FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND LANGUAGE HBEL1203 LANGUAGE DISCRIPTION MATRICULATION NO : 650518135095003 IDENTITY CARD NO. : 650618-13-5095 TELEPHONE NO. :0194596391 E-MAIL : tedmund57@yahoo.com LEARNING CENTRE : PPT SIBU‚ SARAWAK Task 1 SINGAPORE: More than 1‚000 Singaporean attended the city-state’s biggest rally in recent memory yesterday‚ amid growing public indignation over predictions of a surging foreign population. The peaceful rally‚ held at an officially
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Living in a different country is hard enough. But not being able to speak the language everyone else is speaking is more troubling. Not knowing how to speak the language of the country you are in will affect you tremendously. People are so heartless and with them feeling like they can get over on someone who don’t understand will be taken advantage of. Amy Tan nervous level became very high due to the fact her mom had broken English. When Amy Tan decided to give a speech in front of the crowd
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he Structure of Language Language is a system of symbols and rules that is used for meaningful communication. A system of communication has to meet certain criteria in order to be considered a language: A language uses symbols‚ which are sounds‚ gestures‚ or written characters that represent objects‚ actions‚ events‚ and ideas. Symbols enable people to refer to objects that are in another place or events that occurred at a different time. A language is meaningful and therefore can be understood
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BODY LANGUAGE Body language is a form of non-verbal communication consisting of body pose‚ gestures‚ and eye movements. Humans send and interpret such signals subconsciously. Body language may provide clues as to the attitude or state of mind of a person. For example‚ it may indicate aggression‚ attentiveness‚ boredom‚ relaxed state‚ pleasure‚ amusement and intoxication among many other clues. WHY BODY LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT? Body language; Can effect how people think of you‚ Can reveal
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mean? First we have to understand the meaning of body language. Body language is a form of non verbal communication that supports verbal communication (Kasikci‚ 2003‚ p. 26). Non-verbal cues are as important as the verbal messages we communicate. Verbal messages reflect our thoughts‚ but non-verbal messages reflect more realistically the inner world of thoughts and feelings (Benzer). I believe it is important for one to have the correct body language when having a conversation with another individual
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Children’s language development and second language acquisition Sandra Morales Texas Woman’s University Children’s language development and second language acquisition The paper investigates how children develop their cognitive and language skills in a context that is influenced by social and biological factors. The literature review discusses the Cognitive and Social Constructivism theories and their influence on the education field. In addition the author presents how children develop
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The World of Languages Languages may not be the most important thing in the world‚ but without them people like us would not be able to communicate with each other. Many jobs require more than on languages to communicate with customers‚ most of these jobs are well paying jobs. Those who speak more than two languages are more likely to get a better paying job than one just knows one language. Many students may not agree that High School may have to require students to take two years of a second
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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 to the last cries of the voices
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Importance of Language In the story‚ “From a Native Daughter”‚ by Haunani-Kay Trask talks about herself‚ and how the history of the people and their culture of Hawaii means to her. She has learned stories over time from her parents and ancestors of how things were before her‚ so she has a lot of knowledge about the history and culture of the people before her. She is very vocal in her voice and wants people who aren’t native from Hawaii to learn the truth about the history of the culture of Hawaii
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Does Your Language Shape How You Think? Seventy years ago‚ in 1940‚ a popular science magazine published a short article that set in motion one of the trendiest intellectual fads of the 20th century. At first glance‚ there seemed little about the article to augur its subsequent celebrity. Neither the title‚ “Science and Linguistics‚” nor the magazine‚ M.I.T.’s Technology Review‚ was most people’s idea of glamour. And the author‚ a chemical engineer who worked for an insurance company and moonlighted
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