in a country where English is the number one language and being raised by Mexican parents where Spanish is the only language used isn’t an easy task growing up. I would speak one language with my friends but a different one with my parents; I sometimes ask myself how the heck did I graduate high school? As a kid I confused words and sometimes my friends or family would look at me with confusion‚ only to find out that I was speaking “Spanglish” (a combination of Spanish and English). The hardest moment
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English as a lingua franca I am going to tell you something about English as a lingua franca. I will be talking about 3 different subjects concerning English as a lingua franca and a lingua franca in common. First of all I will tell you something about the purpose of a lingua franca‚ or in other words; What is a lingua franca. Secondly I will give some reasons why a lingua franca should be or might be introduced. Then last but not least I will mention some of the problem which might occur when you’re
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The development of English words English belong to the indo-European family. The vocabulary of English is composed of two main elements‚ the native element and the foreign element. The native element is conventionally used to denote words of Anglo-Saxon origin. Before about 450A.D.there were no words in Britain .The 70% of the English vocabularies consist of loan words and only 30% of the words are native. Our study of the English vocabulary must obviously begin with the native element
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IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE English is the International Language and is one of the most popular and most spoken in the technology world. We need to know the English language in order to study any science subject or any computer language. We need to know English to communicate effectively to many developed countries. English is very much important in our life...it is necessary in each and every field. If we know English we never feel a tongue tide in front of others. It’s a widely spoken language
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“Politics and the English language” George Orwell General questions 1. This piece is written basically just to criticize bad writing and also to criticize the downgrade of the English language. In the essay Orwell argues that “our language is probably curable”. The main point is just to show examples of how the language has deteriorated and also to give some pointers on how it can be fixed. 2. Throughout the essay the author’s tone is that of aggravation because the entire piece
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TASK 1A Letter to my teacher I would like to read something that increases my interest of the world society. A literary work that will have an effect on how I see things and what I decide to do later in life. I would like to read a text that contains of a world conflict‚ politics‚ human rights or enslavement. I have read “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini and I would like to read a factual text that has the same effect on me. I got as involved as a 15 year old from Norway could‚ learned
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Sanjeeb Thakali. Subject name & code: Mathematics for IT (BT 0063) Roll no.: 1308014090 Q.1 In a group of 50 people‚ 35 speak Hindi‚ 25 speak both English and Hindi and all the people speak at least one of the two languages. How many people only speak English and not Hindi? How many people speak English? Solution: Here‚ Let people speaking English language be ‘’E’’ and people speaking Hindi language be “H” respectively. E
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ENGLISH LANDSCAPE GARDEN: a style of Landscape garden which emerged in England in the early 18th century‚ and spread across Europe‚ replacing the more formal‚ symmetrical jardin à la française (French formal garden)of the 17th century as the principal gardening style of Europe presented an idealized view of nature. often inspired by paintings of landscapes by Claude Lorraine and Nicolas Poussin‚ and some were Influenced by the classic Chinese gardens of the East usually included a lake‚ sweeps
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History of English language and literature in India starts with the advent of East India Company in India. It all started in the summers of 1608 when Emperor Jahangir‚ in the courts of Moguls‚ welcomed Captain William Hawkins‚ Commander of British Naval Expedition Hector. It was India’s first tryst with an Englishman and English. Jahangir later allowed Britain to open a permanent port and factory on the special request of King James IV that was conveyed by his ambassador Sir Thomas Roe. English were here
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1 Variation in English English like any other language‚ like every language‚ is subject to variation. This variation can be complex and at times subtle. This text provides us with information about the principal ways in which British and Irish English speech varies and‚ just as importantly‚ the non-linguistic (social‚ geographical) factors which condition variation. Variation in pronunciation RP Dialect: refers to the varieties distinguished from each other by differences of grammar
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