“English is critical for countries’ successful participation in the global economy‚ that it provides individuals with access to crucial knowledge‚ skills and employment opportunities and enables organisations to create and sustain international links.” (Council‚ 2011) Recently I was in a well-known hotel for a conference and while I was waiting I heard a guest ask in English until what time was breakfast‚ I was surprised to see that none of the staff members understood the question. After several
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English is the most widely used universal language in the world and so it is no surprise that there will be many external influences from other languages. It continues to change and evolve as the years go on. There are many external influences that effects how language changes. An individual can choose if they want to follow the influences or choose to stick to what is to be believed as Standard English. It’s no secret that TV has had a great influence on the modern culture. TV often sets trends
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been affected by “slang” language. This report describes and evaluates the reference of ‘slang’ being incorporated into the English language. Qualitative research in the form of a questionnaire has been used to conduct the research and gather the necessary information needed to compile this research report. With the research conducted‚ it was found that students are very keen and do not mind ‘slang’ being incorporated into the school syllabus and into the English language. With careful evaluation
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Good conversation helped someone or helped you I am fortunate to experience good conversation and be able to remember those good memories. As I recalled those memories‚ I was asking myself‚ "What makes a good conversation?" I think good conversation starts when people feel comfortable talking with each other and understand each other. Surprisingly‚ most of my good conversations have started in America where people don’t use my home language. The first year in America was tough and harsh. I could
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Is English a ‘Killer Language’? The Globalisation of a Code Tanja Eckert‚ Andrea Johann‚ Anna Känzig‚ Melanie Küng‚ Bianca Müller‚ Cornelia Schwald‚ Laura Walder Abstract: Does English act as a Killer-Language or not? The fact that English has gained the status of a world language goes back to British colonialism. English was imposed on the indigenous populace in order to strengthen the power of the colonists. As the example of Papua New Guinea shows‚ this can have serious consequences for people’s
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In her Ted Talk‚ “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are‚” Dr. Amy Cuddy argues that how a person holds their body shapes how they act in situations. She starts off her speech offering everybody in the crowd a free no-tech life hack. She continues to talk about different ways of how people may be sitting‚ and the crowd reacts by changing their posture. Cuddy then continues on to describe to the crowd how the human race is fascinated with body language. She then puts up a few pictures on the board
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is that one is in a television studio and the other in a radio set; another difference is the audiences that would watch them. The television situation is broadcasted on a Friday night at 10.30pm so the audience would be teenagers and young adults‚ which is a contrast to the audience that would listen to the radio interview‚ (which is broadcasted on Saturday morning around 10am) who would be middle aged and certainly older than the people watching the Jedward interview. Also as well as the audience
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Lindsey Trizzino Mrs. C. Bissmeyer English III 16 October 2012 What would you do when confronted with Injustice? As American citizens‚ we withhold freedoms like no other country. When we begin to abuse these freedoms‚ that’s when injustice occurs. The definition of Injustice is lack of fairness. The late Dr. Martin Luther King‚ JR. stated that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice everywhere.” There are many categories’ that can fall into Injustice. One of the categories
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AIDS is a rapidly growing‚ and almost uncontrollable‚ problem in society today. AIDS starts out as a virus‚ HIV‚ and then turns into AIDS when one ’s body can not fight the virus anymore. What started out as a small scare in the 1980 ’s has grown into a full blown epidemic that any sexually active person has the right to be scared of. AIDS did not seem like a very big issue at first‚ but it is now visible in our rear view mirror‚ and it does not look like there is much people can do to make it
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HISTROY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN BRIEF A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE History of English language will explain‚ why learning English as a second language is difficult without proper instruction‚ even though basic components are same. Throughout its history English has been influenced by the varieties of language. Living languages never remain static. Every language is the product of change and continues to change as long as it is spoken. Only dead languages like Latin or Sanskrit change no
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