the use and importance of English in India. Some speak in favour while some others oppose the idea of retaining English as a subject‚ in our school or college curriculum. The British rules introduced English in Indian schools with a hope that the troubles in administration due to linguistic barrier would disappear. So some Indian nationalists claim that English should be removed from this country when the British rule in India has come to the end. For them‚ English language carries a disgraceful
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differences is on the way they speak and pronounce the words. There are some different vocabularies of American English and British English‚ but actually they have the same meaning. That’s way‚ if we learn a language‚ we have to learn the culture too‚ in order we can understand the meaning of certain expression or what they mean. There are some different expressions of American English and British English I found in The Parent Trap movie. It is based on word variation ( pronunciation‚ grammar‚ accent‚ spelling
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Swearing in English Swearing in English uses the spoken section of the British National Corpus to establish how swearing is used‚ and to explore the associations between bad language and gender‚ social class and age. The book goes on to consider why bad language is a major locus of variation in English and investigates the historical origins of modern attitudes to bad language. The effects that centuries of censorious attitudes to swearing have had on bad language are examined‚ as are the social
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proficiency is derived from mandates issued by the US government‚ declaring that a limited English proficient student is one who comes from a non-English background and "who has sufficient difficulty speaking‚ reading‚ writing‚ or understanding the English language and whose difficulties may deny such an individual the opportunity to learn successfully in classrooms where the language of instruction is English or to participate fully in our society." ACTFL views "performance" as being the combined
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English Pronunciation Pronunciation can be a tricky matter when it comes to the English language. Unlike with languages like Hindi and Tamil‚ letters in English take on multiple phonetic forms (think of the a in ‘can’ and the a in ‘war’); thus‚ the concept of pronouncing a word the way it is spelled does not apply. This is partly the result of derivation; English is a derivative language. It means that many of its words and phrases have been borrowed from other languages (cafe‚ boutique‚ cocoa)
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"Black English" Another Way to Classify Humans "To open your mouth You have confessed your parents‚ your youth‚ your school‚ your salary‚ your self-esteem‚ and alas‚ your future ". After reading the two essays‚ "From Outside‚ In" by Barbara Mellix and "If Black English Isn’t a Language Then Tell Me‚ What Is?" by James Balwin‚ I came to realize a few things one of them being that the way we speak‚ is a means of identifying somebody’s culture and background. Much in how a license can tell a person
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Reflection Paper English is the International Language and is one of the most popular and most spoken languages in the world. We need to know English to communicate effectively to different countries. English is very much important in our life‚ it is necessary in each and every field. Language is always very important‚ because it is the means of communication. If you cannot speak the language of a place‚ it will be very difficult to communicate with the people. . If we know English we never feel tongue
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Future of English as a global language “A language achieves a genuinely global status when it develops a special role that is recognized in every country” (Crystal 1997). In the 21st century‚ English is increasingly becoming the dominant language in global communication. However‚ the question of where the future of English lies remains unclear. Will English in the future increase in popularity or should we adopt a better alternative? English is undoubtedly one of the most influential languages
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~ History of English ~ Summer term 2010/11 Wednesdays 11.00-12.30 Fridays 11.00-12.30 ~ Introduction ~ - Who speaks English? - 1) inner circle (320-380 million speakers; English as L1) - 2) outer circle (150-300 million speakers; English as L2) - 3) expanding circle (100-1000 million speakers; English as lingua franca = ELF) - possible language shifts: from ELF to L2 - from L2 to L1 - Why is English a world language? - historical
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gadgets like cell phones and computers to convey their messages and through these‚ they learned how to cope and change the way they convey their thoughts and ideas in different forms. Indeed‚ English proficiency is one of the important things that we need to practice. The proper usage of both Filipino and English language is one of the important aspects of Philippine education. Correct grammar‚ syntax and pronunciation are the main concerns of improving our language proficiency to maintain an effective
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