Version : 2.0 15/01/12 General Certificate of Secondary Education English/ English Language Unit 1 H Tier Understanding and producing non-fiction texts Mark Scheme Version 2.0 2012 examination - Jan series Mark schemes are prepared by the Principal Examiner and considered‚ together with the relevant questions‚ by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the standardisation meeting attended by all examiners and is the scheme which was used by them
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Language is a constant. It is a component that will be forever intertwined into the fabrication of our global society. This multi-sensory means of communication‚ consists of not only the verbal and writing‚ but also touch‚ smell‚ sound‚ body‚ and gestural elements. As human beings are social animals‚ people have the instinct to communicate with others‚ to share our feelings and thoughts‚ and as a result‚ language development in each individual becomes an instinct (Pinker‚ 1994). Since language is
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E-commerce presentation task 2 Introduction Next is a UK retailer offering exciting beautiful designs with high quality fashion and accessories for men‚ women‚ and children also with a full range of home ware. Using social media Companies can reach out to their customers using social media such as Facebook‚ Instagram‚ Pinterest‚ twitter etc. they post promotions and sales so that customers know what is available to them. Complains and customer enquiries can be dealt with online to make things
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University‚ where you need to speak in English fluently is difficult for me. It is easy for you because your first language is English and you come from UK‚ while my first language is Malay as I come from Malaysia. My language skills are not sufficient to embark on a university degree. A: There’s no need to worry about that. This university will consider you pre-sessional courses. These can last for 3 weeks to an academic year. So this would help you on your language skills. B: That’s great‚ but not
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List the 5 characteristics of words. Which one was new to you? Which one do you think is most important? Why? Define “connotative” and “denotative” meanings. What are the steps for performing a word study? How important are word studies in understanding Scripture? Why is it important to do word studies in the original languages instead of in English alone? There are 5 characteristics of words: 1. Words Are Arbitrary Signs- A word is a semantic sign which is a combination of symbols or sounds that
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merits and demerits of a language they overlook an important point that a language is not merely a means of communicating thoughts but also a way of getting civilized. Since‚ the date of India’s independence‚ there has been running many claims and counter-claims regarding the use and importance of English in India. Some speak in favour while some others oppose the idea of retaining English as a subject‚ in our school or college curriculum. The British rules introduced English in Indian schools with
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Sharon Goodman (1996) She states that we are living in a time of increased in-formalisation. Informal language used to be reserved for close personal relationships but this isn’t the simplicity anymore. Norman Fairclough agrees and calls it conversationalised language. David Crystal (2001) In his book on language and the internet Crystal refers to dialogic e-messaging which refers to immediate communication rather than traditional letters. This has changed
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w w w e tr .X m eP e ap UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education .c rs om 0500/22 FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH Paper 2 Reading Passages (Extended) Additional Materials: * 6 1 2 9 3 6 9 5 7 9 * October/November 2011 2 hours Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and
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by others. The characteristics of our speech send out lots of signs to the listener on who we are‚ building and creating our identity on just how we speak. The articulation of vowel sounds‚ usage of High rising terminals‚ accents‚ articulation of words‚ or particular usage of non-standard variants can aid the other to determine your education and social status‚ even if you are completely the opposite. You might by highly educated‚ yet sound like an ignorant teenager and the latter is what is perceived
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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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