The English Settle America The Pilgrims were not the first group of English people to live in America. The first group came in 1585‚ but their colony failed. They cam e for three reasons‚ to get rich‚ freedom of religion‚ and many people came because they wanted a better life. In 1607 the English started Jamestown in America. This town was in the Virginia colony. The English came to Jamestown to find gold and get rich. But they never found any. At first the Jamestown settlers didn’t want to grow
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“English Fortnight” was the second major programme organised by English Language society. It was held from 25th of April‚ 2011 until 6th of May‚ 2011. A series of activities and competitions were planned accordingly. “English Fortnight” was the second major programme organised by English Language society. It was held from 25th of April‚ 2011 until 6th of May‚ 2011. A series of activities and competitions were planned accordingly. “English Fortnight” was the second major programme organised by English
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advantages and disadvantages of English as a global language English become more and more common in our daily life‚ English movies‚ novels and science papers are a part of our life. At the same time‚ English play an important role in national society. 95 of 126 U.N. member countries use English to communication‚ about a quarter of countries and regions use English as official language or lingua franca. English is becoming to a global language. Everything has two sides‚ and English as a global language is
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• The Advantages of Learning English 29 Jan 2010‚ 7:00 pm There are 1 billion people in this world who are just like you. One billion people trying to conjugate verbs. One billion people trying to understand the difference between much and many. One billion people trying to pronounce TH and make it sound natural. Yes‚ that’s right‚ one billion people trying to learn English. This is because English has become the most important language in the world. 1.5 billion people already speak the language
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languages in the world‚ English is considered as the international language. There are some reasons why English is so important and many people attempt to learn it. I’d like to share the reasons in my point of view. Sri Lanka is a developing country and everyone has to learn English because today everything seems to be English. When we consider about education in Sri Lanka‚ children are forced to learn English starting at preschool in order to make their English better. English is added as a compulsory
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Abstract This study aims at finding out differences between Persian and English speakers’ patterns (macro and micro) of responding to compliments and observed some dissimilarity between them while accepting‚ rejecting and evading a compliment. This study also indicates whether Persian learners of English produce target- like compliments and compliment responses in English and whether pragmatic transfer can occur. Discourse completion tests (DCTs) were used to study the strategies employed when
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English as a Global Language English was first spoken in Medieval England‚ what we now know as England‚ by the Angles and the Saxons. At the end of the 16th century there was about 5-7 million people who talked English in England. English is now the language that is most widely used in the whole wide world. Except the United Kingdom‚ the United States‚ Canada‚ Ireland‚ Australia and New Zealand‚ there are a lot of Caribbean nations who use English as a first language too. I will show how and where
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important international languages is English Language. It is considered as a requirement for studying abroad for several decades. In particular‚ most of the textbooks in all the different disciplines are in English‚ including business textbooks. Students who aim at getting master or Ph.D in one of the business disciplines‚ they must consider that. However‚ some student may be confused or misled to become fluent English speaker or may don’t realize how much English language is important‚ or they are
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ISL Linguistic Date: 12 January 2013 History of the English Language • Indo-European Language Family Tree • World Englishes History of the English Language Source: http://www.danshort.com/ie/timeline.htm The figure below shows the timeline of the history of the English language. * The earliest known residents of the British Isles were the Celts‚ who spoke Celtic languages—a separate branch of the Indo-European language family tree. * Over the centuries the British Isles were
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The Future of English as the Global Language Is Assured English is the first language for the people in the United States‚ United Kingdom‚ Australia‚ Ireland‚ and New Zealand. Also‚ English is the second language for many countries over the world. The English now is the first global language. The question is will English be the first language in future or not. Some people say no‚ but I think the English will be the first language for long time. The people‚ who said the English will not be the
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