In the story “Aria” by Richard Rodriguez and “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan both authors write about their experiences and struggles as a bilingual child. In “Aria” and “Mother Tongue” they describe their private language as an expression of intimacy with their loved ones. Growing up at one point they felt embarrassed and ashamed of their parents inability to speak English fluently. Tan writes “My mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English‚” (Tan 543). They
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English is important since it is a well known language and has frequently been referred to as a world language. Comfort with English is almost a prerequisite for success in the world today. Regardless of the industry‚ proficiency in English is an important factor in both hiring and promotion decisions.Being a student in College‚ English is the major language to communicate with our lecturers‚ friends and strangers in college.Most of the subjects are written by English too. We must practice
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Ammar Sheikh Eng 12 07/18/13 Why the U.S Needs an Official Language English is the universal language of the world. In order for immigrants to assimilate to a new Country‚ It’s important to learn the language of the country. In the article “Why the U.S Needs an Official Language” by Mauro E. Mujica he states that the U.S.A needs to unify the English language for everyone. America is one of the largest and rapidly growing
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Language Barriers Families tend to move to the United States looking for better job opportunities or simply for a better life for their children. Families want to Americanize and fit into the crowd as soon as possible so they cannot be judged or discriminated. They struggle to make their new home and adopted language their primary language without over thinking all the culture that will be lost in the process. Families adopt a new culture‚ language and state of mind‚ which helps them to be accepted
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Chapter one presents an introduction to the study. The introduction of the study is divided into six parts as followers: 1. Background of the Study 2. Objectives of the Study 3. Statement of the Problems 4. Scope of the Study 5. Definition of Terms 6. Significance of the Study 1. Background/Importance of the study: Nowadays‚ English is very necessary in aviation communication‚ because English is a universal language. Everyday communication has been created
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Victoria University Of Bangladesh “In Today’s world success of business depends‚ to a great extent‚ on Advertisement and English Language.” Submitted To: Raihana Shams Submitted By: Md.Imam Hossain Programme:BBA Id:1112260064 Date of Submission: 20/09/2012 Contents 1. What Is Advertisement? 2. Importance Of Advertising: For successful business 3. Importance of Non – Electronic Advertising 4. Importance of Advertising Agencies
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Pidgins and Creoles Here are five areas into which the class discussion of pidgins and creoles will be divided. Structural Simplification Explain what structural simplification of language is and why it occurs during the process of pidginization. Illustrate simplification of language at the phonological‚ morphological‚ syntactic‚ and lexical levels. Pidgins and Creoles differentiated Compare Ferguson’s and Stewart’s definitions of pidgin and creole. Use Hymes’s criteria of inner form
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There are lots of languages in the world and some of them fall into the category of international languages or languages of wider communication‚ such as French‚ English‚ German‚ Spanish‚ Russian‚ Italian and Arabic. All these languages are the official languages of the United Nations. Among all these languages English is rightly considered to be the international language of the world‚ though English has assumed the function of the ‘world language’ quite recently. It was only in the 1930 that the
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Teresa McGuinness CELTA: Assignment 1- Learner on the Focus Part 1 Overview The International House Intermediate class is a mixed genre class‚ with student ranging in age from 25 to 50+ years old. It contains a combination of abilities and levels from lower intermediate to higher imediate. Class Profile The first language of the students varies; covering such native languages as France‚ Spanish‚ Italian‚ Mexican‚ Arabic‚ Somalia‚ Portuguese and Russian. The students have a wide knowledge
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International Spoken English for Speakers of Other Languages Book 2 Achiever Communicator Vincent Smidowicz Bridget Bloom Spoken English for Speakers of Other Languages Book 2 Achiever/Communicator Introduction This booklet provides a taster of the new support materials created for Spoken ESOL. All the sample exercises included here have been selected from Book 2‚ which covers the Achiever and Communicator levels. This new and important resource (see Key features) is designed both to help
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