A hip-hop pioneer and savvy business mogul by the name of Russell Simmons believed that Hip-hop "speaks for the people who live in the worst economic straits since the Great Depression" (Life and Def: Sex‚ Drugs‚ Money‚ + God 26). A scholar by the name of Cornell West also believed hip-hop speaks for those that live in the ghetto‚ that it is a protest (Reese‚ 1998). Hip-hop is an expression. The hardened attitude that the boy who sits behind you in film class has‚ the slang you here kids yell at
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The speech of an individual is a linguistic map of their identity and an indication of how they would like to be perceived. Migrants who come to Australia already possess the linguistic structures of their mother tongue‚ and these will affect the way they speak English‚ forming an ethnolect. Consequently‚ a person’s language is a clear indicator of their past ethnic origins‚ and the English they choose to speak will also indicate how they would like others to perceive them. This latter is true for
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CELTA – Assignment 3 Learner Profile I interviewed ******** an Iranian 31 year old female student in the Level I class. ****’s native language is Persian (Farsi). **** came to England a year ago to join her Iranian husband who has been living and working in England for the past 5 years. At present they have no children. She has only been attending class at college for a few weeks where she is also taking a class in mathematics in order to learn the correct English terminology. **** is an
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English 101 October 22‚ 2013 Bilingual Education The United States is a diverse country of many different races and languages. Even though many languages are spoken in the United States‚ English is the preferred language in the United States. Speaking English in America is the key to success. Without English‚ acquiring employment is almost impossible. More and more immigrants are attracted to the U.S every year‚ and the populations of immigrants‚ which do not know the American culture‚ continue
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Education in Malaysia is an on-going effort towards further developing the potential of individuals in a holistic and integrated manner‚ so as to generate individuals who are intellectually‚ spiritually‚ emotionally and physically balanced and harmonious‚ based on the belief and devotion to God. An effort is designed to yield Malaysian citizens who are knowledgeable and competent‚ who possess high moral standards‚ and who are responsible and capable of achieving a high level of personal well-being
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Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies (ISSN: 2321 – 2799) Volume 02 – Issue 06‚ December 2014 Attitudes of Teachers and Students towards Classroom Code Switching in Literature Classes at Tertiary Level in Pakistan 1 Beenish Riaz Gill ‚ Mumtaz Ahmed 2 1 M.Phil Scholar‚ University of Sargodha‚ Women Campus‚ Faisalabad‚ Pakistan 2 Lecturer in English‚ Govt. Postgraduate College of Science‚ Faisalabad‚ Pakistan Corresponding Author email: webmumtaz {at} gmail.com ___________________
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Multilingual Education "Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations‚ produced by enthusiastic effort and infinite labor in every country of the world. All this is put into your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it‚ honor it‚ add to it‚ and one day faithfully hand it to your children. Thus do we mortals achieve immortality in the permanent things which we create in common." - Albert Einstein Why Is Mother Tongue Education
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Introduction: The importance of learning English cannot be overemphasized in an increasingly interconnected and globalized world. English is the most spoken language in the world as billions of people sheer English language as their official language. It is the primary language used in different international activities. Even in nations where English is not the primary spoken language has official status. English is indisputably the primary language of global trade‚ commerce‚ and education. So
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Name : Diana Agustine Class : 3A NPM : 110060430 Why do I take English Department for my majority? The basic reason why I choose English as my majority is that I really love English. English is the most favorite lesson I’ve learnt since I was a child. I learnt English from my lovely mother—who opportunely was an English lecturer—even before I learnt that in Elementary school. My mother taught me bit by bit‚ day by day; then I started to love English. The way she taught me was interesting
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Should English be the medium of instruction in Sri Lankan Universities Medium of instruction is a language used in teaching. It may or may not be the official language of the country or territory. Where the first language of students is different from the official language‚ it may be used as the medium of instruction for part or all of schooling and universities Bilingual or multilingual education may involve the use of more than one language of instruction. UNESCO considers that "providing education
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