My Predicaments With The English Language As a college professor in Accountancy‚ I was often tasked to watched over the classes of other professors during major exams. Often enough‚ I act as proctor for several classes in a local university where I used to teach. Most classes that I was tasked to proctor‚ were either Accountancy‚ Math or Economics. As common practice in the university‚ the type of questions that were given‚ were mostly in multiple choice and quantitative analysis formats
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Against English as Official Language About 10% of the students at my High School are not Caucasian and probably speak a different language at home or might not speak English very well. English should not be the Official Language because of its unfairness to immigrants or anyone who doesn’t know the English language well. English should not be the official language because it would be unfair to immigrants or anyone who doesn’t have proficient English. Students who do not have very good English or don’t
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“Press 1” For English Rachel Hoffman Composition II Justin Remeselnik March 17th‚ 2010 One Nation Under English Quick what is the official language of the United States? English right? Wrong. Today in America‚ the melting pot theory has created a nation of millions of immigrants from all over the world. Record numbers of non-English speaking immigrants live their daily lives not having to speak a word of English! And instead of encouraging new immigrants to learn the English needed to
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"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. No word in the English language rhymes with month‚ orange‚ silver‚ or purple. "Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. "One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order. There is only ONE word in the English language with THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF DOUBLE LETTERS.... Bookkeeper There is a word in the English language with only one vowel‚ which occurs five times: "indivisibility
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the essay “Politics and the English Language”. This essay classifies the bad writing habits in modern English as opposed to the traditional style. We would first like to start off with a quiz to check the class’s general knowledge of the classesIf you could not identify any examples of slang and bad writing habits it would be smart to listen to what were going to talk about. George Orwell writes about the traditional style of English‚ and the connection between language and action. Orwell discusses
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The Future of the English Language Throughout history‚ the English language has evolved in many ways through different countries. Anglo Saxon spoken from Tribes in Britain became the common language‚ what we call Old English. Although modern English may sound different from Old English‚ there are several words that are recognizable and similar. However‚ there are also a great amount of changes that were made throughout the past and till this day. In today’s generations‚ media such as‚ Internet
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Plan Introduction………………………………………………………………………...….4 Part I. Lexico-Semantic Characteristics of different types of borrowed elements in English 1.1. the definition of the term "borrowed word"……………………..………………..6 1.2. the semantic features of types of borrowed elements in English…………………9 1.2.1. translation loans.……………………………………………………………….10 1.2.2. semantic loans…………………………………………………………………11 1.2.3. etymological doublets………………………………………………………….12 1.2.3.4. hybrids……………………………………………………………………….15 1.2
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The importance of English as a spoken language began as a result of the colonial era‚ when European powers took to the seas in order to find new lands and natural resources. The effects of that time can still be felt in the number of English speakers in India‚ select parts of Asia and Africa‚ and North America. The influence of English grew stronger in the 20th century‚ with the increased mobility of populations‚ the growth of the United States as an economic power‚ and the presence of international
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Coming to the United States from a Spanish country means facing many challenges such as learning a new culture as well as a new language. Learning English has alway been a challenge for everyone. However‚ this gets worse when you’re learning English as a second language. This is because the second language English learners fears of getting bully. Another reason is that they’re scare of getting people laugh because of the way that they pronounce the words or their accent. At the same time‚ they scare
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English Language Teaching Situation in Pakistan Analysis) “…a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia” (Attitude & Motivation Macaulay 1935 Ms. Mehwish Haider 1 English Language Teaching Situation in Pakistan Table of Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………...3 Definition of Second language ……………………………………………………….……...….4 Definition of foreign Language …………………………………………………………………4 Different needs to
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