Teaching and learning : The effective teaching of grammar in modern foreign languages (MFL) ’One of the most misunderstood words in the English language has to be the word ‘grammar’ ’(Rendall‚ 2006: 53). This statement stands as the ideal starting point from which to unveil a rationale for the importance of grammar in the language acquisition process and how it has been perceived in the past decades . What is grammar ? Why and how should it be taught ? These questions‚ as basic as they look
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(Mandela 436). this Mandela uses a lot of repetition as well. In this case it is the pronoun “we” is repeated. He says “we are moved by a sense of joy and exhilaration when the grass turns green and the flowers bloom” as well as “we trust that you will continue to stand by us as we tackle the challenge of building peace‚ prosperity‚ non-sexism‚ non-racialism and democracy” (Mandela 436). Mandela’s repetition of the pronoun “we” is meant to build a connection with his audience. This develops his idea and
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journey between continents as lengthy. This is evident “In the fourth week the sea dropped clear away And they were there ...” which contains features of imagery‚ pronouns and ellipsis. The Imagery appeals to the audiences visual senses and creates an atmosphere. Ellipsis gives a sense of ambiguity & evokes attentiveness in the audience. Pronouns evoked in the poem allows the theme to be easily accessed by the audience by suggesting the migrants have a lack of identity as a result of leading their homeland
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION The development of the concept of register reflects a need to explain variation according to use‚ and arises from a concern with the importance of language in action. The term register was first used by the linguist Thomas Bertram Reid in 1956‚ and brought into general currency in the 1960’s by a group of linguist who wanted to distinguish among variation in language according to the user and variations according to use‚ in the sense that each speaker has a range of varieties
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Group Communication Video Cases Video 1 Response: Helping Annie The video of the school nurse‚ psychiatrist‚ and the case worker discussing ways to help Annie is a good video to analyze group diversity and communication styles. Two of these individuals are females and the other is a male‚ Max. Annie is a 17 year old high school student suffering from possible depression and an eating disorder. The school nurse is the individual that has noticed Annie’s issues and has turned to the case worker
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The Biggest Room: Escape from Captivity as it Pertains to Jack in Room Room‚ by Emma Donoghue‚ is a novel written from the perspective of a five year-old boy named Jack. Jack is the son of a 26 year-old woman‚ Ma‚ who was kidnapped at the age of 19 and held in captivity for seven years before Jack executes their escape. Jack has spent his entire lifetime in the room their captor built for them‚ which he names Room‚ and reacts much differently to the outside world upon escaping than Ma‚ to whom
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1.….everything that has happened to us during the day ….. MEANING 1. “has happened” is a grammar structure used for actions which started in the past but continue up to now or to talk about actions that have a result now. Timeline: x (x)(x) has happened past present future CQs : Did it happen in the past? Yes. Is the day going on? Yes. Is it likely to happen some more events? Yes.
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VERBAL - a word formed from a verb but functioning as a different part of speech. Types of Verbals Participles A participle is a verb form used as an adjective to modify nouns and pronouns. The following sentence contains both a present and a past participle: The children‚ crying and exhausted‚ were guided out of the collapsed mine. Crying is a present participle‚ formed by adding -ing to the present form of the verb (cry). Exhausted is a past participle‚ formed by adding -ed to the present
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Student Name: Student Number: Module Code: Assignment: Due Date: Address: Lecturer: Alina-marie Blaauw 56441630 ENG1502 Assignment 02 (600484) 13 April 2015 7 Meerlust‚ Table View‚ 7441 Ms Nomsa Zindela SEMESTER 1 Assignment 02: Option 1 The objective of this essay is to analyse the given text with relevance to its purpose‚ structure‚ audience‚ tone and linguistic features. The analysis of the structure of the text will include concepts such as cohesion and coherence‚ as well as the use of punctuation
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English 10 Final Examination—Practice Test Name____________________________ Date_____________________________ Instructor_________________________ A. Parts of Speech. Above each of the underlined words indicate whether it is a noun (N)‚ pronoun (Pro)‚ verb (V)‚ adjective (Adj)‚ adverb (Adv)‚ preposition (Prep)‚ or conjunction (Conj). One (1) point each. 1. As a young reader‚ he enjoyed comic books and magazines. 2. The Emancipation Proclamation called for the release of slaves in 1863
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