The Evolution of the English Language Did you know an estimated 750 million people speak English in the world today? English comes from the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language tree and evolved on the island of Great Britain. From commercial‚ political‚ and military influences‚ it has become an international language. It is the official language of air traffic controllers and the Olympic Games‚ and is the majority of the world’s second language choice. English has changed throughout history
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English Language Learners (ELLs) are students who come from non-English-speaking backgrounds. These students need to have modified instruction in their academic courses so they can learn how to communicate fluently or learn effectively in English. There are many issues that are arising pertaining to this specific group of students. By 2025‚ about one out of every four public school students will be an ELL‚ so this problem will only get larger and affect more students. Only 29% of ELLs scored at or
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Language censorship in English movies and television Lam Pui Ling UCSI University Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia Lim Woei Hoa UCSI University Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia Ooi Chee Ling UCSI University Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia Abstract This paper examines the issue of censorship in English movies and television programs mostly in the Malaysian context‚ specifically from the language aspect. A simple introduction is given in defining language and censorship. The procedure used to conduct the
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Modern methodologies in English Language Teaching Effective ways to teach Grammar By Ms.K.RajalakshmiTherichselvam Assistant Professor – I Department of English Kalasalingam University Krishnankoil. In teaching English to the learners‚ one must aim at making them efficient users of the language. The learners should be enabled to use the language for all their needs of communications. For the last several years‚ the teaching of grammar on schools has been the subject of criticism. There are
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possible that the prejudice some of those people act on is driven by something subtle than simple hatred? Why are we prejudice? Can prejudice be insidious and non-conscious? What is the difference between prejudice‚ stereotyping and discrimination? The difference between prejudice‚ stereotyping and discrimination Prejudice‚ stereotypes and discrimination are genuinely intergroup phenomenon even thou they are expressed by
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culture is a reminder that the history of English is a story of culture during the past 1‚500 years. The English language people use today went through three stages. Namely‚ old English ‚middle wnglish and modern English. if people look back to the history of English‚ it’s certain to say that many elements have helped to shape the language‚ but one element that so crucial that we should pay special attention to is the influence of Christianity. II.on English General Vocabulary In the west‚ Christianity
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The Future of English as the Global Language Is Assured English is the first language for the people in the United States‚ United Kingdom‚ Australia‚ Ireland‚ and New Zealand. Also‚ English is the second language for many countries over the world. The English now is the first global language. The question is will English be the first language in future or not. Some people say no‚ but I think the English will be the first language for long time. The people‚ who said the English will not be the
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American population spoke a language other than English‚ and in 1990‚ 13.8% of Americans spoke a language other than English. The rate of increase in people who spoke a language other than English rose by 38.1% in those years. In 2000‚ the people who spoke a language other than English in the United States were 17.9%. The rate from 1990 to 2000 increased by 47.7% in those years. People who were fluent bilinguals had a rating of 9.8%‚ and people who spoke a language other than English in 2000 were at a rating
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1 out line : Should english be official language in the u.s. ? I Introduction Hook - English is good for official language in the U.S. - In the future China or Japan is powerful of business in the world so‚ people have to learn many languages. - Not fair for American people who can speak on English but Asian people ‚Mexican people they ‘re Bilingual. - Dose the U.S. should have official language more than one language? Explanation. Because of The U.S
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English Should Be the Only Official Language in the U.S. Right after Qing Shi Huang‚ the First Emperor of Qin Dynasty‚ unified ancient China in 221 B.C‚ he promoted a series of revolutionary policies. One of them is “Shu Tong Wen”‚ meaning over the kingdom‚ all writing should be with the same characters. It was the first time that China has an “official language”. Before then‚ one Chinese character could be written in several versions and sound extremely different‚ which was a great hinder to production
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