• English is widely spoken and use around the worldand consider it the world language or the international language. • English language has an extremely large vocabulary. A basic and fundamental knowledge of the language is considered a requirement in a number of professional occupations. • Moreover‚ English is the international language of diplomacy‚ business‚ science‚ technology‚ banking‚ computing‚ medicine‚ aviation‚ UN & NATO armed forces‚ engineering‚ tourism and other more • English
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boomed and industry flourished. The very air of these streets was permeated by possibility. In this new age‚ dreams were just one floor of a skyscraper‚ one mile in a new car‚ one department store aisle out of reach. The Gilded Age filled America‚ a nation still healing from the stinging wounds of Civil War‚ with a new energy and spirit. In this time‚ anything was thought to be possible‚ if only one worked hard enough. But just around the corner‚ young immigrant women worked from before sunrise to after
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When our teacher asked to us: “What is language?” I couldn’t give a specific answer‚because the language means many things.So‚my mind was bombarded by lots of things.I said to myself: “Language is our identity‚language is our culture‚language is words‚rules‚interfaces‚signs‚reaction‚action‚verbal‚non-verbal‚discourse...”I was confused by that attack of the opinions and couldn’t choose a specific word that identifies language for the teacher’s question.After the class‚when I came to home on the bus
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stories. The first difference is that they were on two different planets. One was named Minos and the other was Mars. The planet Minos was very much like Earth. It had all the trees‚grass‚and water like Earth. The other difference is that they actually found people in Contagion and in Dark They Were And Golden Eyed they did not find people. They found this guy named Patrick Mead. He was tall‚handsome‚and slender. He was also one of the only people who were immune to the Melting Sickness. He was immune
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Occidental College OxyScholar ECLS Student Scholarship English and Comparative Literary Studies (ECLS) 4-1-2009 BALDWINISM: The English language functioning as a system of racism and colonization in a “Post”Colonial America Julian Mitchell Occidental College Follow this and additional works at: http://scholar.oxy.edu/ecls_student Recommended Citation Mitchell‚ Julian‚ "BALDWINISM: The English language functioning as a system of racism and colonization in a “Post”-Colonial America"
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Assessing the English Language Learner (ELL) The Growth of ELL (ESL) The number of human beings who speak a language other than English continues to increase in the United States‚ Canada‚ and Australia‚ for example‚ as the number of immigrants grows. In 2006‚ 34.70% of the population of Los Angeles‚ California‚ was foreign born; 25.50% of Miami‚ Florida; 39.60% of Vancouver‚ British Columbia; 45.70% of Toronto‚ Ontario; 28.90% of Melbourne‚ Australia; and 31.70% of Sydney‚ Australia (Statistics
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in a dark age for the following reasons. Thousands of people died from the bubonic plague‚ crusades were intense‚ and power of the government. For instance‚ the bubonic plague‚ also known as the “black death”‚ spread around at rapid speed. According to the Black Death document‚ “The plague infected the Indians in India‚ the Sind‚ the Persians‚ and the Crimea. … killing daily one thousand or more and destroying the population.” Many knights died because of the crusades‚ some of their man were eventually
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There were many major developments of the early Greek culture. The Greek Culture was the culture that showed the spirit of Western society. The Greeks had a strong devotion to freedom and the belief of human achievement. The most important creation in the universe to them was humanity. The period of Dark Ages occurred from 1150 to 800 B.C.E. There were no written records to be found‚ and so the culture had turned to simpler forms. On the Aegean island/sea are where some decorated pottery and crafted
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are three levels of standards that can be measured on the children’s ability how well they perform. The three types of standards that teachers use are Approaches Standards‚ Meet Standards and Exceeds Standards.( 2003.by teachers of English speakers of other languages‚ Inc‚ TESOL ) In Culture (Cross-Cultural Communications) the first domain of five. This is an important factor in ELLs to learn and understand the language knowledge from the diverse backgrounds. The most recent survey says in (2005-2006)
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