The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education (2011-12‚ 1st Term) Master of Arts in English Language Teaching ENLT 6704 Psychological and Social Perspectives on Language Assignment 2 A Critical View on Using L1 to Teach L2 in Local Hong Kong English Classrooms Student: Leung Chi Kit‚ Johnny Student no.: 1009036200 Course Instructor: Prof. Barley Mak Date of submission: 30th December‚ 2011 I declare that the assignment here submitted is original except for source material explicitly
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The Language of Prejudice and Historical Perspective Can you imagine living in a world‚ in which we judge people by the labels that are branded onto their head at the instantaneous moment of birth? According to Gordon Allport‚ in “The Language of Prejudice”‚ he believes that “Without words we should scarcely be able to form categories at all” (217). This statement is valid‚ because today historical events such as the Rwanda genocide have been labeled as a category of “genocide”. And because of
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At the Montclair Art Museum‚ located in the Rand Gallery of Native American Art‚ there is a tall statue made of Bronze and Jetulong wood‚ standing tall behind a glass case‚ called Pueblo Maiden. The figure is long and lean‚ and towers over many of the other artifacts in the gallery. The bronze color of the figure is constant throughout the sculpture. The head is small and round. The hairstyle is short and square shaped. It is similar to a women’s “bob” hairstyle with bangs that covers the figures
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Found in northeast Arizona‚ Chevelon Pueblo was theorized to have flourished for a time but then eventually abandoned. It is recognized as the third largest of the eight ancestral Hopi pueblos. This site provides features such as 500 rooms‚ plazas and kivas that give vital evidence supporting that an ancient civilization used to reside there. Although it is obvious that the site was abandoned‚ it has not yet been proven as to how‚ when and why the inhabitants dispersed. However theories such as‚
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’s language and children ’s literature How does the absence of parents function to provide order (or disorder) in literature written for children? Children ’s literature is an essential part of their linguistic‚ social‚ and cultural development‚ providing more than just entertainment‚ as West stated: “when I am writing for adults‚ I ’m just trying to entertain them. But a good children ’s book does more than entertain. It teaches children the use of words‚ the joy of playing with language...”
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Capturing the USS Pueblo was a compelling time in history. On January 23‚ 1968 the USS Pueblo was spotted in the international waters by the North Koreans. As gunshots were fired at the commanders of the Pueblo‚ the other Americans on the USS tried but failed to escape. In the the attempt to kill the commanders‚ many others got wounded. The members of the Pueblo were charged and brought to prison for spying to close to the North Korean border. North Koreans made all of the Pueblo members involved
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Leslie an Ugly Caterpillar Once upon a time‚ there was a little caterpillar called Leslie. She was an ugly caterpillar. She was fat and couldn’t walk quickly. The only beautiful thing about her was she had agleam eyes. It was like two shining jewels. Leslie didn’t live alone in Neverland‚ she lived with Bufo the bee‚ Pincher the locust and Binks the bumblebee. But no one wanted to be her friend. They always derided her as an ugly and fat insect. One day as usual in the morning she started
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ACCT 497 Writing assignment 1 Siqi Wang The Leslie Fay Companies Analytical Procedures Report Executive Summary After reviewing the Financial Report from The Leslie Fay Companies from 1987 to 1991‚ I made ratios of Balance Sheet and Income Statement to start with audit planning‚ which could help us make comparison directly. Also‚ the calculation of ratios in liquidity‚ activity‚ profitability and solvency contains in my report. The purpose of analytical procedures is to detect “red flags” within
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1923018420130404.C613 Euphemism From Sociolinguistics Perspective CHI Ren[a]‚*; HAO Yu[a] [a] * acknowledged that in every language‚ there are a certain amount of euphemisms. Euphemisms are used in place of some sensitive‚ unpleasant‚ disturbing and taboo topics. Enright stated “A language without euphemisms would be a defective instrument of communication” (Enright‚ 1985‚ p.29). Hugh Rawson also affirmed “Euphemisms are embedded so deeply in our language that few of us‚ even those who
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Eng. 102 Analysis Essay October 25‚ 2010 Stolen Treasure In Leslie Savan’s essay‚ “What’s Black‚ Then White‚ and Said All Over?‚” Savan talks about the “hidden costs”(381) and benefits of the black language in America. When observing this economic and psychological boundary its clear that African American people went through lots of pain and suffering when creating trendy words and sayings. This is important to African Americans because most people do not understand that these words have now
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