could turn to are dying off of the face of the earth. Thus the global trend of language loss is an issue incredibly worthy of long overdue attention; it may in fact be our last meaningful alternative to rescue the plight of humanity’s survival. As a repository of knowledge‚ an expression of culture‚ and a symbolic embodiment of a way of life‚ the loss of a language speaks for itself. Although some Aboriginal languages are on the brink of extinction in Canada‚ regrettably‚ not many people are listening
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Communicating Effectively In Spoken English In Selected Social Contexts 1. Introduction English has become an important language in Malaysia as the society starts realizing the importance of the use of English in this new millennium. It is not only the English language that has been a major concern nowadays‚ but also oral communication skills in order to become competent in communicating with the rest of the world. After all‚ for Malaysian to be able to compete‚ English oral communication
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What should she do? Ignore the bad language? Give Tommy a warning? Put Tommy in timeout? On a more philosophical level‚ Ms. Smith wonders if calling another child a "poop head" is really all that bad. After all‚ there are much worse words that Tommy could have used.Language values clearly vary from one community to another. Language values are also influenced by social and economic forces. Parents in religious communities may want more restriction on profane language than parents from non-religious
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Phillip Mixon Mohammed Alfarttoosi English 102 First Draft – 12 Feb 2014 The History of the Term Nigger Nigger...How do you feel about this word? Does it make you sad? angry? Are you indifferent? Does seeing this word make you want to stop reading this? Would it be alright if I said “Nigg-uh” instead of “Nigger”? These are the kinds of questions I am going to explore in my research paper. This topic‚ to most people‚ is something that I find is commonly avoided and glossed over. People often
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Figurative Language versus Literal Language Critical Thinking – PHI 210 Figurative Language versus Literal Language Figurative language is a language that uses embellished words or expressions to convey a message different from the literal interpretation. They are not to be taken literally but instead are meant to be imaginative (creative‚ inventive‚ offbeat)‚ vivid (intense‚ flamboyant‚ dramatic) and evocative (suggestive). Poets (and writers) frequently use figurative language as a way to
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Figurative Language versus Literal Language Figurative language‚ which some may refer to as “figure of speech”‚ is a type of language that utilizes description to produce a particular illustration and reveal a person’s emotion. It is‚ also‚ said that figurative language is associated with the human senses. Figurative language contains words that produce an intuition or thought of what the author wants his or her audience to know. At the end of the day figurative language plays an important role
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collocations play an important role in the field of second language acquisition‚ a number of previous studies have reported students‟ lack of collocational competence and the difficulties they encounter in learning and using collocations. The present study examines the productive and receptive knowledge of lexical and grammatical collocations among advanced Arabic-speaking learners of English. Furthermore‚ it investigates whether the language environment (ESL or EFL) has an influence on the acquisition
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An Education in Language by R. RODRIGUEZ Born in 1944 in San Francisco‚ California‚ Richard Rodriguez grew up in a home in which Spanish was the first language; consequently‚ like millions of Americans he learned English as his second language. As a child‚ Rodriguez experienced an oftimes painful struggle to master English‚ which he calls his “public” language. As an adult‚ he attended Stanford University in California and Columbia University in New York‚ following which he did graduate work at the
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_____________ OUMH1303 ENGLISH FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION SEMESTER 1 _________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS 1. This assignment contains only TWO (2) questions that is set in the language of the printed module for the course. 2. Answer in English. 3. Your assignment should be typed using 12 point Times New Roman font and 1.5 line spacing. 4. Your assignment should be between 2500 and 3000 words excluding references. The number
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The Language of Poetry This accessible satellite textbook in the Routledge INTERTEXT series is unique in offering students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on poetry. Written in a clear‚ user-friendly style by an experienced writer and practising teacher‚ it links practical activities with examples of texts. These are followed by commentaries and suggestions for research. It can be used individually or in conjunction with the series core textbook‚ Working with Texts:
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