FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT ENGLISH PREP LEVEL B (SUMMER TERM) WORKSHEET NO: 5 KEY JULY 3‚ 2009 PART A: GRAMMAR & USE OF ENGLISH TASK 1: Rewrite the sentences. Use the words in capital letters. Do not change the meaning of the original sentences. 1. It will probably rain‚ then I will stay at home. (IF) I will STAY AT HOME IF IT RAINS. 2. You were careless
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English as a global language English is spoken in most parts of the world‚ for instance in Great Britain‚ the USA‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ New Zealand and in many more countries. Moreover in African states English serves as main form of communication. English is‚ after the Chinese one‚ the language most people speak and it is the most popular second language and foreign language pupils learn in school. The English language is often named as a “killer language” that wipes out smaller languages
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"...then try and transfer it across” this language is shaped and selected for the sport as “Transfer it across” wouldn’t normally be associated with a football. In addition football comes with its own lexicon‚ like other sports it includes its own unique terminology. For example Gray comments “you don’t usually take out a striker out of the penalty for a free-kick round...” The terminology used is here is “penalty” “striker” and “free-kick” the language is specifically selected for football therefore
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During the fifty odd years since 1960‚ the world has dramatically changed. The map of countries has changed entirely‚ the list of allies of various countries has changed. Dictatorships have come and gone‚ repeatedly in some areas. However‚ throughout all of the turmoil globally‚ one thing has remained constant‚ and that is the rapid advance in computer technology. Throughout history‚ we have come from computers as large as a warehouse to computers that fit on our wrists‚ from computers that are massive
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"English as a Second Language" What is an ESL Learner?English as a Second Language* students are those whose primary language(s) of the home is/are other than English‚ and who therefore require additional services in order to develop their individual potential within British Columbia’s school system. Some students speak variations of English that differ significantly from the English used in broader Canadian Society and in school.* In some literature‚ this is referred to as English
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nineteenth century were‚ where it was taught to commanders that the offense army could still outmanoeuvre an enemy on the defence. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR had shown that this was not always true; the combination of more accurate guns‚ more powerful artillery and the mobility of railroads made the defenders far stronger than attackers in many battles. European observers scoffed at these lessons‚ however‚ and believed that a similar situation would never occur in more civilized Europe. They were to be proved
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Age problems and difficulties in leaning English as a foreign language Since 19th century foreign language learning has been a practice for many people. That was mostly due do colonization and industrialization or economic purposes. People from different cultures came into contact to one another. They needed to talk and exchange ideas. For the colonizers‚ they needed to learn the language of those countries which they were invading‚ to understand the mentality and the culture of its inhabitants
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redefined books. They were no longer only about religious subjects. Instead‚ printers began making books on all subjects‚ from traveling to medicine. The style of books also changed as the printing press standardized writing and language. Handwritten books usually had inconsistent grammar‚ punctuation‚ spacing‚ and spelling because they written by different scribes. On the other hand‚ because printing was done by a machine‚ there was less room for human error so written language became more consistent
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English‚ which is spoken by 1.9 billon of the world’s population as their first language (Redman‚ 2004)‚ has been spreading rapidly in the world since the British Industrial Revolution and colonialism in many continents such as Asia‚ Africa and North America during the 18th century (Lavot‚ 2000). As the influence of English is increasing‚ some linguists think that it is a natural process of successful international communication. However‚ many other languages are also dying out at an accelerating
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Lection N 1 The formation of the English Nation and the English Language. 1. Celtic invasion and its influence. 2. Roman invasion and its influence. 3. Anglo-Saxon invasion and its influence. 4. The spread of Christianity. 5. Danish invasion and its influence. 6. Norman invasion and its influence. 7. The formation of the English language. Different borrowings. 1. During the period from the 6th to the 3rd century B.C. a people called the Celts spread across Europe from the
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