INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES TO ENHANCE ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE English is an international language‚ spoken in many countries both as a native and as a second or foreign language. It is taught in the schools in almost every country on this earth. It is a living and vibrant language spoken by over 300 million people as their native language. Millions more speak it as an additional language. English is spoken habitually almost everywhere in the world. English is the associate official language of
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History has been known to repeat itself when society does not learn from its past mistakes. In the novel World War Z by author Max Brooks‚ we are thrown directly into a world of utter chaos‚ mostly stemming from a rejection of scientific perception and insight. Continually‚ when faced with news of the threat of a possible outbreak of an unexplained disease‚ many simply chose to ignore this revelation. This‚ however‚ resulted in unimaginable devastation. This societal ignorance is a topic that surfaces
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Dialogue reveals how spoken language expresses meaning not only at the spoken level but through the implied meaning. It can be said that what’s left out of a conversation is sometimes more important than what is put in. Jane Harrison’s Stolen is an honest and compassionate play that follows the lives of five aboriginal kids who have been stolen from their families as part of the governments’ assimilationist agenda. Harrison employs a range of theatrical and written techniques to highlight the notion
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uses various techniques and devices to evoke the sense of World War One. Words such as ‘beggars’‚ ‘children’ and ‘boys’ refers to the soldiers. In the first verse‚ ‘Bent double‚ like old beggars under sack‚ knocked-kneed‚ coughing like hags‚ we cursed through sludge’‚ ‘like’ indicates that it’s the use of simile and ‘old beggars’ is hyperbole of soldiers’ fatigue. ‘Knocked-knee’ is the use of alliteration. ‘His hanging face‚ like a devil’s sick of sin;’ is a visible image of the war. He depicts the
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consequence of U.S. involvement in World War I. One consequence of the involvement in World War 1 was the casualties rate. Between the casualty’s rate between America and France both country suffered major losses with deaths reaching over 100‚000 on both sides no one country really won the war. But the main consequence in World War 1 was not the casualties that was suffered after the war‚ but what was going on at home. One of the biggest consequence of World War 1 was the way the Ku Klux Klan gain strength
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GLOSSARY OF TECHNIQUES USED TO CREATE MEANING Active voice/passive voice Writing that uses the forms of verbs which create a direct relationship between the subject and the object. Active voice is lively and more direct. Eg. ‘We had fun’ is written in the active voice; ‘Fun was had’ is written in the passive voice. Alliteration The repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. It is used to produce sound that adds to the atmosphere or mood of the words‚ or perhaps
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caswell uses numerous techniques in chapter xx down…...firstly the use of italics is very prominent. caswell uses the italics on the baby’s speech and myriam’s experiences as she tries to help ricky.by using the italics‚ the words stand out among the rest and it helps the reader’s to know that the setting and time has changed to myriams experiences. also it keeps the reader more entertained due to the variation of speech style and putting emphasis on myriam’s recount and the baby’s speech. caswell
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Language anxiety: “Negative emotional reaction when learning a second language” Learning and teaching a language can be considered by many as a very challenging and demanding task due to what the process itself implies. Could you imagine how each language learner feels when he/ she is asked to perform an activity or just to speak in front of the class? Some of them will feel very comfortable but what about those whose hearts often pound really hard‚ break out in a cold sweat and find it difficult
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Analyse the religious and social situation in Arabia When Muhammad began his work. The period before Mohammad’s teachings in Arabia were uncivilised‚ lawless and brutal- these were known as Jahiliyyya‚ meaning “days of ignorance”. The laws of the land were only oral and usually varied from tribe to tribe. The Arabs used to indulge in adultery‚ gambling and drinking- known as Abul Ala Mawdudi. Although Arabia is a vast one million square miles‚ most of it is barren desert with small oases and a
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1. For what purpose does Nicholas Carr refer to HAL the computer from the film 2001? To introduce the feeling of HAL when its mind is going and Dave is disconnecting its memory circuits because Carr feels the same way. He feels someone or something “has been tinkering with my brain‚ remapping the neuronal circuit‚ reprogramming my memory”. 2. Does Carr believe that reading is an instinctive skill in humans? Explain. No‚ based on Wolf’s study‚ reading is not an instinctive skill for human beings
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