READING PASSAGE 1 Lost for Words Many minority languages are on the danger list.In the Native American Navajo nation which sprawls across four states in the American south-west‚ the native language is dying. Most of its speakers are middle-age or elderly. Although many students take classes in Navajo‚ the schools are run in English. Street sign‚ supermarket goods and even their own newspaper are all in English. Not surprisingly‚ linguists doubt that any native speakers of Navajo will remain in
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Carlie Sorrells Ms. Johnson 8-28-12 English ll pre-ap Summer Reading Assignment-Alas Babylon Alas Babylon by Pat Frank is a literary work of art that holds important themes applicable to the present. Though the story takes place in the time of the Cold War‚ some of the messages are still transferable to life in the modern world. An apocalyptic world where the United States is at war with the Soviet Union is the premise of the book in which the characters are put up to the ultimate test‚ survival
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Reading habit should start from young itself. There for parents should play a main role in convincing and telling their children on how important it is for a person to read no matter what type of reading material it is but it must be beneficial. Nowadays it is understood that parents are busy with their work‚ but they must make sure their children reads daily. Other than that‚ parents should bring their kids to the national library at least once a week and they have to read together with their kids
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1. Reading habit- When there were no televisions or computers‚ reading was a primary leisure activity. People would spend hours reading books ‚ traveling to far away lands in their minds. With time‚ people have lost their skill and passion to read as there are many other exciting and thrilling options available these days‚ aside from books. And that is a shame because reading offers a productive approach to improving vocabulary and word power‚ it helps to learn things that are not taught in school
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reference books or course books and a monolingual dictionary. Bullet points may be used in this assignment. TASK: From the box below‚ select one item from each pair to analyse‚ and: a) Analyse meaning: Give a clear definition (appropriate for level) of what the item means; focus only on the meaning used in the statement. b) Analyse form and label the parts (using terminology): * Structure – statement/negative/question forms (if applicable); make sure it’s clear which words can be substituted
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True Meaning Hamlet is a classic story that is taught to students throughout the years and referred to as one of William Shakespeare best. The story of Hamlet begins with a young prince who journeys home because of the death of his father. However‚ when arriving home‚ he found his mother already remarried to his uncle‚ his dead father’s brother. With that initial shock setting it‚ hamlet then is faced with the ghost of his father who tells how was in fact murdered. As the story unfolds‚ there is
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Man’s Search for Meaning “A Man’s Search for Meaning”‚ written by Viktor E. Frankl‚ tells a story about his experiences of being a prisoner in a concentration camp during the Holocaust in 1933 and his psychotherapeutic method of pushing through this rough time. Frankl describes it as the “inside story of a concentration camp‚ told by one of its survivors” (Frankl‚ 1959). The story starts out with the prisoners being transported to the first concentration camp‚ Auschwitz. He describes the separation
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instances‚ students cringe when the words "reading" and "school" are said concurrently. Fear immediately arises in most children at the sound of their teacher’s announcement that they will be reading a book in class. There are two main reasons why children dread a reading assignment: knowing that they must answer boring questions and knowing it might be a possibility that they will read aloud. Many teachers give their classes questions over the reading in order to be confident that the students comprehend
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WORD DEFINITION IN CONTEXT EXAMPLE SENTENCE PRONUNCIATION SYNONYMS Word form 1 Media (noun) The main means of mass communication (television‚ radio‚ and newspapers) regarded collectively. The media has a big impact in the modern lifestyle. /ˈmiːdɪə/ 2 Customer (noun) A person who buys goods or services from a shop or business. Customers constitute a significant aspect in markets. /ˈkʌstəmə/ shopper‚ consumer‚ buyer‚ purchaser‚ client 3 Product (noun) A product is anything
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Education 127-Developmental Reading “READING DIFFICULTIES AMONG CHILDREN” September 2012 iTABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Title Page i Table of Contents ii I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. OBJECTIVES 1 III. READINGS/DISCUSSION A. Nature of reading difficulties 2 B. Characteristics of reading difficulties 2 1. Difficulty manipulating sounds in words 2 2. Reading problems 3 3
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