The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson Publisher: William Morrow Copyright: June 1990 ISBN: 0-688-07895-8 Format: Hardcover Pages: 270 It was about time for me to read another non-fiction book. This is an irreverant and often-humorous look at the history and quirks of the English language‚ covering both British and American English and the distinctions between them (and touching briefly on Australian as well). While it does touch on some of the origins and major turning points
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Not all people who speak the English language speak it the same way. It is very uncommon to find two people that speak the exact same English because there are so many different forms of the language. This is the argument that Amy Tan makes in her story‚ “Mother Tongue”. Tan uses pathos to portray to her audience how through her experiences with her mother and the Chinese language she came to realize who she wanted to be and how she wanted to write. In “Mother Tongue”‚ Tan discusses the many ways
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Pangasinan National High School Lingayen‚ Pangasinan S. Y. 2012-2013 Advantage of English over Folk Language in Learning Presented to: Mrs. Liberty Casaclang Submitted as Partial Requirement in English IV Researchers: Krissxan Grace P. Lansangan Vernon Russel R. Rosario I. Acknowledgement The researchers wish to acknowledge and thank with profound gratitude‚ heartfelt appreciation and warmest sincerity the assistance extended by the people who helped them in making this research
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INTRODUCTION Teaching English in the SJKC is not easy. It is because the pupils here seldom speak the language they are more used to speak in or their mother tongue that is the Mandarin language. So each year in order to make the pupils involved and have interest in English Language our school have implemented many English programmes in which it is to be carried out by our English Panel ( Panitia Bahasa Inggeris ) every year. One of the programme is StoryTelling competition. My report will be on
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The essay written by Kim called “Facing poverty with a rich girl’s habits” was a very sad but everyday living style. Kim came from a rich family that had everything and in a flash everything had changed. They moved to East Village in New York City and Kim struggled with the new language barrier. She was called names like fresh of the boat and she never understood why she was called that and why those of her nationality looked down upon her has if she bought shame to them. Kim had to watch Reruns
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Language Use Essay Language can be considered as a work of art. The way one speaks imprints one’s personality and knowledge. However‚ language does not exist in a vacuum. It develops over the course of time according to a society’s and an individual’s needs. There are a number of ways to express identical thoughts. Educated people would most likely distinguish between the use of language in formal and informal situations. Specifically‚ one would use informal language with
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Extended Essay English B Outline I will‚ in a way‚ divide the essay in two. One part (presumably the first) will mostly be about the internet’s effect on English generally. Then I will talk about how the Internet has affected the English of Norwegian upper secondary school students. I will focus primarily on Internet sources‚ as it is an easy way of getting information. A big obstacle with this is that in order to get to the quality information‚ you have to go through quite a lot of not-so-good
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Table of Contents Page Introduction i Expository Discussion of topic 1-2 Pieces of related information Bad English or Creole? By Peter Espeut 3-5 Cooper fires at Green paper 6-7 Reflective
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English is one of the most widely used languages in today’s world and has a great impact on a successful career. Due to rapid modernization and westernization‚ the popularity of the English language has increased. It is internationally used and globally accepted. “English is being recreated every minute of every day‚ in billions of conversations in every country on earth; in countless books‚ films‚ television and radio programs‚ on the internet—recreated organically: that is‚ in ways that grow out
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Varieties of English‚ such as Singlish‚ have an important role to play in contemporary society. Discuss. Different varieties of English‚ such as the interesting variety used in Singapore‚ known as ‘Singlish’‚ have an important role to play in our modern society. Singlish in particular serves as a unifying tongue between the diverse cultures and ethnic groups that reside on the island. Although disapproved by the government‚ it continues to convey a unique Singaporean identity and a taste of the
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