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    Facial Expressions Hillary Anger Elfenbein University of California‚ Berkeley Martin Beaupre ´ University of Quebec at Montreal Manon Levesque ´ Omar Bongo University Ursula Hess University of Quebec at Montreal Two studies provided direct support for a recently proposed dialect theory of communicating emotion‚ positing that expressive displays show cultural variations similar to linguistic dialects‚ thereby decreasing accurate recognition by out-group members. In Study 1‚ 60 participants

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    1.1 Explain each of the terms: Speech Language Communication Speech‚ language and communication needs 1.2 Explain how speech‚ language and communication skills support each of the following areas in children’s development: Learning Emotional Behaviour Social 1.3 Describe the potential impact of speech‚ language and communication difficulties on the overall development of a child‚ both currently and in the longer term Explain taken from a leaflet produced by the Communications

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    multicultural people we got used to hear different languages everyday‚ which brings up the questions if a country should be bilingual or have common language to unify. Charles Krauthammer essay “Let’s make it official” claims that we need a common language to be unified culture. A country is diverse in different culture but could be unified in language. It is necessary to understand what nationhood is‚ so that you the reader realize that a national language does not alter a nation. It binds the nation‚ but

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    w w w e tr .X m eP e ap UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education .c rs om 0500/22 FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH Paper 2 Reading Passages (Extended) Additional Materials: * 6 1 2 9 3 6 9 5 7 9 * October/November 2011 2 hours Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and

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    Spoken Language Language is an integral part of our society; it uses a series of systems to convey meaning‚ thus setting up a discourse community. The surrounding environment plays a major role in our language as a social practice. Language is a form of communication involving an organized system of symbols whether written‚ spoken or pictures. Language is purposeful‚ built on shared conventions‚ shaped by the context and constitutes texts of various sorts and "…language is the source of human

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    The Secret Language Summary/Response In the article “The Secret Language” by Daisy Zamora‚ the author explained her personal experience of learning English in her country‚ and how she discovered the difference between spoken and academic English. The author explains how her passion of English language starts since the early age of her life when she influenced as a child by her grandmother exciting stories. One of her most interesting stories she liked‚ is the one about New Orleans Where her grandmother

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    participates in during or before their time and affects the way a text is composed. Through close analysis of these texts‚ we are able to determine the beliefs and ideas of the period they were written in. “Prufrock” concerns a man who can see the possible pleasures of life -love‚ joy and companionship - but is unable to act to allow himself these desires. Within this poem‚ Eliot presents a critique of modern society in which individuals are repressed‚ isolated and live a meaningless life‚ which made

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    Language Acquisition Essay    Language  is  everywhere  and  all  around  us.  Although  we  don’t  think much  on  it‚ language is  actually  really  complex  and fascinating.  Language development is what  children  go  through from  the  moment they are born‚  but it never really stops as humans are constantly learning. It  is  the development  of  understanding  and  communication  of  language  that  children  go  through.  There  are  many theories  related to  how  people  speak  and learn language and with

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    Language and Culture There are many who would say much about language and culture. Some might even say that the two are intertwined. There is ample evidence that language determines a culture. However some would save that language does not determine culture. My personal belief is that the use of the language determines the culture. One such place to find this evidence would be in any branch of the United States’ armed forces. Every day military culture includes a vast variety of ways to make the

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    Zaira Rios. Ms. A. Engl_114_686 January 31‚ 2014 Home Language In the lecture of Amy Tan‚ “Mother Tongue” is described as the way in which language develops from location in which we are raised‚ and unconsciously we adapt our language with each group we socialize with in our lives. Tan describes herself as someone who is “fascinated by language in daily life. There was a specific moment in the text that Tan realizes that she is using different “Englishes” in different social contexts. Tan

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