General English standard of students Question 1: How bad is the situation? 1. HKEAA recently completed the first administration of the TSA of Primary 3 students to assess their performance against professionally defined competences in Chinese‚ English and Mathematics. Surprisingly‚ there are 25% of students who fail in English. 2. In the 2009 HKCEE and HKALE English examinations‚ there are some unacceptable mistakes such as some students spelled banana wrongly to ‘’banna’’ and ‘’bananna’’
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Ebonics Is (or Is Not) a Language Before getting into any great detail concerning the complexity of what language is and its relationship with the term Ebonics‚ Ebonics must first be defined. It is considered to be best described as "black speech" and therefore can be referred to as an "undefined language." Many consider language to be a spoken tongue belonging to a nationality of people‚ so in general‚ and for the sake of clarity in this work‚ language is a general communication concept by which
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Cosby on Ebonics In 1996‚ the Oakland School District proposed the inclusion of what is known as "Ebonics" into its curriculum. Ebonics‚ or Black language‚ has been referred to in various ways over the years: "African American Vernacular English‚" "Pan-African Communication Behaviors‚" "African Language Systems‚" or "West and Niger-Congo African Language Systems." By any name‚ Ebonics‚ when studied over the years‚ has been proven to be a real language with its own phonology‚ syntax‚ morphology‚
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Jamaican Creole and Standard English Contrasted | Between 1066 and 1362‚ French was the official language of the England. English was viewed as an inferior vulgar hybridised Creole of Anglo-Saxon‚ Jutish‚ and Danish dialects. (Incidentally‚ Norman French itself could be described as a vulgar hybridised Creole of Gaulish‚ Latin‚ Norse‚ and Frankish dialects). Obviously‚ that opinion has changed‚ and in view of the humble origins of English it might be expected that English be understanding and
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ENGLISH-SECTION ONE Question One: Visual Text I. What does this cartoon suggest about belonging? The image shown suggests that the talking cartoon character feels he needs to isolate himself from the world until it is a happy place again that he wishes to live in. It is as if he only wishes to belong to places in which he believes are positive. II. What features of this cartoon suggest this message? The main reasons that suggest this is the text shown from the cartoon character and his body
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May 11‚ 2011 Ebonics and the Black Identity You sound like a White person. Why do you talk like that? You are Black… talk and act like it. These are some of the things I heard growing up throughout the years. Because I grew up in a predominantly Black neighborhood and went to predominantly Black schools‚ my Black identity was always questioned by my peers based on the way I spoke. How did the way I speak change my identity to not be considered “Black enough”? Language and identity go hand
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tool to deliver and receive information. In view of English has been the most powerful language nowadays‚ people tend to question what Standard English is and which Standard English to be used by everybody; Standard British English or Standard American English or any other standard. 1. What is Standard English Debate? To know what Standard English is‚ people need to know from where it has been derived and why it is chosen as the standard variety that people prefer to use. It is originated
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Origin of Standard English Standard English refers to the form of English accepted as a national form by any English speaking country. The history of Standard English is very conveniently split into three parts‚ Old English (450 - 1100 AD)‚ Middle English (1100 - 1500 AD)‚ and Modern English (1500 - present day). Across this period development‚ the English Language has been influenced by many other languages‚ mainly German‚ French‚ Dutch and Latin. In 402 AD three German Tribes: the Angles‚
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EBONICS AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE In December of 1996 a national controversy erupted when the Oakland school district suggested that "ebonics‚" which is also known as Black English‚ was a genetically based second language. Since Oakland California’s decision to allow the teaching of ebonics in its school system‚ ebonics has become a national issue and has sparked a heated debate form coast to coast. A large part of the ebonics controversy is the fact that many of today’s students do not get a good
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|3. Standards for English as an international language | |Standard English: She was sabotaged by them. | | | |Singlish sentence is grammatical and linguistic equal. | |①Language standards and English as
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