A Taiwanese Speaking English 1 A Taiwanese Speaking English Common Speaking issues experienced in Speaking English Meng-Chun Tsai BUCP104 Douglas Parsons December 10‚ 2013 A Taiwanese Speaking English 2 Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………….3 Pronunciation……………………………………………………………………......4 “d & t”……….……………………………………………………………...4 “es”…………………………………………………………………………4 Vocabulary……………………………………………………………………….. 5 “ee & ea”……..……………………………………………………………
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Adjective An adjective describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun‚ e.g. a cold day. See comparative adjective‚ demonstrative adjective‚ -ing/-ed adjective‚ possessive adjective‚ superlative adjective. Adverb An adverb describes or gives more information about how‚ when‚ where‚ or to what degree etc something is done‚ e.g. he worked quickly and well. Apostrophe A punctuation mark (’). The ’ is added to a singular noun before an s to show that something belongs to someone‚ e.g. John’s
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Text Analysis Art for heart’s sake. The author of the extract under analysis is an American sculptor‚ cartoonist and writer Reuben Lucius Goldberg (1883-1970). Rube Goldberg began practicing his art skills at the age of four when he traced illustrations from the humorous book History of the United States. After graduating from the University of California in 1904 he worked as a cartoonist for a number of newspapers and magazines. Goldberg is best known for a series of popular cartoons he created
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Introduction Italian is an Indo-European language‚ directly descended from Latin and closely related to Spanish‚ Portuguese and French. There is a wide variety of regional dialects‚ many of which are mutually unintelligible‚ and some of which have a literary tradition of their own. Most Italians are very conscious of their regional origins‚ and are quick to point out that they are Neapolitan‚ or Tuscan‚ or Sardinian‚ as well as Italian. Especially in the industrialised north‚ most educated
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Is it easy to understand?(no) 2. Does it have many aspects or parts? (yes) 3. Is it difficult? (yes) /’kɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/ Four syllables‚the primary stress is on the first syllable and the secondary stress is on the third syllable 6. Fun Noun(uncountable) Pleasure‚ enjoyment‚ entertainment‚ amusement 1.Is it a good time?(yes) 2.Is it boring?(no) 3.Do we enjoy our time?(yes) 4.Is it a happy feeling?(yes) /’fʌn/ one syllable 7. I’ve been teaching I (subject/personal pronoun). Have(an
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EXAMS BY DAS SIR ‚KOLKATA(09038870684) A. SUBJECT - VERB AGREEMENT 1 . Two or more Singular Subjects connected by and usually take a Verb in the Plural. For example‚ Incorrect- Hari and Ram is here. Correct- Hari and Ram are here. 2. If two Singular Nouns refer to the same person or thing‚ the Verb must be Singular. Incorrect- The Secretary and Principal are coming. Correct- The Secretary and Principal is coming. (Here the same person is .Secretary as well as Principal) 3. If the Singular Subjects
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION‚ SCIENCE‚ YOUTH AND SPORTS OF UKRAINE IZMAIL STATE UNIVERSITY OF HUMANITIES THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION DEPARTMENT COURSE PROJECT «The meaning of the word» Course Project in English Year IV Group 431 Ann Nyagu Research Supervisor: L.P. Gulidova Izmail‚ 2011 Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………3-4 1. CHAPTER 1. Theoretical part……………………………………………
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هذه النسخة بصيغة html للملف http://www.accentsasia.org/1-2/kato.pdf . يقوم G o o g l e تلقائياً بإنشاء نسخ بصيغة html للوثائق التي يصادفها خلال البحث في الإنترنت، بحيث يمكن عرضها في متصحفات الانترنت. Page 1 Volume 1 Number 2 October 2006 Accents Asia 1 Citation Kato‚ A. (2006). Error analysis of high school student essays. Accents Asia [Online]‚ 1 (2)‚ 1-13. Available: http://www.accentsasia.org/1-2/kato.pdf Error Analysis of High School Student Essays Asako Kato Fudooka Seiwa High School
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Confucianism‚ which emphasizes the value of family‚ being widely spread in China. Another obvious example to explain the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is “time”. Whorf explains his hypothesis with the concept of “time”‚ which is one of the most common nouns in the English language. Most Western people view time in three major tenses: past‚ present‚ and future. The English language has a cultural form of time
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function‚ meaning 3.1 Form (or Formal) Categories 1) Sentence level: simple‚ compound‚ complex‚ complex compound‚ compound complex 2) Clause level: main clause‚ subclause‚ finite‚ non-finite‚ …3) Phrase level: noun phrase‚ adjective phrase‚ prepositional phrase‚ adverb phrase‚ …4) Word level: noun‚ lexical verb‚ (modal) auxiliary‚ demonstrative det.‚ personal pronoun‚ …3.2 Function (or Functional) Categories Sentence or Clause level: Subject‚ Direct Object‚ Indirect Obj.‚ Prepositional Obj.‚ Complement
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