Studying English language in an English-speaking country is the best but not the only way to learn the language. Do you agree or disagree with this statement. Some people believe that the students have to go abroad to study English while other people claim that beside learning English in an English-speaking country‚ there are a number of ways to study this language. I am strongly persuaded by the latter idea by the following reasons. First of all‚ it cannot be denied that learning English in an
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English is a Crazy Language (An Opinionated Reflection) English is indeed the most popular and the most used language in the world. There are some countries like in Japan; not sure but Japanese people don’t actually require speaking English. For me‚ it’s the reason for their unreachable success. With their Japanese to Japanese language speaking‚ they can understand each other very clear. I think‚ it is one of the major problems here in the Philippines wherein we are doing Filipino to English
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English as a World Language. The global spread of English over the last 50 years is remarkable. It is unprecedented in several ways: by the increasing number of users of the language‚ by its depth of permeation ["pE:mI’eISn] into societies and its range of functions. There is a model consisting of 3 circles proposed by B.B. Kachru in 1982 in order to describe regional varieties of English. The 1st or inner circle includes people who speak English as their vernacular language (200-400 mln speakers)
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“English is critical for countries’ successful participation in the global economy‚ that it provides individuals with access to crucial knowledge‚ skills and employment opportunities and enables organisations to create and sustain international links.” (Council‚ 2011) Recently I was in a well-known hotel for a conference and while I was waiting I heard a guest ask in English until what time was breakfast‚ I was surprised to see that none of the staff members understood the question. After several
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Write an argumentative essay based on the following topic: Agree or disagree with the following statement: The future status of English as the global language is assured. Writing an argumentative essay requires especially careful planning. You should follow the steps: Step 1 Clarify in your mind what the two sides of the argument are. Decide which side you agree with. Step 2 Write a thesis statement. Step 3 Research the topic to get ideas and Supporting reasons for both sides of the argument
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PS: INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE ENGLISH Dr. THOMAS SCHÖNWEITZ MERVE BOYRAZ hayat_zaten_benim@hotmail.com 1265666 Merve Boyraz Boyraz 1 Dr. Thomas Schönweitz 8 credits / graded PS: Introduction to Middle English MIDDLE ENGLISH LEXICON Table of Content 1. Introduction 2. Scandinavian Influence 3. French Influence 4. Latin Influence 5. Celtic Influence 6. Dutch and Low German Influence 7. Influence from Other Languages 8. Formation of New
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1: Introduction At present‚ speaking a foreign language represents one of the essential requirements of today´s society. Besides other skills and knowledge‚ it is considered as one of the most influencing factors while applying for a job or sustaining in a particular work position under the condition of advancing the language level. Based on my work experience‚ I can confirm that knowing a foreign language is a necessity for everyone in general‚ mainly for my students - soldiers. These
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English grammar has minimal inflection compared with most other Indo-European languages. For example‚ Modern English‚ unlike Modern German or Dutch and the Romance languages‚ lacks grammatical gender and adjectival agreement. Case marking has almost disappeared from the language and mainly survives in pronouns. The patterning of strong (e.g. speak/spoke/spoken) versus weak verbs (e.g. love/loved or kick/kicked) inherited from its Germanic origins has declined in importance in modern English‚ and
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www.ccsenet.org/elt English Language Teaching Vol. 3‚ No. 3; September 2010 Sociolinguistic Competence and Malaysian Students’ English Language Proficiency Mohan K. Muniandy Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Academy of Language Studies‚ Kuala Pilah Campus‚ 72000 Kuala Pilah‚ Negeri Sembilan‚ Malaysia Tel: 60-6-483-2130/ 60-12-611-8478 E-mail: mohan691@.ns.uitm.edu.my Gopala Krishnan Sekharan Nair Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Academy of Language Studies‚ Dungun Campus‚ 23000
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ELL 240 Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Learners Instructor: Jerrica Mesquita Antoinette Richardson September 30‚ 2013 In this paper we will explain the theory behind English language learners‚ and give the benefits Of the program. One will show how important it is to practice and or adopt this program as a teacher. In the scenario the teacher was caught off guard he know nothing about using‚ programs to help him teach the
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