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    triggered a lot of talking and‚ on the same day‚ curious neighbours knocked at the Duvall house for an ‘inspection’. The nightmare became reality when an army of light grey mice suddenly rushed out of the house and occupied the whole of Malsam. The effects of this infestation have had horrendous repercussions on the villagers. Rapidly‚ the population of this unlucky village HAS claimed to be feeling bad‚ nauseous‚ dizzy and a wide variety of illnesses have been diagnosed since. Furthermore‚ the village

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    using slang or incorrect words (“BBC”). Slang is defined as incorrect ways of using words. Schools have banned students from using slang in the classroom so they can better prepare themselves for future careers (“The Independent”). “Slang is lazy and makes people that use it look ignorant” says Alexis Acquire (”Students”). There are times when slang isn’t acceptable and slang is one of them. You should always think about when and where you are when you say something. Schools should ban slang so that

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    their lives.  When Kimberly first started school in America she had a very hard time adjusting‚ especially with knowing so little English. Her teacher‚ Mr. Bogart‚ doesn’t bother to accommodate her and even accuses her of cheating. This is a major flaw with the public school system. Those who immigrate to America often have very little knowledge of the English language‚ and need help when reading. This should have been taken into account‚ especially within the first few months of Kimberly’s education

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    SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH LITERACY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS Key Issues and Promising Practices Diane August August & Associates Report No. 61 February 2003 This report was published by the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR)‚ a national research and development center supported by a grant (No. R-117-D40005) from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)‚ U.S. Department of Education. The content or opinions expressed

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    Informal English is a Barrier Informal English is a barrier … curse‚ words‚ slang etc.. have kept many students from becoming college writers. I am against the use of informal English at all levels of learning systems. It should particularly be discouraged at the very initial stages of learning to avert the disaster of having children hooked to informal language which will sabotage their ability to becoming college professional writers at a later age when in college. When students are so much

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    Well it’s another day again in Broady*‚ and my relo and I went down to the bottle-o to pick up some grog for the big* game of* *aierial* *pingpong* *this arvo* between the mighty pies and the dons*. When we got down there we realised that we spent *all *our *moula* at the servo. “ey* cobber *ya* old bastard*‚* we better mull u*p‚ we got no cash” *“true* blue *ya* dag‚ *haha* no cash no problem” *“better* grab the metho as well *fella*” *“no* time knackers‚ *weve* got get home before everyone

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    Faith Miramontes English 350 MW 7:00-8:15am Essay #3 Final Draft 13 October 2014Communicating through Diction The English language is a complex system that includes different manners of speech to communicate in the three phrases of life: infant‚ adolescent‚ and adult. These three phases can be further divided into other categories of expression; Baby-Talk is used in the infant stage‚ Valleyspeak for the teenager‚ and some adults use Military Linguistics. The difference is to communicate

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    age to perform. He demonstrates strength in calculating straight-forward math problems (numerical operations). In my interview with Mrs. Jones‚ she also noted that math is a definite strength of Billy’s. Oral Language: On the WIAT-III‚ Billy performed in the average range in the oral language section‚ which is what we would expect for someone his age. This section is made up of listening comprehension‚ which is how well Billy understands things that are spoken to him‚ and oral expression‚ which is

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    Coming into the course‚ I didn’t know what to expect. In my opinion the AP English Language I took Junior year was not up par with the actual AP standards and the teacher was extremely lenient. However‚ I had some difficulty adjusting but once I became use to the course and workload‚ my grades improved. I really enjoyed the class and when the AP exam came‚ I felt prepared and confident. This was a huge difference compared to junior year whereas I had to rely solely on self studying to score a 4.

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    in his plays‚ a portion of which he invented himself by merging existing words and anglicizing vocabulary from foreign languages..." (Doc A). Shakespeare mastered a skill that all songwriters and music artists must utilize: the manipulation of words. A 60 minutes segment on Eminem shows how he‚ and other musicians‚ manipulate the syllables and sounds of words‚ as well as using slang‚ in order to achieve specific rhyme schemes or syllable patters in their music. This is the exact same strategy that

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