English: To Be or Not To Be the Official Language of the United States? For years‚ there has been debate over whether or not the Congress should pass legislation which would make English the official language in the United States of America. On one side of the spectrum‚ supporters of the issue feel that official English would help to unify America under one language‚ thus promoting a faster‚ cost-effective and efficient way of communicating. On the other side of the argument‚ opponents feel
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Language Barriers Communication is an essential part of our day to day lives. We use it in almost everything we do. Although effective communication does not guarantee success‚ its absence usually assures problems. In the U.S. language barriers can create many problems for non-English speaking immigrants that might include‚ but are certainly not limited to‚ difficulty finding employment‚ difficulty obtaining medical care‚ and difficulty achieving an education. Foreign-born workers are increasingly
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Introduction Language is the medium of communications and mechanism for social interaction. It is a vehicle of expression of thoughts‚ concepts‚ principles and cultural orientation. In fact‚ it is the most indispensable element of culture. It is never possible to understand the vitalities or components‚ as well as idiosyncrasies of another culture without its medium structure and medium of communication. The English language as a dynamic medium of communication and second language of Filipinos
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I think Chinese will become more important than English as international language in the future. And I will explain the reasons from different points of view‚ includes economy‚ population of Chinese and the effort made by Chinese government promotes Chinese learning. First of all‚ more people take Chinese language as an important language. The position of China becomes more crucial over the world as Chinese economy increases rapidly and keeps pace in GDP growth. David Teather (2010) stated that
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The New Texting Language: Bilingual or Lazy? The use of cell phones has taken over this generation’s communication with each other. According to Timothy Barranco‚ he says that in “Today’s society the youth are becoming bilingual without even realizing it.” (Barranco Pg.27) The author analyzes whether the texting language can be considered a second language‚ or is the new language just another way for Americans to diminish the English language. In the article “A Way with Words‚ or Away with Words:
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and English Languages People who are beginning to learn English‚ many of the features of English language can seem incomprehensible and totally redundant. For example‚ students can ask a legitimate question: why we should learn 12 tenses‚ when Russian we learn three. Also they don’t understand‚ why they use articles‚ if everything is clear without them in Russian. The best way to get a start in learning a language this is to understand‚ how it compares and contrasts to own language.
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MIDDLE ENGLISH AND NEW ENGLISH VOCABULARY The vocabulary in the ME period shows great instability and constant and rapid changes. Many words became obsolete; a lot of them reflected the ever-changing life of the speakers and were under the influence of contacts with other nations. 1. Internal means of enriching vocabulary. Internal sources of vocabulary growth became less important in ME. It might have been due to great expansion of foreign words (especially French). Beginning with the 15
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Learning and teaching a foreign language is quite an important factor in the modern society. Teaching the English language in Abha‚ in Saudi Arabia is highly important. Training English in Saudi Arabia would call for much attention than in any other subject. Introduction of this foreign language to the Arabs would be of importance in the next five years because; knowledge of the language has become a global requirement. English language is used‚ and will continue to be used in understanding numerous
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English is spoken in most parts of the world‚ for instance in Great Britain‚ the USA‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ New Zealand and in many more countries. Moreover in African states English serves as main form of communication.English is the language most people speak and it is the most popular second language and foreign language pupils learn in school. The English language is often can wipe out smaller languages and their cultures by exclusive use such as the media or the economy. There
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English has become a global language because it is both easy to learn and is superior to other languages. To what extent do you agree with this statement? Nowadays‚ English has naturally been evolved as a global language over time despite the fact that it has been proved by researchers that is the third most native language in the world after mandarin Chinese and Spanish. A global language is a language spoken internationally which is learned by many people as a second language. For many years
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