that were later simplified. (Benson). Understanding these differences is the key to understanding the rhythm and sound of Chaucer’s Prologue. For instance
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vowel e. share = present tense shared (share + d) = past tense had shared (had + share + d) = past perfect tense (have is the helping verb) If the regular verb ends with a consonant‚ add ed for the past tense. Add ed plus a helping verb for the present/past perfect tense. For example‚ the verb pour ends with the consonant r. pour = present tense poured (pour + ed) = past tense have poured (have + pour + ed) = present perfect tense (If you need help understanding tense‚ please ask a CWC instructor
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were increasingly getting louder until all instruments met at the top with a bang and then changed the dynamics again to a moderate level until the song concluded. “Waltz for Debby”‚ written by Bill Evans and arranged by Don Sebesky‚ was a consonant‚ slow-beat waltz. The texture of this piece remained the same through its entirety and the 1‚2‚3 pattern was also very noticeably throughout the piece as well. The saxophone‚ trumpet and electric guitar took turns at the melody and did so through
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Literary Devices – Poetry Allusion: An event or fact from an external context assumed to be known by the reader (e.g. historical‚ biblical‚ etc.). An allusion can increase one’s understanding of the poem in question by drawing parallels with other subjects. Anthropomorphism: The showing or treating of animals‚ gods and objects as if they are human in appearance‚ character or behaviour. Apostrophe: Something that addresses an object‚ abstract idea‚ or person who is dead as though it could
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ASSIGNMENT ONE FOCUS ON THE LEARNER 750-1000 words For this assignment you are going to write a report on a student in the TP class you are teaching now. As a practicing teacher‚ you will at times have to write reports on students for various reasons‚ e.g. passing on information to a colleague‚ providing information for a student’s employer‚ etc. The report should be based on the following: 1. Refer to the observation tasks which have helped you focus on various concrete
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Phonological Awareness Phonological awareness is the ability hears and manipulates the sound structure of language. This is an encompassing term that involves working with sounds of languages at the word‚ syllable‚ and phoneme level. Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear and manipulate the sound in spoken words‚ and the understanding that the spoken word and syllables are made up of sequences of speech sounds ( Yopp‚ 1992) Phonological Awareness is the understanding that spoken language
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Etymologically the vocabulary of the English language is far from being homogeneous. It consists of two layers - the native stock of words and the borrowed stock of words. Numerically [njuː’merɪklɪ] the borrowed stock of words is considerably larger than the native stock of words. In fact native words comprise only 30 % of the total number of words in the English vocabulary but the native words form the bulk of the most frequent words actually used in speech and writing
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Jose Garcia Villa aka Doveglion. Born in Singalong‚ Manila on 5 Aug 1908. National Artist in Literature. He is the son of Simeon Villa‚ Emilio Aguinaldo’s physician‚ and Guia Garcia. He graduated from the University of the Philippines (UP) High School and enrolled at at the UP College of Medicine in 1925. Villa first tried painting‚ but then turned into writing after reading Winesburg‚ Ohio by Sherwood Anderson. His poetry first gained fame—or notoriety—in 1929‚ when he was suspended for one
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which students learning to understand text (from a whole language approach) as well as how to read text (from a phonics approach). Effective phonics instruction focuses children’s attention on noticing the letter/sound patterns in initial consonants and consonant clusters and in rimes. BALANCED LITERACY provides and cultivates the skills of reading‚ writing‚ thinking‚ speaking and listening for all students while recognizing and respecting their cultural‚ ethnic‚ and academic diversity. A BALANCED
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