Introduction Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ distinguished by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine (food)‚ social habits‚ music and arts. In other words‚ it is defined as the “ the collective programming of the mind of one category of people which is different from other category of people where mind refers to the way of thinking‚ feeling and behaving”. This gives people a sense of who they are‚ their belongings and social behavior. Different anthropologists
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The Great Gatsby: Fact or Fiction? Everybody wants to be successful‚ and to make money. Every child grows up wanting to have their name in lights or to live in a huge mansion in the heart of New York. No person grows up wanting to do small things with their life‚ it’s within our human nature to want more than we can get. To make more money than we know what to do with‚ to have a house that is too big for us to live in. But for the vast majority of us‚ as we grow up reality sets in and from our parents
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International Spoken English for Speakers of Other Languages Book 2 Achiever Communicator Vincent Smidowicz Bridget Bloom Spoken English for Speakers of Other Languages Book 2 Achiever/Communicator Introduction This booklet provides a taster of the new support materials created for Spoken ESOL. All the sample exercises included here have been selected from Book 2‚ which covers the Achiever and Communicator levels. This new and important resource (see Key features) is designed both to help
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English Composition is a class that is needed for all functions of life. Without comprehension of literature‚ language‚ and sentence formation‚ a person cannot go through the basic tasks of life. Most careers involve the handing in of a resume‚ and then proposals to follow. Not to mention persuasive schemes to convince your boss to follow a plan you have designed. Corresponding to far away loved ones‚ via hand-written or e-mail‚ means much more when it the language is passionate and bold. Written
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LECTURE 3 MIDDLE ENGLISH GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS List of principal questions: 1. Outer history Scandinavian Invasion Norman Conquest Formation of the English national language 2. Inner history Phonetics Grammar Word-stock 1. Outer history LI. Scandinavian Invasion The end of the Old English period and the beginning of Middle English is marked by two outstanding political events — the Scandinavian invasion and the Norman conquest. It is impossible to state the exact date of the
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English Lexicology Ecaterina Albu‚ MA‚ senior university lecturer unilateral‚ bilateral‚ trilateral‚ multilateral monogamy‚ polygamy inflexible‚ imbalance‚ irrational‚ illegal download‚ copyright‚ mother wit‚ green wealth We summered in Spain last year. English Lexicology(I) 2 skate‚ skim‚ skin‚ ski‚ sketch‚ skid This fox goes well with your cap. He is too fond of bottles. blue-collar workers‚ white-collar workers‚ gray-collar works‚ pink-collar works‚ gold-collar
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Breaking Down Filipino English Filipino English most common variations in Standard English are on sound system‚ rhythm and on stress.I will explain why these are so in contrasting the interviewer‚which is using the standard British English and the interviewee‚ a Filipino English speaker‚or the CNN interview to President Benigno Noynoy Aquino. First in sound system ‚I observed that the Filipino English was always compared to their vernacular counterparts.For example‚when Pres.Aquino said
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English Paper One: The Extended Response When you ask people what they hate the most about English the majority will say writing extended responses. Essays‚ lectures‚ feature articles they all cause great grief to the poor HSC students who have to write them. I believe this attitude is mostly due to the fact that a great deal of students simply don’t know how to construct a response. They don’t know how to construct a thesis statement‚ or write arguments that can be backed up by textual support
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Greetings in English among Malaysian 1.0 Introduction The English language has been widely spoken and used in Malaysia over the decades. Malaysian English originated from the British English during British colonialism in Malaya far back before the Second World War. In the first half of the 20th century‚ Malaysian English was exactly similar to British English (BrE) (albeit spoken with a Malaysian accent). However‚ after Malaysia gained her independence in1957‚Bahasa Melayu claimed its status
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------------------------------------------------- Background Scottish English results from language contact between Scots and the Standard English of England after the 17th century. The resulting shifts to English usage by Scots-speakers resulted in many phonological compromises and lexical transfers‚ often mistaken for mergers by linguists unfamiliar with the history of Scottish English. Furthermore‚ the process was also influenced by interdialectal forms‚ hypercorrections and spelling pronunciations
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