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    United States of America‚ is a melting pot and with us we bring our own identity such as: language‚ culture‚ religion‚ and traditions. Losing any of these traits could results in losing who you are‚ as we read in‚ “Speaking In Tongues” by Zadie Smith and “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldùa. Smith and Anzaldùa both shared a similar problem. They were afraid that they may lose or already lost their voice/language. While Anzaldùa did everything to prevent that‚ “I had to “argue” with one

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    by my peers. Those immature remarks led out loosely caused an abysmal scar within. This gave me the impression that I was inferior. When I turned eleven‚ the lessons being taught were a code that could not be deciphered. Especially during Mother Tongue lessons‚ each character that was taught took me seasons to basically know what it meant. Subjacency and uncertainty was what I thought my life was and will be. Then came this day that was out to change my life forever. It was 20 October 2008

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    After reading Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ I realized how many different “Englishes” I have spoken or used‚ as well as how many I have heard in my life-particularly while in the military. For example‚ how I speak with authority figures versus friends‚ and how I speak with my daughter as opposed to “educated” adults. Although the English I speak with friends and coworkers is often filled with slang and swear words‚ I would never speak like that in many other settings. One of those times is‚ when

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    go a day with our phone which for most of us is how we get the information so that we can live our lives. However‚ since we have access to so much information that it can be hard for us to choice what information is important to us. In Speaking Tongues by Zabie Smith‚ she talks about the power of using different voices when talking to different people and why people and what people gain from changing their voices. In Strange Creatures by Susan Blackmore she talks about the what it means to be human

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    1.0 Introduction This paper elaborates the different management aspects practiced at Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) and DHL Keells. The facets discussed in detail will be Planning‚ Organising‚ Leading and Controlling. The key strengths and weaknesses of both organisations are identified and discussed on how it touches the internal and the external factors affecting their core business. The organisation’s Vision‚ Mission‚ Critical Successful Factors are deliberated in order to come up with specific

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    Geo-Engineering: Controlling the Climate and Weather Recall the pleasure derived from the last time you took a walk through a park on a day when the weather was perfect. The sunshine was bright‚ the temperature was perfect‚ and perhaps there was a slight breeze that left you the ultimate feeling of refreshment as it caressed your face. Or perhaps you can remember the last time you enjoyed the sounds and smells of a light April shower that left the trees and grass looking so green and the air

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    A Mother’s Tongue is that words are more than just words‚ sometimes you have to look behind them and read in between to understand the true meaning. For example‚ her mother did not speak perfect English‚ but the points and ideas she was trying to get across are what really were important. Not all people who speak the English language speak it the same way. A language can be subdivided into any number of dialects which each vary in some way from the parent English language. Mother Tongue‚ is an article

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    ISLAMIC BANKING’S ROLE IN CONTROLLING INFLATION ABSTRACT Inflation has become a fact of life in nearly all countries‚ but it is a very serious problem in the developing countries. As far as commercial banking is concerned‚ it erodes the value of the depositor’s savings as well as that of the bank’s loans. Yet the banking system does not seem to specifically address this problem. This paper makes an attempt at finding a way of compensating for the loss suffered by capital due to inflation

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    the "broken/ fractured" English she speaks with her mother and the English she speaks at large group speeches using "carefully wrought grammatical phrases". These divisions are important to Tan because she grew up with understanding her "mothers tongue" knowing it was considered "broken" and pushing herself in school to learn more about the language becoming a writer. These affect

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    MOTHER TONGUE – BASED MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION THESIS STATEMENT With all the students having a difficulty in coping with their lessons‚ Mother tongue-based multilingual education may be helpful or not in solving this problem. OUTLINE I. Introduction II. Purpose of Mother Tongue-based Education A. Reasons why the Mother Tongue should be used in primary schools B. Points and ideas about Mother Tongue-based Education III. Target learners of Mother Tongue-based Education IV. Effects of Mother Tongue-based

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