mother tongue ‘influence’ on English‚ as mother tongue ‘influenza’ and have a good laugh at others’ expense. Of all the influences‚ the mother tongue influence is the most difficult to get rid of‚ or so we believe! In my Verbal Ability sessions‚ I invariably come across people who carry around an inferiority complex‚ just because they speak English with a mother tongue influence. When I tell them that I come from a vernacular medium school and couldn’t converse in English even while in college
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ABSTRACT Language plays an important role in society. As a phenomenon of society‚ language reflects all the sides of human society naturally. Sexism is a phenomenon that takes a male-as-norm attitude‚ trivializing‚ insulting or rendering women invisible. As a mirror reflecting the society‚ language images the social views and values. The causes of sexism in this thesis are not the language itself but due to the inequality between male and female in such areas as traditional culture‚ religious
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SUMMARY HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHAPTER 3 : OLD ENGLISH * Old English is a first English language that spoken by Germanic tribes ( Anglo ‚ Saxons ‚ Jutes‚ Frisians ) from 450 S until 1150 S. (The period which full inflection because during most of this period the endings of the noun‚ the verb and the adjective are preserved more or less unimpaired) * Old English has 4 main dialects => Northumbrian ‚ Mercian ‚ West Saxon ‚ Kentish Northumbrian & Mercian are found in the region
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English Language is Globally Important English is the major language in such fields as international diplomacy‚ business and commerce‚ science and technology‚ and the travel industry. How did English become such an important global language? British Colonialism Took English to North America‚ the Caribbean‚ Africa‚ Australia‚ New Zealand‚ and the Indian sub-continent U.S. rise as a strong economic and strategic power Pop Culture English became the language of diplomacy
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Article Summary “Academic Vocabulary‚ Writing and English for Academic Purposes: Perspectives from Second Language Learners” Averil Coxhead (2012) conducted a research on the use of English vocabulary in Writing and Academic purpose by involving with 14 students of English as an additional language at a New Zealand university. The research was mainly conducted through the experience obtained from background language learning and academic studies of the students by mainly based on two target
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Ok. Thanks Bailey. So now I’ll move on to some reasons why people believe that same sex marriage should not be legalized. Not create the next generation Firstly‚ they think that although people have a right to live any way they like but traditionally‚ marriage is between a man and a woman. One of meaning purposes of marriage is create the next generation and mutual them. Children are the fundamental of future society. And obviously only opposite- sex marriage can play the role of create the future
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by poets and songwriters to refer to England‚ Scotland‚ Great Britain as a whole.➔origin-> Celtic➔ Greek and Roman name for Great Britain. Romans associated Great Britain with Latin word “albus” meaning “white” ➔ Chalk cliffs around Dover on the English south coast are the first land formations one sights when crossing the sea from the European mainland. Britannia➔ Name given by the Romans to their southern British province (present day‚ England and
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The Rise of English The rise of English as an international language has always been a debatable issue. Its critics condemn the global dominance of English as a form of linguistic imperialism‚ in which hegemonic powers like Great Britain and the United States extend their influence and interests by promoting the teaching and learning of English (Phillipson‚ 1992). In contrast‚ others have observed that the ascension of English as an international language has been supported by individuals in various
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independently and collaboratively. Throughout this report‚ I have explored the theoretical influences that have impacted the way I view the teaching and learning of Australian English literacy education. Through the examination and analysis of didactic‚ authentic‚ functional and critical pedagogies‚ have explained why a combination of pedagogies is necessary to provide a balanced approach when delivering 21st Century English literacy education. Jessica Varcin (The author) Introduction Literacy education
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Clare Yue Mr. Messer RWV 3 May 5th‚ 2013 Setting and Mood Analysis “The Grass Eaters”‚ written by Krishnan Varma was about how Swapna and her husband Ajit Babu finally found their stable home---a pipe. The setting of the story was during wartime which made the general mood anxious and worrisome‚ plus the mood changed rapidly according to different places in the story. The general setting of the story was during wartime‚ and the place changed a lot during the story which made the mood anxious
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