In most Asian families‚ most kids’ first language is their native language. My first language is English but my second language is Vietnamese. It has always been equally important to me in my life. My parents spoke English‚ but little of it. As I was getting a little older‚ one day I heard my parents talking in Vietnamese and it was something about me because they said my name‚ I got really curious and asked them. They would not tell me anything and would just laugh so it made me angry. I realized
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The Power of Our dear heavenly Father‚ we are grateful for your steadfast love to each one of us. We thank you also for wonderful life‚ good health and bountiful blessing. Please guide us in everything we do and say. Enlighten our minds so that we can understand the daily lessons. Help us to be obedient and polite to our professors‚ parents religious and community officials. Make us instruments of your peace and love. With this we will become Christ-like. We also pray for the forgiveness of our
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level. Others levels are discussed elsewhere here. Subject Content Since this handbook is for primary and secondary teachers‚ for convenience’s sake we name here six subjects broadly. Language Studies Social Science Religion Physical Ed. Arts Language includes listening‚ speech‚ reading‚ writing‚ second language and secondary literature. Social Sciences may include geography‚ history and civics. Religion may be Buddhism‚ Hinduism‚ Islam or Christianity. In certain countries they have values or
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taking it for granted where I concentrated upon the power distance aspect‚ and had gone through the critiques of Hofstede. The reason I (with all respect to the findings of Hofstede studies)‚ do not see such studies are feasible is based upon the fact that Hofstede studies are only addressing the hard-wiring of people though surveys and such a quantitative approach does not reveal the soft side of humans‚ i.e. feelings‚ emotions‚ body language‚ etc. When such an approach is followed by the leaders
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JavaScript (JS) is a dynamic computer programming language.[5] It is most commonly used as part of web browsers‚ whose implementations allow client-side scripts to interact with the user‚ control the browser‚ communicate asynchronously‚ and alter the document content that is displayed.[5] It has also become common in server-side programming‚ game development and the creation of desktop applications. JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language with dynamic typing and has first-class functions
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During this language study I learnt a lot about my idiolect‚ sociolect and the criticisms & stereotypes on teenager languages. In order to find out I recorded a survey and made a transcript of a conversation of mine with my friends. My mum would always remind me that I am still a Filipino. And to always respect other people especially the ones who are older than you. And that she don’t want me to adopt British teenagers attitudes-rude‚ impolite‚ arrogant bunch. She was just being stereotypical-
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LANGUAGE USE IN THAILAND: A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO THE CASE OF BHUTAN Namgay Thinley March 2002 CONTENTS ABSTRACT iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv ____________________________________________________________ ________ 1. INTRODUCTION 1 Statement of the problem Purpose of the study 2. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 2 Introduction Background information on language use in Thailand Language situation Standard Thai The present status of Thai Background information on language use in Bhutan Language situation
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Language analysis-practice EAL cat Fear must not blind us to facts The article ‘Fear must not blind us to fact’ has published on the Insight Publications (website) in 2013 which was wrote by Cameron Bright. The article is about the Melbourne government is going to install more CCTV cameras in the city to prevent random attacks not happen again. He argues that the government should think carefully about install the CCTV before any evidence shows it makes appreciable different to public safety. The
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Soc 150 Section: 01 C. Daniel (ANON for site) Dr. Herrick March 25‚ 2008 [4] Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler “Peer Power” 1998 In the article “Peer Power‚” concepts from chapters seven and eight can be seen. These concepts are ideology‚ structural mobility‚ social class‚ and power. The ideology of the clique leader caused kids who were trying to climb the social ladder to mimic the beliefs of the leader of the group. The cliques in this study also showed that there
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William Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’‚ is the story of a usurping General‚ Lord Macbeth‚ and his wife Lady Macbeth who are driven to murder their king in pursuit of the throne and power. The tragedy has multiple reoccurring themes and motifs‚ of which Shakespeare uses many aesthetic features to effectively develop and enhance. One such theme is Masculinity vs. Femininity which resounds throughout the entirety of the play and is a central focus point during many events. Shakespeare uses imagery‚ symbolism
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