People whose native language is not English‚ but who wish to learn English as a second language‚ must learn English as a new language‚ as a skill‚ as an additional means of communication. They have to learn how to pronounce strange words‚ and which syllables to emphasise‚ and what rhythms and tonal pitches should be used. But people whose mother tongue is English do not have to go to school to learn these things‚ they learn it automatically‚ from their parents‚ their relatives‚ their friends
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Affixation in the English language……………………..…….7 1.2. Degree of derivation…….…………………………...……….7 1.3.Homonymic derivational affixes……………………...……..18 Chapter II. Prefixation in the English language…………………28 2.1. Prefixation. Some debatable problems………………...……28 2.2. Classification of prefixes…………………………..………..33 2.3. Productive and non-productive word building prefixes…………………………………...…………………41 2.4. Some prefixes in the English language in comparison with the
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Language and Technology Practice Paper: Question 3 – Radio The transcript is taken from a live evening football commentary broadcast on Radio 5 in September 2004. The two teams playing are Manchester United and Liverpool. As the people listening to the radio commentary can obviously not see the match taking place‚ they rely on the commentators to give them a visual idea of what is taking place. The listeners are trying to experience something that they are not physically involved in and so
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English Language; Writing a Narrative Part one: Nancy the maid. As the sun rose over the ‘Black quarter’ of the town‚ its inhabitants awoke to yet another gun shot. You couldn’t walk around Down Town without either seeing somebody walking around with a gun‚ or someone who has tragically lost a family member. Soon everybody would have lost at least one member of their immediate family dead. Gone. All
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In “The Use of Force” Williams shows us the variety of emotions felt by a doctor during a house call. Williams uses situational irony and connotative language to convey a conflict that he faces with diagnosing a child. Despite the fact that her parents and the doctor make and attempt to reason with the girl‚ she continues to defy them in their efforts to help her. Williams illustrates the true definition of what makes someone a hero. The fact that the doctor is determined to help the young girl‚
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Assignment: Feminists have claimed that English is a sexist language. Discuss whether you agree with this position or whether you think it is the users of the language that are sexist. (Justify your position). Discuss the type of changes needed to resolve this issue in today’s society and how effective these changes will be‚ given the role of men and women in Caribbean Communities? What impact‚ if any‚ will this have on the teaching of English in your community? (Use reference to specific studies to support
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Pennebaker explores how people’s use of language reveals parts of their personality‚ thinking style emotional state and connections with others. Some of the most revealing words that we use are the shortest and most forgettable; pronouns (I‚ you‚ we)‚ articles (a‚ an‚ the)‚ prepositions (to‚ for‚ over) and other function words reveal the kind of people we are. Pennebaker began as a social psychologist who focused on health‚ emotions and the nature of traumatic experiences. He experimented with
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4. Quantitative Passage Based MCQ 1 - 9 Passage with Answer Keys. 5. Language Conventions English Grammar and Usage MCQ Stand alone 40 Q. with Key 6. Language Conventions English Contextual Vocabulary MCQ 40 questions with key 7. Language Conventions English Passage Based MCQ 18 Passages with Key 8. Language Conventions Hindi Grammar and Usage MCQ 50 questions with key 9. Language Conventions Hindi Contextual Vocabulary MCQ 51 questions with Key
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Modern methodologies in English Language Teaching Effective ways to teach Grammar By Ms.K.RajalakshmiTherichselvam Assistant Professor – I Department of English Kalasalingam University Krishnankoil. In teaching English to the learners‚ one must aim at making them efficient users of the language. The learners should be enabled to use the language for all their needs of communications. For the last several years‚ the teaching of grammar on schools has been the subject of criticism. There are
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Lincoln’s use of Language in his Speech Abraham Lincoln uses many different language techniques in his speech ‘The Gettysburg Address’‚ these techniques help engage the audience into what is being asked from them. These language techniques are: Positive and Negative Connotation‚ Personal Pronouns and Repetition. These demonstrate the Rhetorical Triangle: Pathos‚ Ethos and Logos. A variety of personal Pronouns are used in Abraham Lincoln’s speech‚ ‘The Gettysburg Address’. Lincoln often uses the words
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