Alex Nguyen Sec 25 Influences of Alexander the Great In the span of twelve years‚ the Macedonian king Alexander the Great conquered a vast empire stretching from Greece to modern day Pakistan‚ consuming the great Persian empire and absorbing many smaller kingdoms in the process. Alexander was a headstrong‚ violent‚ extremely brave‚ politically cunning‚ and gifted leader who was loved by his men. Very few individuals throughout history have affected the world to such an extent as he. This essay
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The Big Easy The city of New Orleans‚ Louisiana is incredibly strong in multiple humanities. A town that has been seasoned‚ fried‚ and served in original culture for hundreds of years. Everywhere you step in this floozy city‚ you are guaranteed a taste of what elegance it has to offer. Whether it be a metaphorical taste‚ or a spoonful of gumbo‚ you are in for an exciting ride. New Orleans is brimming with rich culture from everywhere‚ like how it contains a plethora of Haitian background‚ French
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PCER emerges with nine doable reform proposals After 13 grueling months of extensive review of past education studies and plans‚ specifically the EDCOM‚ the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP 1999-2004)‚ Philippines Education Sector Study (1998) and `Education for All’ Assessments (EFA 2000)‚ among others; marathon meetings and workshops; and consultations with key persons in the system‚ the Presidential Commission on Educational Reform (PCER) has identified nine (9) recommendations
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language of the western half of South Africa—the provinces of the Northern Cape and Western Cape—and the primary language of the coloured and white communities.[n 7] In neighbouring Namibia‚ Afrikaans is widely spoken as a second language and used as lingua franca‚[n 8] while as a native language it is spoken in 11 percent of households‚ mainly concentrated in the capital Windhoek and the southern regions of Hardap and Karas.[n 9] Estimates of the total
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Language: Chapter 5‚ Key Issue 1 Where Are English-Language Speakers Distributed? Rubenstein‚ pp. 137-143. ______________________________________________________________________________________ ● ORIGIN AND DIFFUSION OF ENGLISH 1. How did English become to widely diffused? 2. What three European peoples originally came together to form the English people and English language? 3. Where did these people come from? 4. What two subsequent invasions added additional words to the evolving English language
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messages. The higher the English learning becomes‚ the more we will learn to use coherent language that gives clarity to even complicated thoughts. Because English is so widely spoken‚ it has often been referred to as a "world language"‚ the lingua franca of the modern era‚ and while it is not an official language in most countries‚ it is currently the language most often taught as a foreign language. Some linguists believe that it is no longer the exclusive cultural property of "native English
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and what is being asked of them. They can immediately use their mother tongue to construct and explain their world‚ articulate their thoughts and add new concepts to what they already know. Currently‚ there are twelve (12) major languages or lingua franca that shall be language of instruction. The major languages are a) Tagalog b) Kapampangan c) Pangasinense d) Iloko e) Bikol f) Cebuano g) Hiligaynon h) Waray i) Tausug j) Maguindanaoan k) Maranao; l) Chabacano. With this challenge
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Together with the Latin texts and traditions of the Roman world (which was significantly influenced by ancient Greek society)‚ the study of the Greek texts and society of antiquity constitutes the discipline of Classics. Greek was a widely spoken lingua franca in the Mediterranean world and beyond during Classical Antiquity‚ and would eventually become the official parlance of the Byzantine Empire. In its modern form‚ it is the official language of Greece and Cyprus and one of the 23 official languages
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also able to succeed in appropriating his or her own academic discourse through determination and diligence. She reveals her nostalgic as a little girl of two diverse but similar languages. She used to speak ’Black English’ in her yore time as a lingua-Franca and tried to speak in ’Standard English’‚ which was used for articulate Communication with the public that built her more motivated‚ enthusiastic and appear to be more educated. Mellix states that how she felt uncomfortable when she tried to speak
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language policy on the preservation of language diversity. This is because “English only” is expected to inevitably transcend the borders of internal institutions and further limit the function of the remaining widelyspoken languages‚ especially as a lingua franca and in foreign language teaching. This contribution presents the conflict of interests between the smaller and the larger language communities in having only one or several institutional working languages for the EU and sketches out a possible
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