The History of English Teaching Methodology by S. Kathleen Kitao : Doshisha Women’s College‚ Kyoto‚ Japan Kenji Kitao : Doshisha University‚ Kyoto‚ Japan Language teaching has been around for many centuries‚ and over the centuries‚ it has changed. Various influences have affected language teaching. Reasons for learning language have been different in different periods. In some eras‚ languages were mainly taught for the purpose of reading. In others‚ it was taught mainly to people who needed to
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Paul Bogard‚ in his essay “Let There Be Dark” expounds on the idea that many cities around the globe should limit the amount of light produced and have more darkness all this at a time when many metropolitan cities like Chicago‚ Paris and Tokyo are more busy at night and therefore decide to use more light and energy. Bogard’s purpose is to explain to his audience such as the general public that many cities on the planet shouldn’t use too much light because it has detrimental effects‚ both physically
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www.ccsenet.org/elt English Language Teaching Vol. 3‚ No. 3; September 2010 Sociolinguistic Competence and Malaysian Students’ English Language Proficiency Mohan K. Muniandy Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Academy of Language Studies‚ Kuala Pilah Campus‚ 72000 Kuala Pilah‚ Negeri Sembilan‚ Malaysia Tel: 60-6-483-2130/ 60-12-611-8478 E-mail: mohan691@.ns.uitm.edu.my Gopala Krishnan Sekharan Nair Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Academy of Language Studies‚ Dungun Campus‚ 23000
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English as a global language 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‚ after the Chinese one‚ 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 named as a “killer language” that wipes out smaller languages
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diversity and similarity in the world. Former president Barack Obama presented a speech when he was running for president‚ his speech was about America‚ it’s goals‚ it’s diversity‚ and its past. The theme in both of the pieces are similar in a sense that they both emphasize heavily on being united‚ diverse‚ and believing in wants right. But both authors go about proving their point‚ the authors uphold this theme through their different uses of figurative language‚ description‚ and format. To start
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According to Shakespeare’s portrayal of figurative language in the balcony scene‚ fourteen year olds cannot truly fall in love. Juliet was very curious about how the mischievous and witty Romeo got past her well-surrounded balcony with high walls and her “kinsmen”. When questioned about this‚ Romeo answers‚ “I would adventure for such merchandise” (2/2/87-89). In this metaphor‚ Romeo compares Juliet to a merchandise. Merchandise are goods that are meant to be bought or sold. People always see the
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5.6 Using figurative language Figurative language is word or phrase that is being used to describe something by comparing to something else. Using figurative language makes the writing more interesting or more dramatic than using everyday or common language uses. It also creates powerful feelings since the readers can figure out images or pictures that have more meaning than simple words. In narrative writing‚ a few different figurative languages are used in narrative writing
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confusion. Mandel elaborates on how many critics misunderstand the text by stating that critics either feel sympathy for Miss Brill or reject the story completely. “Miss Brill” in comparison to other stories uses a more prominent use of imagery and figurative language. The way in which Mansfield uses this imagery is the main method to convey the rejection the protagonist faces. Mandel points to the usage of imagery contradicting the theme of isolation through the reduction of imagery simultaneously. Uses
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A History of the English Language Before the Germanic tribes arrived‚ the Celts were the original inhabitants of Britain. When the Germanic tribes invaded England‚ they pushed the Celt-speaking inhabitants out of England into what is now Scotland‚ Wales‚ Cornwall‚ and Ireland. The Celtic language survives today in the Gaelic languages‚ and some scholars speculate that the Celtic tongue might have influenced the grammatical development of English‚ though the influence would have been minimal
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In each of his poems‚ Robert Frost uses multiple stylistic devices and figurative language to convey certain theme‚ mostly having to do with nature‚ that ultimately show his modernist style and modernist views on life. In the poem “Mowing‚” the speaker of the poem is mowing his field trying to make grass. While doing this‚ he ponders the sound that his scythe is trying to “whisper” (Frost 26). The poem is organized into two sections: an octet and a sextet. In the octet‚ Frost mainly focuses on
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