American population spoke a language other than English‚ and in 1990‚ 13.8% of Americans spoke a language other than English. The rate of increase in people who spoke a language other than English rose by 38.1% in those years. In 2000‚ the people who spoke a language other than English in the United States were 17.9%. The rate from 1990 to 2000 increased by 47.7% in those years. People who were fluent bilinguals had a rating of 9.8%‚ and people who spoke a language other than English in 2000 were at a rating
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Language is a key entity for survival in life. Without language‚ people would not be able to communicate. It is used in a variety of different ways and there are many different sounds languages make throughout the world. It is especially used for communicating in the business world. Since the United States is a world power‚ many say that English has become more prevalent in the global marketplace. Is English really becoming a worldwide language? Charles Foran answers this question in his essay‚
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several issues and concerns raised by the author. The two concepts are mimicry and othering. Mimicry is best annotated through the main character‚ Vickramadas in the short story. He aspired to be an Englishman. He imitated the dress‚ manners and language of the whites. The othering is expressed through some characters‚ Miss da Gama and Miss Cunningham‚ who assumed that they were
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I chose English because I was interested in it since I was in primary school. I always hoped to score A’s in English. In order to improve my English‚ my mother started to speak English with me since I was six years old. My English improved as I spoke more and more. Before I attended Structure and Grammar of English 1‚ I thought that Grammar was as easy as what I had learnt during primary and secondary schools. After I attended the first class‚ I knew that I had much more things to cope with.
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English‚ the Official Language in the U. S. Michele Hoard ENG 122 Instructor Nelly Aguilar March 7‚ 2011 English‚ the Official Language in the U. S. The researcher stated that English is now the official language in the United States. There are documents that discuss the importance of an official language in America‚ which supports this statement. In this research there are further details about English as the Official Language in the U. S. and how language can unite people in society
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[SIWES] was initiated by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) in 1973 as a means of harmonizing post-graduation endeavours. The scheme was therefore introduced to provide students with the much needed practical experience in order to promote their technical knowledge and serve as a means of exposure of students to industrial activities. The scheme requires students to go out to their various fields of expertise to gain experience which wouldn’t have been possible ordinarily in their schools. As the
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Technical Communication Chapter 1. Introduction to Technical Communication. Communication is the exchange of thoughts‚ message or information‚ as by speech‚ visuals‚ signals‚ writing‚ or behavior. Derived from the Latin word “communis”‚ meaning to share. Communication requires a sender‚ a message‚ and a recipient‚ although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender’s intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distance in time and
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I am a Dynamic Learner. Sequence 28 (Use First) – When I’m at work I always use deadlines to suggest what I will be working on that day. When I leave a meeting without deadlines set I get agitated because I have nothing to look forward to for my task completion. Very rarely do I get things done ahead of schedule because those deadlines were not created and set and at the end of the day I leave knowing the task is incomplete and everyone decided to go home early instead of working on the project due
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A GUIDE TO TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING The Institution of Engineering and Technology CONTENTS FOREWORD ...................................................................................3 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................4 1 OBJECTIVES ................................................................................5 2 THE FORMAT OF THE REPORT ..............................................6 2.1 Beginning and end...............
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Monica Ruvalcaba 2/17/2015 Mr. Yarbrough ENGL 0301 English is one of the most important language and talk around the world. Such language is relevant to work‚ in the daily and social life in my country and various parts of the world’s trade. Learning English can access to better education no limited to universities. It is also important because it show other cultures‚ style life and different ways to think. It will give you this way to see yourself with other eyes‚ and perhaps discover it or aspects
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