OUR OWN ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL‚ ABU DHABI GR.8‚ HISTORY NOTES TOPIC: REVOLT OF 1857 ❖ GREASED CARTRIDGES INCIDENT: 1. New rifle introduced-Enfield‚ cartridge covered with greased paper wrapper. 2. Sepoys had to bite off the cart.‚ before loading the cartridge into the rifle. (it had gunpowder and an iron ball) 3. News spread that the grease was made from fat of cows and pigs. 4. Hindus consider cows: sacred Muslims consider pigs: dirty
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Max Cembalest SYA English‚ 6th Period March 7th‚ 2013 The Villa is Alive‚ But the Sand is Forever Barren. Lifeless. Considered one of the most hostile environments on the planet‚ the Sahara Desert takes away all meaning and identity and covers it with sand. Amalsy‚ the so-called English Patient and one of the central characters of our story‚ thrusts himself into this empty land to dispose of the idea of nations. In this way the desert is an escape; a common void for those
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ADVANCED ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS AD 117 Teacher: MBA Lilian Molina Jalil Department: Comercio Exterior Period: Spring 2006 Course: Advanced English for Business This course is designed to develop the student’s ability to communicate through listening‚ speaking‚ reading and writing in English. It is our goal to: Sensitize the student to the diverse nature of cultures; Enable the students to make connections with other areas of study; Prepare students to participate in local and global communities
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English 10 Examination Booklet 2009/10 Released Exam August 2010 Form A DO NOT OPEN ANY EXAMINATION MATERIALS UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO. FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS REFER TO THE RESPONSE BOOKLET. Contents: 24 pages 29 multiple-choice questions 2 written-response questions Examination: 2 hours Additional Time Permitted: 60 minutes © Province of British Columbia ENGLISH 10 PROVINCIAL EXAMINATION INSTRUCTIONS: • You will read three passages connected by a theme. Each passage provides
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Chaucer and mother name was Agnes Copton Geoffrey Chaucer was died in 25 October 1400 his age 56–57 years. His occupation was Author‚ poet‚ philosopher‚ bureaucrat‚ diplomat He is known as the Father of English Poetry and English literature‚ He is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first poet to have been buried in Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his life time as an author‚ philosopher‚ alchemist and astronomer‚ composing
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English conservatism‚ which was called Toryism‚ emerged during the Restoration (1660–1688). It supported a hierarchical society with a monarch who ruled by divine right. However the Glorious Revolution (1688 ‚ which established constitutional government‚ led to a reformulation of Toryism which now considered sovereignty vested in the three estates of Crown‚ Lords‚ and Commons.[7])‚ Conservatism developed in Restoration England from royalism. Royalists supported absolute monarchy‚ arguing that
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Hong Kong Baptist University Language Centre GCLA1009 University English II (2013/14) Assessment 2 – Synthesizing information (15%) ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE: Monday 24 March 2014 PROCEDURES: Submit to Turnitin on BU Moodle for plagiarism check. If Turnitin report shows over 20% similarity with other sources‚ re-do the assignment and re-submit (you can do this as many times as you wish). Do NOT copy the instructions as these will count as being “copied”. Print the Turnitin report along with
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Syllabus: English I (mixed class) Spring 2013 Instructor: Contact info: Office: Office Hours: Class Time: Classroom: I. Course Description English I is an integrated‚ two-credit course designed to improve students’ listening‚ speaking‚ writing and reading skills at the basic level. Students will develop the aural and oral competencies that are essential to successfully communicating in an academic environment. It also serves as preparation for English II. II. Course Goals Students
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1.0 Introduction The presence and use of borrowed words and discourse particles in Colloquial Singapore English (CSE) have been widely studied by linguists (e.g. Lim‚ 2007; & Deterding‚ 2007). It is also widely accepted‚ both amongst scholarly literature and within the general population‚ that CSE (its lexicon/syntax/etc.) is predominantly Chinese- or Malay-based and that Tamil has only had minimal influences (Leimgruber‚ 2009). However‚ little thought has been given‚ by the general population
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International Spoken English for Speakers of Other Languages Book 2 Achiever Communicator Vincent Smidowicz Bridget Bloom Spoken English for Speakers of Other Languages Book 2 Achiever/Communicator Introduction This booklet provides a taster of the new support materials created for Spoken ESOL. All the sample exercises included here have been selected from Book 2‚ which covers the Achiever and Communicator levels. This new and important resource (see Key features) is designed both to help
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