WR097 Mar 3‚ 2013 Leo Zhang Funny‚ Attractive and Entertaining: Richard Lederer’s “English Is a Crazy Language” After Richard Lederer retired in 1989‚ he wrote a book about how crazy English is. Because he had taught English for many years‚ he used many interesting comments to writes “English Is a Crazy Language‚” the opening chapter of his book. In the sixth paragraph of the essay “English Is a Crazy Language‚” the author‚ Richard Lederer uses many kinds of rhetorical techniques. The use of
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Should English be declared the official language of the United States? When in 1981 Senator S. I. Hayakawa ask‚ for the first in US history consideration of new amendment in United States Constitution to elect English as the official language it raises a question: Why now? Americans for over 200 years lived without declaring English as their official language‚ so why do they need this now? People living in the United States have two different points of view: one group‚ majority
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When comparing the literacy abilities of African American (AA) children to that of their peers‚ there seems to be a significant variance and a general lack of understanding in several of these skills. With the possibility of an African American English (AAE) dialect influencing reading comprehension‚ there needs to be a strategy to increase literacy in these students.
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All languages change over time‚ and vary from place to place. In my opinion‚ English language is the most influenced by the change. I must say lots of factors affect language. It may be because of political or social pressures‚ such us invasions‚ imigration and colonisation. It may also change because of latest inventions‚ such as transport‚ domestic appliances and industrial equipment‚ or new sports and entertainment‚ because they also need new vocabluary. But‚ language can change by less obvious
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school students do so (2011). My philosophy for Navajo students who are considered English Language Learners (ELL) need to have a better education meaning qualified teachers‚ accommodations‚ and programs to improve the areas they are lacking. When they receive a better education the dropout rate will decrease and the Navajo Nation will improve overall. My philosophy of what I believe are; utilizing native language‚ teacher and student communication‚ providing manipulatives‚ and using scaffolding
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wanted to get a comparison between the Hungarian primary schools and the secondary schools regarding how they teach the English language. I chose an ordinary city school to visit in Vac. First of all‚ inasmuch as I am much more interested in teaching grammar school – aged students than children in their early years I was curious about how do the elder students get along with the language learning. Secondly‚ in my future plans I put at a highlighted place the prospect of teaching in a grammar school therefore
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Module 3 ~ Essay 2 | The Systems; Language Skills of English | | | 1. Take a look at the list of items below. Decide which system these relate to: lexis‚ phonology‚ grammar or function. | | I went to London; I´ve been to London.grammar | | Lend me $5. Could you possibly lend me $5?Function | | library; bookstorelexis | | foot; footsgrammar | | I’d rather not; No way!Function (grammar? Because of ;?) | | hit; heatPhonology | | photograph; photographerLexis | | should;
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idioms paly an important role in English language. They represent the national culture and they are the core in language. The fgurative meaning and unity of idiom make the language colourful and vivid. Keywords: Figurative idiom; English language; Unity With the continual development of human society‚ language is developing as a tool which of people using it to express thoughts and communicate with each other. In all the elements of language‚ the change of lexicology is fastest
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WHY DO WE STUDY ENGLISH It is necessary to study at least one foreign language today. That’s why pupils have got such subject as a foreign language at school. The problem of learning foreign languages is very important today. Foreign languages are socially demanded especially at the present time. We know that the progress in science and technology has led to an explosion of knowledge and has contributed to an overflow of information. The total knowledge of mankind is known to double every
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Romanic languages‚ group of languages belonging to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. They are spoken by about 670 million people in many parts of the world. Among the more important Romanic languages are Catalan‚ French‚ Italian‚ Portuguese‚ Romanian‚ and Spanish. My report is particularly about Italian and Spanish borrowings to the English language. Spanish borrowings appeared in English in 16 century. Historic circumstances which influenced on these borrowings are
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