Position paper Linguistic diversity creates a sense of cultural identity in an increasingly individualistic world and should therefore be preserved Introduction: In many ways‚ language provides a sense of identity. We establish our identity through our use of language. Language is so deeply embedded in culture that cultural identity is defined to a great extent in terms of language. In a more and more globalizing and individualistic world‚ this means
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Analysis-what makes a teacher an effective teacher? There are many skills‚ traits and methods that teachers possess to effectively teach students. The purpose of this analysis is to try and find statistical research that can be recorded with conclusions to draw from it. I have interviewed two teachers consisting of 5 questions each and I have handed out 16 copies of my questionnaire containing 10 questions each. I used 8 males and 8 females so that I can make a non-biased conclusion to my research
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They also govern our everyday functioning‚ down to the most mundane details. Our concepts structure what we perceive‚ how we get around in the world‚ and how we relate to other people. Our conceptual system thus plays a central role in defining our everyday realities. If we are right in suggesting that our conceptual system is largely metaphorical‚ then the way we think‚ what we experience‚ and what we do every day is very much a matter of metaphor. But our conceptual system is not something we are
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The Linguistic imperialism of Robert Phillipson 1. Linguistic Imperialism 1.1 The spread of English The stated aim of Phillipson’s 1992 book Linguistic Imperialism was to set out how English became so dominant and why‚ and to examine the role ELT pedagogy had in contributing to it becoming “the international language par excellence in which the fate of most of the worlds millions is decided.” (Phillipson 1992 p.6) While many writers had tackled the question before no one had done so from
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O’Brien makes the argument that if the story tells of a person’s honor‚ or lifts the reader up‚ it is not true. The poem “What Every Soldier Should Know” by U.S. Army Sergeant Brian Turner speaks for not only the American soldier’s behaviors but also the shock of their arduous culture change. While What Every Soldier Should Know allows Turner to cope‚ it also enlightens the reader with a poem that is authentic‚ revealing‚ and emotional. To be authentic‚ one must too be able
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Teachers are trusted with one of the most important jobs in America. Parents send their children to school so that they can receive a proper education and decide what they want to be in the future. Many teachers go above and beyond to help their students with school work‚ but there are some teachers who are there just to receive a check. These teachers should be eliminated from the school system by allowing students to evaluate them. Students should be allowed to grade their teachers because their
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From what I have heard from my friend‚ the stereotypes I have of this culture includes being overly religious and very strict about a lot of things. It seems like everything has to be perfect and if it’s not then that would be very bad. To study this culture‚ I went over to my friend AK’s house. He is Syrian and has told me about his family life‚ so I also interviewed him. The reason I studied this co-culture is because AK is my friend and from what he had already told me‚ it seemed like his family
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Linguistic Anthropology Ever since I was seven years old‚ I’ve wanted to be a writer; more specifically‚ a poet. I think for my chosen profession‚ linguistic anthropology would benefit me better than any other field of anthropology. According to the Department of Anthropology of California State University‚ “Linguistic anthropologists are interested in how many languages there are‚ how those languages are distributed across the world‚ and their contemporary and historical relationships. We
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IFL A4.2 (2011-2012) Chapter 1: What is Language? - - .b lo gs po t.c om - Language can be viewed as a social fact‚ as a psychological state (mental dictionary)‚ as a set of structures (a grammatical system: a system to what orders the words have to come in if they are to make sense)‚ or as a collection of outputs (utterances/sentences: spoken or written). Language can be viewed as a set of choices (different ways of saying a sentence)‚ a set of contrasts (an inversion
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