~ History of English ~ Summer term 2010/11 Wednesdays 11.00-12.30 Fridays 11.00-12.30 ~ Introduction ~ - Who speaks English? - 1) inner circle (320-380 million speakers; English as L1) - 2) outer circle (150-300 million speakers; English as L2) - 3) expanding circle (100-1000 million speakers; English as lingua franca = ELF) - possible language shifts: from ELF to L2 - from L2 to L1 - Why is English a world language? - historical
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English Essay Kayleigh Commins Mrs. Viggiano 6/6/11 Who is it to Blame? Romeo and Juliet‚ both dead cause they’d loved each other dearly. Whose fault could’ve it be? Was it cause of Tybalt‚ Friar Lawrence‚ or the parents? There are many reasons why these two died the way
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Hassan Amoura Professor Botos English 102 4 February‚ 2013 Obesity Is Not a Medical Problem Americans have been getting heavier and heavier since 1980; it is not a hidden secret. With all the different fast food chains and expensive healthy food versus the inexpensive unhealthy food‚ it is not a surprised a person would rather choose a ninety nine cent cheeseburger over a nine dollar salad. Obesity comes with all of its different types of health risks‚ which does not mean it is connected
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English Prepositions List © Josef Essberger 2009 EnglishClub.com 23 King Street Cambridge CB1 1AH England‚ UK http://www.englishclub.com First Edition 2000 Second Edition (revised) 2005 Third Edition (revised and extended) 2007 Third Edition (revised and extended) 2007 Fourth Edition (revised) 2009 All rights reserved This ebook is distributed in the universal PDF format. Printing: this ebook will print out on A4 (297 x 210mm) or American Letter size (11 x 8.5in) paper Viewing: this ebook may be
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Early settlers had a variety of reasons for seeking a new homeland. The Pilgrims of Massachusetts were pious‚ self-disciplined English people who wanted to escape religious persecution. Other colonies‚ such as Virginia‚ were founded principally as business ventures. Often‚ though‚ piety and profits went hand-in-hand. England’s success at colonizing what would become the United States was due in large part to its use of charter companies. Charter companies were groups of stockholders (usually merchants
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OVERVIEW: WHY ENGLISH? You need to learn English language to improve your understanding. Many experts believe the language to be an easy access to knowledge. Once you understand and speak English you can easily get hold of valuable information. The fact that most online references and textbooks are written in the English language imply that it can improve your life. In addition‚ major percentage of the world ’s population speak English. So if you don ’t know to speak English you ’ll be considered
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English for Amateurs As I look back on my progress as a writer‚ I noticed major improvements. I have recognized the types of errors I was making at the beginning of the course‚ and new concepts I have learned. At the first of this semester I had a few problems with writing skills‚ and it was difficult for me to understand the basic grammar and punctuation that I need to succeed in my college education. It has been over four years since I was enrolled in college‚ and even longer since I’ve attended
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Project-English English Project Presented by: Date: May 10‚ 2012 Index 1. Presentation Page 2. Index 3. Introduction 4. Origin of English Language 5. Origin of the English Language 6. Origin of the English Language 7. How did the English Language spread around the world? & English as a major business communication around the world. } 8. Conclusion Introduction The English Language has been spoken for many years‚ in this project I will talk about
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College Reading and Writing 110 August 11‚ 2010 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje’s book The English Patient was published in 1992. At first this book would appear to be a mystery at first‚ but at heart it is a story of romance‚ growing up‚ and the war. This book takes place at an abandoned villa in Italy toward the end of World War II. Due to the authors writing style he flip flops between characters and settings though out the book making it confusing for some and intriguing for others.
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General English standard of students Question 1: How bad is the situation? 1. HKEAA recently completed the first administration of the TSA of Primary 3 students to assess their performance against professionally defined competences in Chinese‚ English and Mathematics. Surprisingly‚ there are 25% of students who fail in English. 2. In the 2009 HKCEE and HKALE English examinations‚ there are some unacceptable mistakes such as some students spelled banana wrongly to ‘’banna’’ and ‘’bananna’’
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