Soe Tun English 103 Professor: Lucero Date: 10/17/2014 Mother Tongue For many people‚ language is not recognized as a form of communication‚ but as a barrier that limit them to connect with the world. This is a very common problem for people who immigrated to United State from other countries and who grew up under nonnative English-speaking family as a first-generation Asian American. In the article “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ she tells her personal story of how she overcomes her own language obstacles
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The development of English as a global language is one of the most remarkable phenomena of this century. It has developed from the native language of Inner-circle countries to the most widely read‚ spoken and taught language in the world. It has been widely spread through emigration‚ colonization‚ and globalization and has been acquired as a first‚ a second‚ and a foreign language (Karchu‚ 1990). Being the world’s leading language‚ English has become the main vehicle of international communication
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Bilingual Education By: Amy EDBL 4316-850 Dr. Luna Fall 2009 Bilingual Education The objective of bilingual education is to insure students will not fall behind academically because of a poor ability to speak English‚ and to gradually teach them English as a second language. If minority students were taught some subjects in their native tongue‚ proponents insist they could possibly learn English‚ without sacrificing content knowledge (Education). With
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PRESENTATION LINGUISTICS /INTRODUCTION: We are going to talk about Dutch loanwords in Indonesian. About 20% of Indonesian words can be traced back to Dutch words. Some of these words are academic terms‚ for example terms in law‚ which is the reason that for many studies in Indonesia‚ it is compulsory to take a course of Dutch Language. But the Dutch influence is also visible in everyday Indonesian language. I personally thought that the reason for this would be obvious: the Dutch were present for
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Pham 1 Karyn Pham Professor Gray English 103 6 April 2014 Connecting Two Worlds In essays “Living in Spanish” by Marjorie Agosín and “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ the narrators both experience the struggle of language and its barriers in America. In their essays‚ they explain that having the capability to speak proper English and assimilating themselves to American customs. Although there were many obstacles and challenges faced when adapting to America‚ they did not dismiss their true heritage and culture
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Causes and solutions to pronunciation problems 12008815x ‚ So Hee Kim Hong kong is one of the most preferred locations for international business in Asia Pacific‚ and is becoming more so. Naturally business English skills is becoming increasingly important. Business English skills can be categorized into three different parts. These parts are writing‚ presentation and communication. All are equally important‚ but this essay will focus more on commuicaition. To be be more specific‚ it will
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Andy Park English Language & Literature Ms. Nelson 6/12/12 English as a World Language “English as a World Language‚” by Bill Bryson is about how the British and Americans spread the English Language throughout the world but they cannot learn other foreign languages. English has become the most common language now‚ it is known as a world language. “English as a World Language‚” talks about how English became a world language and that everyone knows but they do not really want to adapt
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Learning english is important for our daily life.. As we all know‚ English is the one of important language in this world. If we cannot speak English even a little bit‚ we are called as a very poor in this community. We also cannot improve our life if we worst in English. We will feel loser if we in the group that use English as a medium to speak. According to the research that have been made by the group of University Malay‚ 70% of undergraduate student especially Malay student are not use
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Sarah Nadiah Rashidi (2011). An analysis of the plural inflections of English language among Malay students. Marine Frontier‚ Vol 2 (2)‚ 67-7. 1.0 Introduction The study was conducted to analyse the plural inflections of English language among Malay students. Generally‚ the duration of exposure towards English language in classroom setting would be approximately 11 years among Malaysian students. Although English language has been given much respect and attention‚ there are still learners being
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As the government‚ I fully agree that the SPM examination does more harm than good. The low standard of one of the most important subject in the world‚ English which is without a doubt the actual universal language is insulting and ridiculous. The standard of the questoins asked in the examinations are fixed easily by the ministry so that students from rural areas who are struggling with the language can atleast pass the subject. Approximately 375 million people speak English as their first language
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