At home but not at home Nicole Constable The main aim of the article is showing that in case of migrants (specifically Filipinas in Honk Kong) the concept of home is not as simple and unambiguous as it may seem. Constable presents different conceptualizations of the notions “space”‚ “place” and “home”. He follows the conception of Ackbar Abbas‚ who writes‚ "We think of a place in terms of definable physical characteristics and situatedness‚ at most as a symbolic structure. A space by contrast
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learning by: | Comments: | - analysing language correctly for teaching purposes | | - correctly using terminology relating to form‚ meaning and phonology when analyzing language | | - accessing reference materials and referencing information they have learned about language to an appropriate source | | - using language that is clear‚ accuate and appropriate to the task | | Pass: | Resubmission: | Pass on Resubmission: | Fail: | Tutor’s signature:_______________________Date: __________
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Operation Iraqi Freedom How many people do you know that have fought in the United States most recent war? This war was called Operation Iraqi Freedom. Many people have family members that fought in this war‚ or maybe a neighbor. The Iraq war was started shortly after 9/11 when the United States felt that Iraq leader Saddam Hussein had weapons of Mass Destruction. (WMD’s) With the rumor that Iraq had WMD’s President Bush felt the US military had to go on the offense to assure the safety of the
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students come from a strong cultural background and have a scholastic knowledge of English‚ having learnt the language at school as part of the compulsory curriculum. Those who don’t‚ have at least 1 to 2 years experience of learning the language and a number of them have already attended the course taught by CELTA trainees in previous years. As for learning styles there is a core group of retired teachers (mainly Italian and Latin) who I perceive to have a strong linguistic approach. This also emerges
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Movie Review: Gone with the Wind David O. Selznick’s Gone with the Wind‚ is a film based on the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. This film is set in Georgia the spring of 1861‚ and follows the life of a wealthy southern belle‚ Scarlett O’Hara. While the film focuses on the trial and tribulations of Scarlett’s love life‚ it also depicts life during the civil war‚ and after the civil war. Although the films depiction of southern life is somewhat reasonable‚ there are some historical inaccuracies
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verb is difficult for students. Solution: Use drills to include back chaining to help them with the linking of the phrase. Example 2: The unpleasant symptoms we suffer (Lexis) Meaning The lexis unpleasant symptoms means that you are ill and have side effects from a disease or virus or it could be something in society. Concept Questions: Does it feel good? No Is it comfortable? No Can you treat it? Yes Is their more than one? Yes Form Adjective + Noun Unpleasant symptoms
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very interested in taking part in the study‚ we set up times for the interviews. -4- Interviews with an ESL Learner Larry Bilokrely I have to say from a speaking perspective‚ I was impressed with Carlos. If I had met him on the street I would have said that his accent was present but he was still understandable. From a grammar perspective‚ he seemed to have a very good grasp of idioms. He used idioms at the appropriate time in a conversation and in the correct form. After talking with him I felt
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In the poem “Saigon is Gone‚” all of the people were frightened‚ scared‚ and panicked. It states‚ “We hear a helicopter circling circling near our ship. People run and scream‚ Communists!” This shows that the people were panicking and thought that the communists had come for them. It also states‚ “The commander is talking: Do not be frightened! It’s a pilot for our side who has jumped into the water‚ letting his helicopter plunge in behind him.” The author’s tone is that the people were frightened
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Son Gone Home Kayla Van Vliet By. Langston Hughes April 7‚ 2013 Pg. 792 Question 4 (pg. 77) In the story Son Gone Home by Langston Hughes‚ a mother and son who are having some conflicts in their life. The son had passed and away‚ and the mother is in morning of her dead son. She speaks to her son‚ asking him to come back‚ to talk to her. The son reappears in a spiritually way and talks to his mother. Telling her how she has been a terrible mother to him. He tells her that that
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Evocation of Feeling is a book written to show how the day to day actions and surroundings of people and events can change your emotions. I have included the title a Culture of Poetry showing that a mixture of everyday life has inspired me to write poetry‚ regardless of style. My poetry is certainly a mixture of forms and I hope you enjoy it. And to the critics‚ yes I have broken some of the sacred poetry rules. Times they are a changing. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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