Mel Carter In “ The German Refugee” by Bernard Malamud‚ we have character named Oskar Gasnerr‚ who is a German- Jewish refugee‚ escaping from German Nazis and comes to America‚ where he has no kins and he can not speak the English language properly. He is supposed to give a lecture in English‚ which is too hard for him to do. Apart from having to talk a language he can’t‚ he is also detachted from her own counrty and family‚ and have economical and social difficulties there. No matter
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The Vernacular Language Over the course of humanity‚ there have been many different languages that have come and gone. As this topic is being discussed‚ we can probably assume that there is another spoken or written language being developed for use in one way or another. Latin is one of the most prominent languages and was one of the longest used amongst those that were educated and within literature. The real questions that beg to be answered are the origins of the language and what were the
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“Endangered languages should be saved” Many languages are at the danger of disappearance. The reason of their extinction could be the decrease in a number of people speaking that language. A 85% of 6000 languages appear to be spoken in 25 countries (NOW 2000). Language extinction is caused by external and internal factors. Internal forces such as community’s negative behaviour to mother language‚ or simply decrease in the number of speakers are mainly derived from factors such as military‚ economic
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The Origins of Vernacular Language and Its Spread Keturah Lindsey American Intercontinental University ABSTRACT The term vernacular can be defined as using a language that is native to a country or province‚ rather than a cultured‚ foreign‚ or literary language. The vernacular languages would also be considered as the large family of contemporary “Romance” languages (Matthews‚ 2007). These vernacular languages would one day be known to use as Spanish‚ French‚ Italian
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Do you think learning English is important? English is currently the most wide spread language in the world‚ it is second only to Mandarin Chinese in terms of the amount of people which speak it‚ but second to none in terms of the number of people learning it. It is currently the primary language used on the World Wide Web‚ in the political and business arenas. It has even become the language of today’s pop culture. So yes‚ I definitely think that learning English is important. While English
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English Language: Key to Global Access By: Kyle A. Tumapang “Language is the blood of the soul in which thoughts run and out of which they grow‚” as once said by Oliver Wendell Holmes. We cannot deny that we are all experiencing the effects of globalization. Globalization‚ as we all know‚ is the process of interaction‚ and integration among peoples‚ companies‚ and governments of different nations. Due to its continuous rise‚ the unity of people around the world is greatly needed. But how can unity
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An Eon of Victory English and Century---2 words with different meaning but are related enough to make the new generation more productive. English language as the means of communication and Century‚ 21st Century where new discoveries were discovered. As the 21st Century arises‚ English language plays very important roles in different fields. In education‚ technology‚ science and researches‚ medicine‚ and even in the government. In education- books! Massive quantities of most popular and famous
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ANALYSIS I have chosen to analyze my reflective piece‚ “Diary of an Insecure Girl” in terms of the attitudes to language and communicative behaviors which are found therein. Attitudes to Language refer to the manner in which people use and view the varieties of English spoken in the Caribbean. A consideration adopted in looking at attitudes is the question as to whether Creole English is fitting and appropriate for certain uses. Code switching or adopting the variety of English spoken
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Passage Analysis Analysing the passage on page 179: Nonsense The passage which is going to be analysed is from A concise Chinese-English dictionary for lovers by Xiaolu Guo. The main character of the book is Z. Z is a young Chinese woman who is sent to England by her parents‚ to take English classes. By sending Z to London‚ her poor parents hoped to give their daughter a better future than that they had. While Z is in London‚ she’s very lonely and experiences a culture shock. After a while of
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The Advantages of Learning English By Jeanne Baird‚ eHow Contributing Writer The English language is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world‚ second only to Mandarin. That English is used almost everywhere is just one of the many advantages of learning the English language. Business 1 The English language is the primary language of business throughout the world. Most international business transactions‚ including emails‚ memos‚ reports and contracts are written in the English language
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