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    Jamie Oliver’s style of speech is very different to many of his contemporaries: he uses his distinctive style to present himself as a down to earth‚ friendly TV chef. Oliver is the only person talking in his transcripts because he is cooking and explaining his actions for the TV show. The fact that he is cooking while talking means that there are numerous pauses and fillers in the transcript‚ for example “you wanna coat the bottom ... of the pan.” The pause indicates that he is demonstrating this

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    Express our own self: Shape our identity  Use different language with different people Language is part of own identity and it can express our own self‚ but also language may have some bad influence‚ for example some family who speaks wrong grammar will limit their future path and may being discriminate. We use different language with different people. In the article ‘Mother Tongue’‚ Amy and her mother used ‘Broken English’ to communicate to each other‚ it is because of her mother tongue. Although

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    Language throughout our culture is extremely powerful. It is used to make connections with other people‚ it is used in business‚ and countless other things. Without language there would be no unity or diversity. Both Anzaldúa and Morrison explore the power of language in their own perspectives. Anzaldúa expresses the power of language when she talks about linguistic terrorism. She mentions that‚ “Repeated attacks on our native tongue diminish our sense of self” (Austin 210). Since she was raised

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    Variety of Spoken Communication Many aspects of spoken communication are distinct in their uses of language. This distinction is for the fact that each variety of spoken communication‚ in return‚ uses the functions of language in their own specific ways and for their own specific purposes. Language of radio announcers is but one form which illustrates this distinction and the discussion of this essay attempts to explore the use of language within this variety of spoken communication – through

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    Shapes Everything around us is made of shapes‚ from the smallest type of micro-organisms to the biggest structure you will ever see in your life. They are the faces of the 3D solids we see around us‚ either being there in its own‚ or being a mix between two or more polygons. Shapes resemble different things and delivers different thoughts when looking or passing by them through the day. Putting these shapes or joining the to form volumes gives as a huge number of volume‚ they could be in the form

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    Shapes On Me” Shapes are every where  In every place I stare  Rectangle in the building  Sphere drawn on the side walk Hexagon on the stop sign Circle in the number nine Triangle in the pyramids  Octagon on the jewelry box lid Stars in the sky Oval in Ma’am Granada’s eye Pentagon in Washington dc Square in my TV Shapes are every where In every place I look Now I can figure out what shapes I see If only I could find my geometry book "On Behalf of the Sides of a Triangle"

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    Communicating Effectively In Spoken English In Selected Social Contexts. Communication is a process of transmitting information from origin to recipients where the information is required to be understood‚ reacted and responded by the recipients. According to Carl Rogers (1952)‚ real communication occured when we understand what we listen‚ feel the ideas and attitude expressed from other person’s point of view and when we achieve the frame of reference in regard to the things a speaker is talking

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    The development of English as a universal language is a fact that we cannot deny‚ as we cannot deny that the language is inextricably tied to the culture of the country that it represents and even though it is true that an international language can give small languages a better chance to survive‚ it is also true that in the case of English‚ the language is been used as a weapon‚ something to control other countries and to have advantage over them in scientific research‚ technology and world affairs

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    Power and Authority Speech To Kill a Mocking Bird Good Morning/Afternoon everyone today I am here to tell you about the first area of study for preliminary English‚ this is Power and Authority. The novel we are studying is To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee as well as this I have studied an article ‘The Outsider’ by Nikki Barrowclough and the song Black and Blue by The Herd. I have learnt that while parents have authority over their children some of them use this power over their children

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    AUTHORITYAuthority is that power which is exercised legitimately. All powers cannot be legitimate. Authority and legitimacy both depend on values‚ beliefs and attitude of the masses. Example of Authority: A robber who forces bank manager to handover cash on a gunpoint is not exercising “authority”. But when a police officer is controlling traffic and can use the threat of a fine or jail sentence‚ he is exercising authority. It is an investment in a legitimate form of power‚ it is profitable

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