proficiency is derived from mandates issued by the US government‚ declaring that a limited English proficient student is one who comes from a non-English background and "who has sufficient difficulty speaking‚ reading‚ writing‚ or understanding the English language and whose difficulties may deny such an individual the opportunity to learn successfully in classrooms where the language of instruction is English or to participate fully in our society." ACTFL views "performance" as being the combined
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American English Chapter 12 Monday‚ 4th of Feb. Haifa Almotiary 1. How did the values of “Puritanism” and “republicanism” contribute to the will to simplify American English during the 1770s--1830s? The first ideal may be linked to the Puritanism value of thriftiness and the second to republicanism‚ that is‚ democratic ideas about social sharing and the role of any privileged class in interpreting language for other less privileged classes 2. What are some of the simplifications
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Classification of Written English Correspondence § 1.4 Genre and Register of Written Correspondence Chapter II. Analysis of § 1.1 § 1.2 § 1.3 § 1.4 Chapter III. § 1.1 § 1.2 § 1.3 § 1.4 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter I. Interaction in Writing § 1.1 The Language of Correspondence: Epistolary Identity or Overview Today English is the most popular international language in the world. According to the ethnologies‚ there are over one billion people who speak English as a first or
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Paper I : Poetry-I Unit 1 : Explanations with reference to the context from the starred texts Geoffrey Chaucer : “General Prologue”* to The Canterbury Tales The Nun’s Priest’s Tale John Donne : “The Canonization* “A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning” “The Sunne Rising” “The Ecstasie”* : Paradise Lost‚ Book I : Essay on Man* : “Introduction” “Earth’s Answer” “The Tyger”* “London” (from Songs of Experience) Unit 2 : Unit 3 : John Milton Unit 4 : Alexander Pope William Blake
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English Pronunciation Pronunciation can be a tricky matter when it comes to the English language. Unlike with languages like Hindi and Tamil‚ letters in English take on multiple phonetic forms (think of the a in ‘can’ and the a in ‘war’); thus‚ the concept of pronouncing a word the way it is spelled does not apply. This is partly the result of derivation; English is a derivative language. It means that many of its words and phrases have been borrowed from other languages (cafe‚ boutique‚ cocoa)
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English III AP - AP( English Language and Composition Course Overview The English III AP (or AP( English Language and Composition) course objectives are to help students become “skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods‚ disciplines‚ and rhetorical contexts” and to help students become “skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes” (The College Board‚ AP( English Course Description‚ May 2007‚ May 2008‚ p. 6). Students are expected to read critically‚ think analytically
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Muhammad Adil Rehman COURCE TITLE : English Comprehension & Composition TOPIC : IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUTION WHAT IS LANGUAGE ? Language‚ so far as we know‚ is something specific to
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The English language English is one of the most important languages in the world. It can even be regarded as the single most important language. Though other languages are important too‚ they are not the same as the English language is. English is important because it is probably the only language that truly links the whole world together. If not for English‚ the whole world may not be as united as it is today. The other languages may be important for their local values and culture.Considering
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According to The Encyclopedia of Malaysia: Languages & Literature‚ p 61‚ English in Malaysia has been categorized into three levels: the acrolect‚ mesolect and basilect. The acrolect is near-native. Only those educated in core English-speaking countries from early schooling up to university may be found to speak the acrolect variety‚ and only a small percentage of Malaysians are proficient in it. As with other similar situations‚ a continuum exists between these three varieties and speakers may
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The Importance of English in the World of International Business ‘English is now a global language that belongs to all those who speak it.’ (Nigel Newton‚ publisher) It is the technology that allows people to travel further and faster than ever before. It is the Internet that links people regardless their nationalities and countries they live in. And technology is also the reason why lots of business people are active globally and why more and more entrepreneurs are on the move than ever
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