Have you ever been embarrassed to the point that you wished you could just disappear at the snap of the fingers? I have. Only my mum could have embarrassed me like that. My face was burning with rage; I could not believe that she had told them. There are only a few things in life which can make you feel as small as I did. Like everyone else‚ I was raised believing in the
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Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom Then all the children of Cocoa Bottom went to see Mr. Samuel ’s electric lights . They camped on the grass bank outside his house‚ their lamps filled with oil ‚ waiting for sunset‚ watching the sky turn yellow‚ orange . Grannie Patterson across the road peeped through the crack in her porch door . The cable was drawn like a pencil line across the sun . The fireflies waited in the shadows‚ their lanterns off . The kling-klings* swooped
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The Rise of English The rise of English as an international language has always been a debatable issue. Its critics condemn the global dominance of English as a form of linguistic imperialism‚ in which hegemonic powers like Great Britain and the United States extend their influence and interests by promoting the teaching and learning of English (Phillipson‚ 1992). In contrast‚ others have observed that the ascension of English as an international language has been supported by individuals in various
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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 AND ICT BY BANDELE ADEBOYE SOGBESAN SENIOR LECTURER IN ENGLISH‚ DEPT OF LANGUAGES‚ TAI SOLARIN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION‚ IJEBU ODE. INTRODUCTION Language has been described by various scholars over the years according to the perceived roles it plays in different circumstances. Sapir (1921) sees it as a system of arbitrary vocal signs and symbols used for the purpose of communication. It can also be seen in the light of Christophersen’s (1981) view as a conventional
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SEMINAR III STYLISTIC LEXICOLOGY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1. Stylistic differentiation of the English Language. a) stylistic and style meaning of the word; b) types of stylistic meaning of the word: emotional evaluative expressive. Criteria for the stylistic differentiation of the English vocabulary. 2. Words which have lexico-stylistic paradigm. Words which have no lexico-stylistic paradigm. 3. Stylistic functions of literary words: poetic diction archaic words barbarisms bookish
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Politics and The English Language Response Clarity and simplicity‚ the only two factors that keep it real; at least the only two factors that help the readers understand the truth. Politics is always a tough thing to talk about‚ to follow‚ to express and even to educate yourself about. In the essay written by George Orwell “ Politics and the English Language” he deliberately expresses that writing of today isn’t the same writing of yesterday. In other words‚ George Orwell expresses his thoughts;
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TEACHING PAST FORMS OF THE VERB A LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH FOR GRADE THREE PUPILS I. GOAL At the end of the discussion‚ pupils will be able to know and understand the past forms of the verb. II. OBJECTIVES a. Enabling - Pupils will be able to understand that -ed‚ -d‚ -ied can be added to the base forms of the verb to express past action (for regular verbs). - Pupils will be able to recognize that irregular verbs do not make the past form by adding -ed
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Upper Secondary School ROUND 2: TOPICS FOR ORAL PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS In the second round‚ you will be asked to draw ONE of the following topics. You will have 10 minutes to prepare your topic before presenting the topic for 7 minutes. After your presentation‚ the oral examiners will ask you some questions about that topic in about 3 minutes. NB: Each topic will be drawn 2 times at most. Do not present more than 7 minutes. TOPIC 1: TRAVEL It is said that “Travel broadens people’s
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1. SUFFIXATION IN OLD ENGLISH 1.1 The Old English Period Of The English Language Like all divisions in history‚ periods of the English language are matters of convenience and the dividing lines between them purely arbitrary. For the sake of convenience we distinguish three main stages in the history of language‚ namely Old English (OE)‚ Middle English (ME)‚ and Modern English (MnE). The first period‚ which lasted from 450 to 1100 (or 1150)‚ and is known as Old English‚ is the period of full
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