1. Differences between First Language and Second Language | First Language | Second Language | Definition | any language other than English that a child was exposed to during early development and continues to be exposed to in the home or community | any language learned after the first language or mother tongue | Basis for learning | universal grammar alone | knowledge of the first language also serves as a basis for learning the second language | Learning Process | children spend
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any language means a contraction‚ reduction and impoverishment of the sum total of the reservoir of human thought and knowledge as expressible through language. To what extent do you agree with this? As globalization takes place‚ languages spoken by the majority became lingua franca of different regions. English for example as its most widely spread across the entire world‚ is spoken by 360 to 400 million as their first language and 470 million to more than 1 billion as their second language. It
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What is the extent of presidential power?” This is a question that has been debated in the United States since the days of founding the nation. It could be because throughout history‚ the president has a deep understanding of the government and what it entails. Stepping back to when Americans were just colonists‚ they dealt with specific situations that made them question their lives as they knew it. Awake from a revolution‚ the founders of America were concerned with an executive official‚ one that
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Power is Money; Money is Power Power is money and money is power. There are many more examples of this now than anytime in the past. One of the most obvious examples is politics. Ross Perot was an unkown multimillionaire and his money is the only reason that he made it into the presidential election. If a man who earned a standard salary wanted to run for president‚ he would have almost no chance at all unless he was backed by people with money. Every four years when the U.S. Presidential
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1. Nuclear power and solar power: Goal: Which is better for people? Argue Solar power is better than Nuclear power Points: Pollution free – production Safety Convenience Human beings have been using fossil fuels for hundreds of years‚ satisfying the demand of industrialization. The behavior of using fossil fuels‚ on the other hand‚ causes huge pollution‚ such as soil‚ water and atmosphere contamination. In addition‚ fossil fuels‚ such as solid‚ liquid and gas‚ are all facing on the exhaustion
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Language is a persuasive tool but can also be misleading and confusing. Barriers such as distorting euphemisms‚ acronyms‚ lingo‚ illogicalities‚ and clichés can distort the meaning of words or phrases (Kirby et al‚ 1999‚ pg. 92). The most powerful ability of language is to understand and effectively communicate. Being able to clearly communicate ideas to each other allows empowerment and the ability to be open to new thoughts and opinions. The ability to reproduce this information to another in a
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Prominence of Language I believe that of all possible human qualities‚ the one that wields the most power is the ability to use‚ understand and communicate effectively through language. Language is both powerful and useful but it is also what sets people apart from each other. After reading “Aria” and “Black English” and watching the Pidgin film‚ I have come to understand that language is also your identity. I conclude that your identity‚ both private and public‚ will affect your use of language. Language
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Language is a great power which forms a huge part of people culture and identity‚ it’s also enabling them to express themselves and keep their history. In colonized regions the issue of colonial and native language became the subject of discussion between critics. In relation Chinua Achebe "The African writer and the English Language" and Ngugi Wa Thiong’o "The Language of the African Literature" essays; I will discuss what do these two writers have in common and in what way they are different.
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Spoken Language Language is an integral part of our society; it uses a series of systems to convey meaning‚ thus setting up a discourse community. The surrounding environment plays a major role in our language as a social practice. Language is a form of communication involving an organized system of symbols whether written‚ spoken or pictures. Language is purposeful‚ built on shared conventions‚ shaped by the context and constitutes texts of various sorts and " language is the source of human
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Submitted By: Maryam bibi Subject: Organizational Behavior Topic: Power‚ power gained and power lost Discipline: IMS Semester: 4th Dated: 15th April‚ 2013 Introduction This research paper is about power‚ power gain and power lose. What is the effect on people’s behavior when power increase and decrease. In this research paper four experiments are taken. These experiment were design to investigate the effect of power lose and power gain and to test the specific proposition that in exchange interaction
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