I/ Introduction Learning vocabulary is a very important part of learning a language. The more words you know‚ the more you will be able to understand what you hear and read; and the better you will be able to say what you want to when speaking or writing. Vocabulary refers to the words we must understand to communicate effectively. Educators often consider four types of vocabulary: listening‚ speaking‚ reading‚ and writing. Listening vocabulary refers to the words we need to know to understand
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to survive? Needless to say‚ it is money. Undeniably‚ money is needed for almost everything that we want. We need money to buy food‚ to have a place to live in‚ to go to school‚ to sit on the bus or even to go to a public toilet. There is an idiom which goes: “Money does not grow on trees”. It is used to warn us to spend money carefully as most of us don’t have a lot of it. In short‚ money is as vital as the air we breathe in as without money we cannot establish ourselves in society.
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In the book Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe it focuses on the Igbo people. The Igbo people are from Nigeria‚ a country in Africa. The Igbo is one of three ethnic groups located in Nigeria. The Igbo are situated in the southeastern part of Nigeria (3). The Igbo people can also be referred to as the Ibo people‚ this is due to some of the Europeans‚ who came over to Nigeria in late 19th century to spread Christianity‚ struggled to pronounce the igb sound. The Igbo had an unique language
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The author uses proverbs‚ as in paragraph #3‚ “How come you’re making a face?” He also uses descriptive language‚ like “Great rose bushes of red bloomed on Victor’s cheeks.” The author uses some dialogue. When Mr. Lucas said‚ “Yes‚ now somebody give me an example of a
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an easy to read and fascinating look at how many of the strategies and tactics mentioned by Sun Tzu in his book The Art Of War‚ were employed in ancient times. There is a Zen-like simplicity in the book’s structure. Each strategy is also a Chinese proverb and is briefly explained. There follows three or four short anecdotes taken from Chinese and Japanese history which act as teaching tales to show how such strategies can be used. The Thirty-Six Strategies of Ancient China by Stefan Verstappen
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72251 Intercultural Communication Assignment 1 Melissa Peters ID: 3304924 Short answers Q. 1. Challenge DeVito‚ O’Rourke and O’Neill’s (2000) definition of culture using Richards (1999) or Anae (1997). How do DeVito et al look at membership within a culture and how does Richards see it differently? DeVito‚ O’Rourke and O’Neill’s (2000‚ p.99) definition of culture is very limited when describing modern cultures of globalised human society. Perhaps where people are isolated to villages
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Age problems and difficulties in leaning English as a foreign language Since 19th century foreign language learning has been a practice for many people. That was mostly due do colonization and industrialization or economic purposes. People from different cultures came into contact to one another. They needed to talk and exchange ideas. For the colonizers‚ they needed to learn the language of those countries which they were invading‚ to understand the mentality and the culture of its inhabitants
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From the very beginning when the first words were uttered‚ the ability to communicate has played an important role in our world. Words can hurt‚ heal‚ create‚ build and transform. Language is obviously a vital tool that unites people. Every nation has their dialect and specific slang that made them unique. The variations depend also on the age categories. In American society people of each generation have been adding new meanings and new words into the conversations in order to reflect the experiences
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from a group of languages commonly found in West Africa‚ the Kwa languages. It is based a lot on pitch‚ vocal inflections‚ and context when defining the meaning of a word. A single word can have numerous meanings depending on these factors. Idioms and proverbs play an important role in the Ibo language. Someone who does not use them in speech is considered a novice at speaking the
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the vocabulary resources of Modern English (for example‚ about synonyms and antonyms)‚ about the stylistic peculiarities of English vocabulary‚ about the complex nature of the word’s meaning and the modern methods of its investigation‚ about English idioms‚ about those changes that English vocabulary underwent in its historical development and about some other aspects of English lexicology. One can hardly acquire a perfect command of English without having knowledge of all these things‚ for a perfect
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