with an accent that is a reflection of my background. Personally, I have had a few different types of English throughout my life that, all together, have created my own combination of speech that is best understood among members of my family, musicians, and churchgoers. I grew up in east Tennessee, where you can find some of the most southern accents that can possibly be applied to the English language. Many times I catch myself saying phrases that would only be heard around that part of the
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My Passion for English A close friend of mine suggested University of Phoenix as a good option for me to reach my goal of obtaining an English bachelor’s degree. This was a decision that has impacted my life in only a positive way. Before attending University of Phoenix I was unhappy with my previous schools. Transferring to Phoenix was a new beginning. The first class I completed was like no other I took in the past. I found my course challenging yet interesting, because the curriculum and interactivity
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I chose the case study titled In Many Business Schools, the Bottom Line Is in English (April 10, 2007). This case study was about one of the ways some larger colleges and universities, internationally, are trying to increase revenues in their bottom line. They started to offer things like enrollment exams and entire courses in English due to the rising international enrollment. It speaks of English as being the working language. By working language it refers to the language those stakeholders
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COMPULSORY SUBJECT ENGLISH (801) Aims (English Language) To develop the ability to: • • • derive, infer and critically assess information through listening. express oneself by speaking individually, or in a discussion. read with comprehension drawing information directly or by inference from the text, through an understanding of grammar and structure, vocabulary and idiom. employ a variety of skills in writing : within a framework, using argument or imagination or note making and summarizing. •
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parents told me we would be moving to the United States, I was in shock. I did not speak or understand English. I did not even know how to say hello. When I arrived to the United States I soon began school in the fourth grade. I struggled extremely because, I had no friends and I did not understand a word my teacher was saying. I hated it here. My father knew I had to be distracted, and learn English through making friends. My father also knowing my encounters with
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Michael’s language acquisition: socialinguistic setting, specific social factors, and Acculturation Model. Two positive forces can be identified in his English language acquisition abilities. He excelled at his grade level while studying/learning in his primary language as he lived in South Korea; and he was forcibly indoctrinated into a culture of English language speakers as he temporarily lived with relatives in the United States. An important factor that can definitely affect Michael’s language
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first experienced racism. The neighborhood where my mother and father settled was in the outer Saint Francis Woods district. All of the neighbors were unfamiliar with the Greek culture. The fact that neither my mother nor my father spoke much English did not help matters. Each morning when my father would leave the house for work he would greet his neighbors with good morning, but he did not get a response. This rejection made him feel unaccepted by the neighborhood he and my mother chose to
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The English that was brought to America in seventeenth century was, of course, the language--or versions of the language--of Early Modern England. The year of the Captain John Smith's founding of Jamestown (1607) coincides roughly with Shakespeare's writing of Timon of Athens and Pericles, and the King James Bible (the "Authorized Version") was published only four years later, in 1611. It was not long before writers on both sides of the Atlantic began to acknowledge the language's divergence. As
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Acknowledgement I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my dearest lecturer, Mr for his invaluable guidance, enthusiasm and support in every stage of my assignment. This assignment represents a great deal of time and effort not only on my part, but also on the part of my lecturer. I extend my gratitude to my friends for their most constructive input to enable me to complete this assignment successfully. Last but not least, I would like to thank my family members
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1. Who used the term 'Old English' for the first time ? 2. What is the name of Bede's history book ? 3. What is the meaning of the Anglo-Saxon word 'scop" ? 4. What is the meaning of Anglo-Saxon word 'Wyrd' ? 5. What is the name of the only Anglo-Saxon historian ? 6. Name the Germanic tribes which formed the Anglo-Saxon race ? 7. Name the manuscripts in which Old English poems are found ? 8. Who is the author of Sermo Lupi ad Anglos ? 9. Who is the author of Lives of the Saints
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