Learning English through Popular Culture Sexy photos of teen models are polished in magazines and you fell that these photos have a negative impact. Write a letter to the editor describing the situation and suggesting what the media‚ teenagers and parents can do about it. Dear Editor‚ It has been brought to the limelight that sexy photo of teen models has become prevalent lately. Stakeholders from different walks of life have various perceptions about this issue. As a major stakeholder myself
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used. I have chosen to look at how slang works within a given culture (the USA) because in Denmark‚ due to an excessive exposure to American television‚ films and music‚ we are heavily subjected to American- English language media which may give us a greater consciousness of the English language. From a translation studies’ point of view‚ slang is interesting because of its connotations in its source culture. Slang seems to be connected to the culture in which it is created‚ so how are slang
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Nowadays‚ English is popular and important not only in developed countries but also throughout the world. Therefore‚ some people say that the increasing role of English in the world means that the learning of other languages is being neglected. I do not agree with this statement for the following reasons: The learning of the other languages is not being neglected. First‚ let us think about French. Although French is not as common as English‚ many people want to learn this language. In Vietnam‚ there
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"cake")‚ or bound if it is used exclusively alongside a free morpheme (ex: "im" in impossible). Its actual phonetic representation is the morph‚ with the different morphs ("in-"‚ "im-") representing the same morpheme being grouped as its allomorphs. English example: The word "unbreakable" has three morphemes: "un-"‚ a bound morpheme; "break"‚ a free morpheme; and "-able"‚ a bound morpheme. "un-" is also a prefix‚ "-able" is a suffix. Both "un-" and "-able" are affixes. The morpheme plural-s has the
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2.4 Antecedents of Learning English This part investigates the factors affecting the acquisition or learning of English as a foreign or a second language. In the literature‚ there are several factors identified as influential in learning English with varying levels of positive and negative effects. Some of the identified factors are age‚ exposure‚ formal education‚ motivation‚ and attitudes among others. 2.4.1 Age and Early Exposure Several studies on language acquisition (e.g. Fathman‚ 1975;
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Connie yam suet ling HKDSE (2012)Learning English though drama A fertilizer for student---------drama With the diversification of educational method‚ drama has become an essential interactive activity in most schools during lessons‚ due to the various educational benefits. But some of the parents object using drama as a teaching assistant. Actually‚ the advantages and disadvantages are just like both sides of coin. To start with the upsides of including drama into
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Before contact with Europeans‚ Native Americans developed an effective system of informal education call aboriginal education. The system included transmitting knowledge‚ values‚ skills‚ attitudes‚ and dispositions to the next generation in real world settings such as the farm‚ at home‚ or on the hunting ground. Native American educational traditions passed on culture needed to succeed in society. Education was viewed as a way to beautify and sharpen the next generation and prepare them to take
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based on their beliefs. From what I have read and researched I believe there was unanimity of what the English Colonists wanted. They wanted to begin new lives with their families. Colonists wanted‚ prosper from trading all goods the Americas had to offer. They were able to establish their freedom of religion‚ and crops to grow. The Colonists got what they wanted‚ even if it did destroy the Native Americans. Sources America’s History Vol. 1 (7th Ed.) http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/be
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BENEFITS OF LEARNING ENGLISH AS YOUR SECOND LANGUAGE Language is the method of human communication‚ either spoken or written‚ consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in England and is now the most widely used language in the world. In this 21st century‚ with the help of developing technology‚ English has been playing a major role in many sectors including medicine‚ engineering and education. In Malaysia‚ which
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A Refugee is someone who has fled his or her country because he or she fears persecution based on race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ social group‚ or political opinion. The definition is sometimes expanded to include people fleeing war or other armed conflict. Asylum seekers are quite different than Refugees and they are usually defined as people who claim to be a refugee. Often‚ an asylum seeker must undergo a legal procedure in which the host country decides if he or she qualifies for refugee status
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