George Orwell was an English author‚ best known for his novels‚ Nineteen-Eighty-Four‚ and Animal Farm. Orwell used his work to raise political questions. In his essay "Politics and the English Language"‚ Orwell questions the authenticity of the English language. According to Orwell‚ the English language has become "ugly and inaccurate‚ because our thoughts are foolish‚ but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts." He believes that this is the reason why we
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Investigating the English Language Needs of Petroleum Engineering Students at Hadhramout University of Science and Technology Atef Saleh Al-Tamimi & Munir Shuib School of Humanities‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia Biodata Atef Saleh Al-Tamimi worked five years as a university instructor at Hadramout University of Sciences and Technology‚ Yemen. He is currently a PhD student at the School of Humanities‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia. His areas of interest include ESP‚ Needs Analysis‚ and English Language Teaching
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Language is seen as mans most important gift. It is the basics of all creative thought. Without language‚ there will be no progress‚ no civilization and no culture. English is important in Nigeria because it is the language that builds a bridge across the barriers created by the existence of many languages. Irrespective of its significance in our educational system‚ the English language‚ to all intents and purposes‚ appears indispensable in all aspects of our national development. Politically‚ it
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Hieu Tran Professor Michael Mannion English 12 A 27 October 2013 Is Texting Ruining The English Language? In this weeks video John McWhorter talks about texting. John studies how language has evolved -- and will evolve -- with social‚ historical and technological developments‚ in addition to studying and writing about race in America. He argues that we always hear texting is a negative decline or fall in serious literature or writing ability. That texting ruins someone’s ability to write or
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gifted with a special value: language. Engrossed in the theory of Chomsky‚ I have been intrigued by the human’s innate language acquisition structure and have grown up flourished by my passion of being intellectually able to seize this concept. This idea‚ in combination with my personal experiences‚ has made me consider studying English Language and Linguistics in further depth. My early years as a child were undoubtedly full of interaction with the English Language. I clearly remember the first
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English Controlled Assessment The English language‚ although used by almost all across the United Kingdom‚ has been mutated and altered in so many ways that sometimes we cannot even understand it ourselves. One of the main factors that affects our understanding of the language is one’s regional accent. Although most words and phrases will be comprehensible some phonetics may have changed so much that all we can do is hope that the context of what has been said makes sense in order for us to ‘fill
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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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Unit 1: Resource for advanced English language learners http://www.youtube.com/user/HarvardBusiness/videos Youtube HBR videos—look for other business-related channels This source of materials seems amazing to me. After a quick review on the material‚ I may admit that it is a good tool for me to develop my English learning in the long term. Harvard Business Review is a prestigious organization that can provide us intensive academic research on a variety of different topics. From this source
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identity to language‚ identity to culture and identity to being a Filipino‚ my answer is Nationalism. The essay of Vicente L. Rafael talks about these issues and tends to awaken the Filipino. In the essay‚ the closely related issues of identity and language have proved us that we are indeed cultureless and left without identity. The essay talks about the hierarchy of English‚ Spanish‚ Tagalog and “Taglish”. Today‚ you can no longer distinguish the class of a person by the language he uses. You
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The acquisition of a new language can pose many difficulties to both the student‚ in learning the language‚ and to the teacher in communicating and teaching the language. The following essay attempts to outline some of these difficulties. One of the major factors affecting all students attempting to acquire a foreign language is the correlation of the new language and their native tongue. The degree of variation between the student’s native tongue and the English language can cause all kinds of problems
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