Endangered languages: what is to be done‚ and why? The threat to linguistic resources is now recognized as a worldwide crisis. Language death is what happens when the last speaker of a particular language dies‚ or when a language community ceases to exist. It is an extinction that is happening on a massive scale and with astonishing speed. According to Krauss (1992a)‚ as many as half of the estimated 6‚000 languages spoken on earth are "moribund"; spoken only by adults who no longer teach them
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Five Attitudes of Effective Teachers: Implications for Teacher Training Bonni Gourneau University of North Dakota Abstract When preservice teachers or teacher candidates are asked‚ "Why do you want to be a teacher?” The response is commonly‚ "I want to be able to make a positive difference in the lives of my students.” Many teacher candidates continue to say they also want to be an effective teacher who will be remembered fondly by their former students. Some want to have a chance to be a
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It has been said‚” not everything that is learned is contained in books.” Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion‚ which source is more important? Why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Knowledge can gained both from experience and books‚ in my opinion‚ experience gained source is more important. Although knowledge gained from books is efficient‚ these gained from experience is more acceptable and indelible
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EVERYTHING BUT THE BRAIN ACT 2 SCENE 7 ACT 2 SCENE 7; PAGE 57 Flashback to Elaine’s childhood with Father again Same situation as Act 2 Sc 6‚ but the roles are reversed Father’s idea of a game is not Elaine’s idea of a game Father insists on using physics to make Elaine eat her porridge even though it is not fun to her as a child Father is quite forceful and not patient with Elaine - He wants to get the job over and done with Father asks Elaine what she wants to be‚ but Elaine answers what
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‘’The Wall was brought down‚ not by Washington or Moscow‚but courageous people from the east.’’ -Gerhard Schroder At the end of World War ll the United States and the Soviet Union worked together to conquer Germany‚ Italy and Japan. The united countries had enormous amounts of power‚ which earned them the nickname ‘’Superpowers." Rivalry grew stronger and stronger between countries and this was caused by opponent’s
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Between 1911 and 1915‚ Haiti was politically unstable due to a series of political assassinations and forced exiles resulted in six presidents holding office during this period. Revolutionary armies carried out the coup d’état regularly. Some experts suggested that these armies were enlisted by rival political factions under the promises of money‚ which would be paid after a successful revolution‚ and the opportunity to plunder. With this kind of instability in the region the United States invaded
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Define the term "Muckraker." Be sure to include the name of the person who created it. A muckraker is one who inquires into and publishes scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders. President Theodore Roosevelt is credited with originating the term ’muckraker.’ Naturalism was a literary movement of the late 19th century that was an extension of Realism. What was the main focus of the Naturalistic writer? Naturalistic writers believed that the laws
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Name of the restaurant! the name I’ve chosen for my restaurant is Zhaf’ fav is because I wanted to gather all the nice and most favorable food I ever eaten to this menu‚ and zhaf’s stands for my very name which is Zharif and Fav stands for favorite which is the favorite food I ever ate all around America . The reason I choose this name because I wanted to share with everyone the good food I love and I would guarantee of each costumer Location The location I choose for my restaurant would be
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The Monuments Must Go written by the Christian brothers‚ Jack and Warren Christian‚ was respectfully written to address the Mayor of Richardman Virginia‚ Levar Stoney’s‚ and the members of the Monument Avenue Commission opinions on the taking down of confederate statues‚ more importantly the Stonewall jackson monument. Mayor’s Stoney comment claimed that “removal of symbols does [nothing] for telling the actual truth [nor] changes the state and culture of racism in this country today.” The Christian
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theory. In our daily life‚ we can learn much information from practice. To learn swimming‚ it is useless to be absorbed in reading skills written in books. Only when you learn it in a swimming pool‚ can you make it. There are still a lot of things you must learn from your own experience‚ such as driving a car‚ riding a bicycle‚ operating a machine. And the most important is that it is often easier learn knowledge from practice than from books. As far as the average people are concerned‚ it is natural
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