CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIAN ENGLISH Indian English is a distinct variety of the English language. Many Indians claim that it is very similar to British English, but this opinion is based on a surface level examination of lexical similarities. Of course, one must keep in mind that not every linguistic item is used by every Indian English speaker and that a great deal of regional and educational differentiation exists. Even so, items can be identified which are indicative of Indian English speech and which are
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Aliyah Johnson English composition/eng comp 123 September 27, 2013 Properly improper I’ve never thought of English as anything other than something people speak on a day to day basis. If I had a choice English wouldn’t have been my first language, or my only language for that matter. My family is mainly made up of women. My grandmother has four daughters and all four daughters had girls except for one. I’m the third out of all my family to go to college. I’m like any other teenager.
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gadgets like cell phones and computers to convey their messages and through these, they learned how to cope and change the way they convey their thoughts and ideas in different forms. Indeed, English proficiency is one of the important things that we need to practice. The proper usage of both Filipino and English language is one of the important aspects of Philippine education. Correct grammar, syntax and pronunciation are the main concerns of improving our language proficiency to maintain an effective
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discussion on the identity of views held by Ram Mohun Roy and Macaulay. I believe that Macaulay's Minute is better understood and appreciated if we have some understaning of the man who wrote it. Macaulay was an extra-ordinary administrator, master of English prose, and statesman. Remember Macaulay was writing his Minute nearly 175 years ago. 1. A BRIEF SOJOURN, AN ENDURING IMPACT Lord Macaulay (Thomas Babington Macaulay) was born on October 25, 1800, and died on December 28, 1859. He arrived in India
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those themes. Write your argument here: Some themes are: 1. Standard English and dialect 2. Shame and inferiority 3. A teacher’s influence for students 4. Suicide 5. Different ways to learn language In this paper, I will argue that __As a student, Lovey can speak Standard English if she focuses on, but she does not like to say it when she talks to
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norms. Standard English – the official language of Great Britain taught at schools and universities, used by the press, the radio and the television and spoken by educated people may be defined as that form of English which is current and literary, substantially uniform and recognized as acceptable wherever English is spoken or understood. Its vocabulary is contrasted to dialect words or dialectisms belonging to various local dialects. Local dialects are varieties of the English language peculiar
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has dealt with a great amount of diversity and has been subject to many stereotypes. Born in Trinidad, and raised in Pascal, Venezuela, she migrated to the United States at the age of 17. To this day, she still faces many communication barriers as English is not her first language. The most common barrier Dominga has to deal with on a daily basis is anxiety. When dealing with people that are not familiar with her culture, background, and language, she tends to get anxious and even upset. “When you
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Shakespeare changed the world as we know it by instilling Intrapersonal Intelligence, helping to make the English language what it is today and changing how writing affects the world through his writing. Shakespeare is known as the greatest writers of all time, he established a wide range of vocabulary, and crafted thousands of words, phrases and concepts that are now used in today’s English language. His works have been use to illustrate and explore theories and helped the development of modern-day
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M=emme N=enne O=o P=pe’ Q=ku R=erre S=esse T=te’ U=u V=ve’ W=double ve’ X= ixe Y=i grec Z=z`ede d) Les signes orthographiques or spelling marks In the French language they use accents and spelling marks that we do not use in the English language. The marks are part of the spelling of the word and cannot be left out. Examples: l’accent aigu=acute accent Me’lanie L’accent grave=grave accent H`elene L’accent corconflexe=circumflex Ho^tel Le Tre’me =dieresis Noel
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language that I learnt in my life was no other than English. English was one of the most important languages in the world as it remains the most spoken and used language regardless of aspects, let it be commercial or general use or even politics. I was taught to speak English since primary level as it was introduced into our learning syllabus. But I was not granted the chance to improve and enhance my language skills until secondary school, where English was used in Mathematics, Science, Biology, Chemistry
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