Why I don’t speak in English BY: EISSEN LORENZ D. ROS III-PATIENCE For as Filipinos‚ English is our second language and it’s the nationwide used language. We’re learning the English language to improve our communication skills but does the school need to force the student to speak the English language? It is more appropriate if the schools shall have the freedom to let the student choose the language they prefer to use? Why don’t we practice our own language and improve it more? The punishment
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Norman Vincent Peale once said "Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them‚ you will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have." In the book Speak‚ Melinda a young girl just beginning her first year of high school has some obstacles from her past‚ destroying her future. Melinda was faced with the unfortunate affects of being sexually abused and it holds her back. Melinda goes through many different stages before all of the pain goes away. Melinda’s greatest obstacle
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The poem that garnered my interest is “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”‚ authored by Langston Hughes. Hughes was one of the first black men to support himself through writing. The afore-mentioned is a huge deal‚ considering the timeframe Hughes was brought up in. Langston Hughes was born in Joplin‚ Missouri‚ on February 1st‚ 1902‚ and died on May 22‚ 1967‚ in New York‚ New York. It was always an uphill battle for Hughes in the writing world‚ due to all of the slavery issues and racial rights involving
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Text-Speak‚ Harmful or Helpful? Text-speak is‚ “A form of written language as used in text messages and other digital communications‚ characterized by many abbreviations and typically not following standard grammar‚ spelling‚ punctuation‚ and style‚” according to Dictionary.com. Text-speak is diminishing our young student’s ability to write properly and make convincing arguments‚ as stated by the writer of Text Speak is Harming Teens’ Writing Skills at Triumph Learning. The author states‚ in the
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IELTS Writing Task 1 Simon Contents 1. Line graph 2 1.1. Tips for Line graph 2 1.2. Internet Users as percentage of population 3 1.3. Internatioal migration in UK 4 1.4. UK acid rain emission 5 1.5. Water consumption 6 1.6. Car ownership 7 2. Bar chart 8 2.1. Marriages and divorces 8 2.2. Levels of participation 9 2.3. Consumer good 11 2.4. House prices 12 3. Table 13 3.1. Tips for table 13 3.2. Rail networks 14 3.3. Poverty proportion in Australia 15 3.4. Daily activities 16 3.5. Goods consumer
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The scarlet ibis and simon birch are two very good stories about two boys‚ Doodle which is the main character from the scarlet ibis and Simon the main character from simon birch‚ they both were born with heart problems and were very very small‚ they were both very adventurous and they loved to play outside of course‚ they had lots of the same character traits. Simon had a very supportive friend and doodle did not Simon’s friend told him was a hero and he would live while Doodles brother didn’t accept
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Speak Essay As Harvey Fierstein‚ a popular children’s book author once stated; “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life‚ but define yourself.” In Laurie Halse Anderson’s book Speak‚ the main character‚ Melinda‚ was raped at a high school party in the summer. Now going into high school as a freshman‚ she has become extremely depressed and both unable and unwilling to speak. She ignores her parents‚ many of her teachers‚ friends
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Why must we speak English ?? 1. English is the International Language and is one of the most popular and most spoken in the technology world. 2. We need to know English language in order to study any science subject or any computer language. 3. We need to know English to communicate effectively too many developed countries. 4. English is very much important in our life‚ it is necessary in each and every field. 5. If we know English we never feel tongue tide in front of others
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The book ¨Speak¨ by Laurie Halse Anderson was about a girl named Melinda that was raped at a party during the summer by Andy Evans. Speak has many different themes; Adolescence‚ communication‚ growth‚ female empowerment‚ friendship. But depression was the accurate theme . You see Melinda go through depression and her not speaking up about it. Melinda knows she has depression but wants to forget about. My evidence for this is “the whole point of no talking about it‚ of silencing the memory
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In chapter nine of Lord Of The Flies‚ the scene before the death of Simon is a big contributor to adding sociological characteristics to the main characters in the novel. At Jack’s party‚ Simon stumbles upon their camp ground while they were doing their dance. The boys thought that he was the beast‚ so they proceeded to attack him. In this situation Jack was commanding all of the boys and telling them what to do‚ so he has legitimate power. All the boys see him as being able to control what they
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