knows. Summary of My English Julia Alvarez is a Dominican-American writer. She describes the struggle and the achievements she had in the essay ‘My English’. She lived in the Dominican Republic with her family‚ who spoke only Spanish at home. She grew up learning Spanish by heart. It was her first language. She and her sister joined Carol Morgan School and became a bilingual family. She had to use English in school. As Spanish had its many tongues‚ she thought of English as another and harder
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love story of their own‚ it may not always work out. This may be because their significant other does not fit all of the others ideal traits. Or maybe that person has grown out of the necessary traits to maintain an ideal relationship with another. My ideal traits for my future wife are loving and kind. My future wife will be the first and last. My ideal traits I want my significant other to have are to love the outdoors so that she can have fun and not have to worry about getting dirty‚ to be able
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“My English Teacher.” In the course of our life‚ we come across different people. Some of them come into our life and then just leave without influencing us‚ while others leave an indelible imprint in our memories and determine our future life. My English teacher at high school has been one of the most influential people in my life. Not only did he teach me a lot of useful skills that I will definitely need in my academic life and future career‚ but he also nurtured the most positive features in
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My Experience with English Before going to the University‚ I had the background of learning English over nine years ago when my parents encouraged me to go to an English Institute‚ and when the following year I had some English classes at High School. My experience with English in both places was very different from each other. On the one hand‚ I had studied English at an Institute for seven years‚ but when I first entered this Institute‚ I found that I could barely say a word. First of all‚ we
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you’d get on the last day of school? Remember how excited you’d be to finally get to do those summer things like ride bikes with your friends‚ stay up all night planning pranks‚ and chasing down the ice cream man after dinner? These are just a few of my favorite memories from those long summer days. Now picture this. It’s a beautiful July day‚ perfect to spend a few lazy hours by the pool‚ but instead you’ll be in school. Okay‚ sure you could come home and relax in the sun or take a walk with the kids
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Good morning/ afternoon‚ today I’m going to talk to you about the story little red riding hood and how writing and film techniques have been used to appropriate it. Appropriation is when an old and famous text is changed and modernised in the same way. The original text of the little red riding hood is a short story‚ written by the brothers grim. The short story uses writing techniques such as descriptive and formal language‚ characterisation through dialogue‚ and description of characters. The
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One thing that I have been cooperative in is the marching band. Cooperation is the most important skill to have in band. It is needed to make all the formations to be in the correct shape. I also need cooperation with others so that we all watch the drum majors and stay in step‚ play at the right time‚ and do dynamics correctly. One of the last major aspect cooperation is used for in the marching band is agreeing on new ideas for what to do during the show. Cooperation is the key aspect
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would praise the many technological gadgets that they use in their everyday lives. Technology is evolving at a very fast rate‚ and what most people think could not be possible a few years ago is now becoming a reality. For instance today‚ I can use my smart phone to get in touch with family and friends in the press of few buttons which was impossible back in the earlier days. However‚ people may use technology for negative purposes such as weapons of mass destruction. The question is‚ how will technology
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Dream Vacation Eighty-five degrees‚ suns out‚ sand in your toes‚ a couple of brews‚ and you family and friends. That sounds like everyone dream vacation‚ but who would complain that sounds like a great time. You see during the summer I would love to take a couple of my friends to go see Dave Matthews Band play somewhere in the southwest. Seeing a concert probably isn’t the most exciting thing to do in a dream vacation‚ but as a group of friends we could do something so simple and have the best
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CONTENTS Introduction……………………………………………………....................3 Chapter 1: Speech Act Theory…………………………………...................5 Chapter 2: Indirect Speech Acts in English………………........................10 Conclusion…………………………………………..………................…..15 References……………………………………………..………...................17 INTRODUCTION Language is an inseparable part of our everyday lives. It is the main tool used to transmit messages‚ to communicate ideas‚ thoughts and opinions. It situates us in the
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