Endangered Languages CONOR MCDONOUGH QUINN Languages that are threatened with the loss of natural generational transmission are referred to as endangered languages. Language endangerment generally occurs in the later stages of language shift‚ that is‚ when a speech community moves away from their earlier variety‚ dialect‚ or language to a new one or new set thereof (Fishman‚ 1991). While the processes of endangerment and extinction have likely been constant throughout the history of human language‚ the
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Name four key values/ ethical considerations you consider most important when establishing and conducting treatment groups? I consider all values and ethic important when referring to the social work practice. The reason that I consider all the values and ethic important in the social work practicum is because social work has an impact people lives‚ so whenever a person life in involve everything should be taken serious. Social workers changes people lives‚ if I had to name four key values when
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Comparison on Chinese CLIL with European CLIL Abstract: Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)‚ regarded as an “umbrella” term to dual-focused education where content is learnt through an additional language‚ is widely implemented in Europe. This paper mainly focuses on the theoretical bases of CLIL implementation‚ its implementation in Chinese context and its shortages compared with Europe. The whole essay includes three parts: the introduction‚ the body and the conclusion
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There are two different varieties of the same language which are used in the community. One is known as “High” varieties‚ the other “Low” varieties. Each of them has their own role to play in a language. High varieties are commonly applied in the formal contexts‚ like meeting or press conference while low varieties are usually used in informal contexts‚ such as daily conversation with friends and family. Diglossia could also occur between two languages (Holmes‚ 2008). “Ah Boys to Men” is a conscription
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3 Key Elements of Effective Business Communication By Barbara Bulleit‚ Global Knowledge Instructor Communication We communicate all the time‚ every day. Sometimes we’re even aware of it! We communicate through gesture‚ body language‚ facial expressions‚ and tone of voice as well as through the words we speak. These variables can be joined in a variety of ways in our communication. Add to this mix: language; cultural and social differences; educational background; physical proximity; and individual
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a) the investigation of special language means which secure the desirable effect of the utterance(stylistics devices and expressive means) b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the choice and arrangement of language means are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication. (functional styles) Functional styles discusses such general linguistic issues as oral and written varieties of language‚ the notion of the literary (standard) language‚ the constituents of texts larger
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Running head: Learning Theories Key Learning Theories Deborah Lynne Kittredge Deborah Kittredge Keiser University EDU521 Dr. Leigh Baldwin August 22‚2009 [ ]Abstract This paper views the learner‚ the learning theories and how they relate to the most effective classroom environment. The learners that are discussed are third grade American Indian
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adults to falter in their learning. This is the reason ESL beginners are a real joy to instruct and can make your job as a teacher so fulfilling. It’s crazy if you think that when kids are motivated and interested they could retain around 80% of a language lesson - this places them miles in front of the majority of adults! Here are a couple of ideas to ensure that you’re giving kids the most appealing learning experience possible and getting the most reward out of your time with them as you can:
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measured. 25. logic – a thinking process that helps to make valid conclusions. 27. mental set -to use old ways to solve problems 29. one- word stage – a stage of a child’s development when their language skills are basically one word at a time. 31. prototype – a concept that has all of the same features of an original subject. 33. representativeness heuristic – a mental shortcut to judge where something belongs based on how much it is like something else. 35. scripts – things we do regularly or
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-249 Pragmatics 2:3.235 InternationalPragmatics Association LANGUAGE IDEOLOGY: ISSUES AND APPROACHES Kathrvn A. Woolard 1. Introduction This special issue of hagmarl ’cs derives from a day-long symposium on "l^anguage Ideology: Practice and Theory" held at the annual meeting of the American Anthropology Association in Chicago‚November 1991.1 The organizing premise of the symposiumwas that languageideologyis a mediating link between social structuresand forms of talk‚ if such static imagery
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