CONTENTS Introduction ……………………………………………………………..…...….3 1. The problem of the definition of proverbs and sayings ……..……….….……4 2. The origin of English proverbs and sayings …………………………………. 5 3. The thematic classification of English proverbs and sayings… ……………....6 4. The usage of English proverbs and sayings in teaching English 4.1 pronunciation ..……………………………………………………….……7 4.2 grammar …………………………………………………………......8 4. 3 vocabulary …………………………………………………………...
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The Development of English Literature Usually‚ English literature is divided into seven periods from the academic angle: The first period is Early and Medieval English literature. And this period can be divided into two parts. The first part is Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066). The main literary contribution of this period is the Epic‚ and its masterpiece is the national epic The Song of Beowulf. It is the oldest poem in the English language and the oldest surviving epic in Anglo-Saxon literature
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ENGLISH LEVEL 4 Oral presentation The Country I Would Like to Visit For this project you will create a PowerPoint presentation about a country you would like to visit in the future and present it to your class in English. PowerPoint Presentation The first slide of the PowerPoint will be titled “The Country I Would Like to. Please include your name‚ account‚ and section and class period. You will have to research the information on line. In your presentation you must have a slide
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Learning English that there were about a billion people learning English. These people are benefiting from the many advantages of learning English as a foreign language. Travel... 2. What Are The Benefits Of Learning English? important learn English as long as they live in a non-English-speaking country‚ they are not thinking of all the benefits that they can obtain. English can change... 3. Benefit Of Learning English language used in any technology pamphlet or product. Learning English offers
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How does the English language enable us to express ‘politeness’? The definition of politeness is ‘Having or showing behavior that is respectful and considerate of other people’(Oxford Dictionary) it is a social construct that has formulated by humans to communicate in society. They are usually taught in the home and in society through our norms and values of socialisation .Linguistically‚ politeness is a form of pragmatic‚ ‘the study of how interlocutors use their own knowledge of a language to
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History of the English Language One thing that makes human culture possible is the language‚ not thought. We cannot form a precise though without the power of words. Surely‚ we can relay on pictures‚ but language is the tool that will help the idea construct more completely‚ precisely‚ with more detail and finesse. Animals communicate‚ but their way of communication is based on cries consisted of limited number of symbols which have general meaning. Example: In case of danger: - A human
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apparatus….” (A. A Hill) “Language is any set of system of linguistic symbols as used in a more or less uniform fashion by a number of people who are thus enabled to communicate intelligibly with one another” ( Random House‚ Dictionary of the English Language) “Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication” (Wardhaugh). “Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols which permit all people in a given culture‚ or other people who have learned the system of
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settled in Britain and began to call themselves English (after the principal tribe of settlers‚ called English). Although we know very little of this period from literature some poems have nevertheless reached us. In those early days songs called epics were created in many countries. The epics tell about the most remarkable events of a people’s history and the deeds of one or more heroic personages. The Song of Beowulf The first masterpiece of English literature‚ the epic poem The Song of Beowulf
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‘Why do Bollywood movies mix Hindi and English’ is a question that I have been asked by my foreigner friends over and over again. It comes to them as a surprise when I reply. ‘It is the normal way people talk in India’. Today‚ English is widely acknowledged as being the ‘lingua franca’ of the modern world. This phrase refers to the adoption of English as the ‘bridging’ language among communities to allow communication between people who do not speak the same language or dialect- making it the leader
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COMPUTER‚ THE TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND TESTING OF ESL PROFICIENCY OF STUDENTS OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Introduction Like all other disciplines in teaching‚ English Language Teaching has also become a separate discipline and specific subject worldwide. Thanks to the advent of Computers in the field of education‚ everything has been changed positively and has a new dimension. English has become a linqua franca of many nations. English‚ the international communicative language‚ plays a
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