DIFFERENCES AND CONTINUITIES BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH (main information taken from BB1 pp. 79-81 and 152-57) Stress on difference and continuity has characterised the story of the relationship between British and American English over the centuries. For instance‚ difference was strongly wanted in the US after Independence and emphasised by the British as sign of their distinction from the new‚ less cultured‚ nation for at least the two following centuries. On the other hand‚ continuity
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The driving force of any culture is the language. Culture is meaningless without language and a man or woman without culture is lost indeed. In spite of the repeated clamour for assimilation in the new world‚ most immigrant parents yearn for their children to have some cultural identity. Their most important tool is language and yet‚ their greatest challenge is finding effective teaching methods. This ebook and the accompanying Interactive Software provides a modern approach to interactive teaching
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In the second language and foreign language (FL) classroom literature‚ it has been claimed that several variables related to the interface between L1 and L2/ FL‚ i.e. psychological aspects‚ contribute to language learners’ perception and production of a foreign language. A study of these variables could have important implications for the teaching of foreign languages. More recently‚ the role of spoken and written L2 input (e.g. Bassetti‚ 2008; Moyer‚ 2009) has been studied in greater detail‚ and
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2b 2b or not 2b David Crystal Last year‚ in a newspaper article headed "I h8 txt msgs: How texting is wrecking our language"‚ John Humphrys argued that texters are "vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did to his neighbours 800 years ago. They are destroying it: pillaging our punctuation; savaging our sentences; raping our vocabulary. And they must be stopped." As a new variety of language‚ texting has been condemned as "textese"‚ "slanguage"‚ a "digital virus". According
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spoken or written text. Examples of Discourse Competence skills: A. Cohesion B. Deixis C. Coherence 2. Linguistic Competence: The basic elements of language: A. Syntax B. Morphology C. Lexicon D. Phonology E. Orthography 3. Actional Competence: Conveying and understanding speech acts. Examples of Actional Competence skills: A. Interpersonal Exchange B. Suasion C. Problems 4. Sociocultural Competence: The knowledge of how to communicate appropriately
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types of communication seem to be fascinating for his part. Unikutelle considers learning experiences as fun and interesting. Nonetheless English language has been difficult for Unikutelle to learn. Difficulties such as pronunciation‚ grammar‚ orthography‚ utilizing the different types of communication etc. in learning the language are much visible. Though there are numerous barriers that may hinder his aspiration to learn‚ they are not factors for Unikutelle to stop learning. Instead they give him
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German and English Linguistic Differences The English language and German language are two of the most popular languages spoken across the globe. English is the 3rd most popular language in the entire world with roughly 365 million speakers. German has a total of 92 million native speakers‚ with about another 80 million that know German as their second language. There are 88 sovereign states in total where English is considered an official language including India‚ United Kingdom‚ Pakistan‚ and
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Critique the “Top-Down and Bottom-Up” Models of Reading and Outline Their Relevance To Reading Instructions Sherry Ann Osborne The ability to read is thought to be fundamentally important for functionality in our modern world. Nations measure the success of educational institutions by the ability to produce highly literate citizens and funding for many educational institutions in the United States and elsewhere hinges on the literacy attainment of student populations. The international
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communicate is an intricate system‚ made up of rules and processes that ultimately affect the delivery of meaning amongst a group of people (Fellowes & Oakley‚ 2014‚ p. 32). This system can be broken down into five areas that are; phonology‚ lexis‚ orthography‚ semantic and syntax (Gardener‚ 2017a). Therefore‚ as this system’s taught‚ the development of language should evolve (Fellowes & Oakley‚ 2014). The syntax is an important area of this complex system and comprises of how people make meaning of
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Slide 3.) There are 2 official written forms of Norwegian- Bokmal aka “book langauge” and Nynorsk aka as “new norweigian”. There is no official sanctioned standard of spoken Norwegian. Most Norwegians choose their own dialect according to different circumstances. No one dialect is right or wrong but adds to the tradition of Norwegian. For example‚ a beginner will learn Bokmal because it is easier to learn as it is codified‚ regular‚ and accepted nationally as the official language of Norway
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