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    Why My Mother can’t Speak English Garry Engkent was born in 1948 in China‚ he came to Canada in the 1950”s. He completed a PH.D in English at the University of Toronto‚ and has teached at a number of Community Colleges and Universities. Why My Mother can’t Speak English‚ was first published in the Anthology of Chinese-Canadian writing in 1991. This short story has shown differences in culture‚ with different languages. There are parts where Garry’s mother feared of losing her home‚ and being sent

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    In order for a change to happen‚ you must speak up because remaining quiet can cause more bad than a good change. Being neutral helps those who are evil remain silent and cause even more evil to occur. I believe if everyone would stick together through thick and thin things would not be the way they are.One reason why is if you are there to help others and listen then they will do the same for you in return. Therefore‚ treat others the way you want to be treated. In the book Terrible Things on page

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    Of Plymouth Plantation Traveled on mayflower from England to get to America and spread religion. Another ship broke down so they let those onto their ship. One guy was impure because he was making fun of them for being sick. He planned to throw those people overboard but he died of sickness himself and the England men tossed him over instead. They believed it was Gods doing for him not being pure. Ship had started to leak as the weather got bad. All of them decided to talk to the captain and

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    READING TO SPEAK: INTEGRATING ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS. The article I chose deals about the lack of practice in speaking skill in language teaching‚ and although it refers to Chinese schools‚ I found it relevant because the situations it refers to are very similar to the ones we face in most of the schools in our country. Since a very powerful motivation to learn a second language is to be able to converse with speakers of that language‚ speaking seems to be the most important skill

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    Should English teachers speak the language of their students? An English only policy should be implemented in all ESL and EFL classrooms. The best English lessons are often the result of a teacher who only speaks English. Such lessons enhances the student’s listening and speaking skills by hearing the correct way to pronounce things and comprehending what the teacher is explaining‚ which are the most important skills in order to communicate. However there is always an exception to the rule. There

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    and I could not find my voice to speak. When I was younger‚ my English class had a debate. One day when I was thirteen‚ my class had a debate on gay marriage. I sat there in class listening to a classmate scream out “It’s Adam and Eve‚ not Adam and Steve!” All I could

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    Attention Getting Title with link attached‚ so I can edit Peer pressure influence teenagers in many ways one of the main ones are bullying. I think Laurie Halse Anderson the author of “Speak” is saying that you shouldn’t sink in peer pressure because Melina was pressured to drink at a party and she ending up getting raped. She is influenced by peer pressure when she goes to a party and she she’s people drinking and she started drinking. (Halse). I experienced peer pressure when i went to a party

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    Neihardt’s Black Elk Speaks. Neihardt claims to authentically give voice to Black Elk of the Oglala Sioux. However‚ as Martin reveals‚ the work actually “gives a highly selective and romantic vision of the man and his religious life” (679). DeMaillie’s annotations in the Premier

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    decisions. An example of this is believing a rumor that was spread around school. That is known as ignorance because believing the statement that is told without seeking any evidence is ignorant of the person. In The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson the idea of lack of knowledge and ignorance is represented. This is shown through the analysis of conflict. The Fault in Our Stars relates to Laura Fermi’s idea. This book is about a teenager‚ Hazel Grace‚ whom has cancer

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    Actions Speak Louder Than Words The importance of verbal communication is a crucial part of life within your culture‚ but also across many other cultures. When interacting with someone from a different culture‚ it is important to understand the difference between how you view situations and how they view them. For example‚ silence or maybe just a simple thumbs up. Body language is grated meaning over a period of time within a society you live in. Cultures identify these gestures completely different

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