“Language families and branches”. English Language is one of the oldest Languages in the world. To become what it is today it has been through a series of changes in the course of history. English is commonly divided into three main periods; Old English‚ middle English and modern. All of these periods have been characterized by different influences which have made English a rich and complex language. Old English was the first period of English in which English started to acquire the characteristic
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text message I need to send before class starts. I walk into the warm‚ musty computer lab and sit at my usual spot with the view of the library through the tree limbs. I am always sure to come to English class because I know of my terrible history in this subject area. I have always struggled with English and before this semester had assumed that the college level class would be the death of me. As I read over the syllabus for this class it states that we will learn to understand writing assignments
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The importance of the English Language today. English is one of the most important languages in the world. It can even be said to be the single most important language. Yes‚ other languages are important too‚ but not for the same reasons as English is important. English is important because it is‚ maybe‚ the only language that truly links the whole world together. If not for English‚ the whole world may not be as united as it is today. The other languages may be important for their local values
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ENGLISH GASTRONOMY English food has traditionally been based on beef‚ lamb‚ pork‚ chicken and fish and generally served with potatoes and one other vegetable. The most common and typical foods eaten in England include the sandwich‚ fish and chips‚ pies like the cornish pasty‚ trifle and roasts dinners. Some of our main dishes have strange names like Bubble & Squeak‚ Spotted Dick and Toad-in-the-Hole. What may appear strange to our overseas visitors is that not all our puddings are sweet
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Education. Why is it such an easy word to understand but such a tedious task to accomplish? We come from a society that hands out education easily‚ however that education comes with a price. Jean Anyon explains this process through her research in From Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work. Anyon dissects the socio-economic class that determines the types of instruction students receive. Through her research one can compare her findings to Mike Rose’s narrative‚ I Just Wanna Be Average
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some would argue that foreign languages have diluted the purity of American English‚ I believe English was never a pure language to begin with‚ and the dilution of it has occurred in the past and is bound to happen because America is a nation of immigrants. Before we even consider blaming other languages for diluting American English‚ we must ask ourselves a question; how can one call American English pure? British English is derived from French‚ Arabic‚ Hebrew‚ German‚ and many other languages (Harper)
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English is a rich and colorful language which is highly synonymous all over the world. Like any language it has been in constant flux. As members of a society grow and develop so too must the tools they use to communicate with each other. One reason for this is that there are so many variations of the language itself. In addition‚ it is such a widely spoken language‚ and it is spoken by people in all parts of the world. ’Non-native speakers of English now outnumber native speakers 3 to1’. In addition
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English Pronunciation Pronunciation can be a tricky matter when it comes to the English language. Unlike with languages like Hindi and Tamil‚ letters in English take on multiple phonetic forms (think of the a in ‘can’ and the a in ‘war’); thus‚ the concept of pronouncing a word the way it is spelled does not apply. This is partly the result of derivation; English is a derivative language. It means that many of its words and phrases have been borrowed from other languages (cafe‚ boutique‚ cocoa)
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English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now the most widely used language in the world. It is spoken as a first language by the majority populations of several sovereign states‚ including the United Kingdom‚ the United States‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ Ireland‚ New Zealand and a number of Caribbean nations; and it is an official language of almost 60 sovereign states. It is the third-most-common native language in the world‚ after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish
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English nowadays is considered as the universal language; for which it is understood by almost all countries around the world. It is used by most people as their second language. First‚ it is a way of communication in business‚ negotiations & especially in academics. It plays an important role in the basic education‚ particularly to speaking and writing (Kumar‚ 2009). English proficiency must be treated as an additional skill. In reality‚ a country needs to build familiarity‚ friendship and collaborate
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