think my listening skill needs to be improved and my vocabulary is too small too. So I wanted to improve my English listening skill and enlarge my vocabulary through this independent learning activity. What’s more, I also wanted to know some techniques of taking tests, and know differences between British English and American English, and what features does British English or American English has. Last, since I’ve never done a presentation before, so I wanted to grasp some skills and tips to apply
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dawns in the background of this epic poem. * 30,000 lines of Anglo-Saxon poetry survive today * 3, 182 (10%) of the lines are from Beowulf * Setting – Denmark and Sweden * Oldest surviving English poem * Oldest text in English. * Composed in Anglo-Saxon (Old English) between 600 and 700 CE. * Written down sometime in the 10th century. * There is a manuscript of it in the British Library, that barely survived a fire. * It is a literary picture of melding religious
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The candidate must demonstrate they are able to follow the following tasks as their role as a Part time sales executive: A sales executive will be working the ground floor, serving consumers and helping them if they need assistance with any of their shopping needs. Sales executives will also oversee the retail assistants to check on their progress and to see if there are any other tasks that are outstanding. Good social skills are required as you will be working with people throughout the day, working
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Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH) was incorporated in 1984. Its success is built on the long history and rich heritage of two flagship newspaper products. The Straits Times, the english language daily and LianHe Zaobao, the chinese language daily. SPH was publishes daily newspaper in english, chinese, malay and tamil four titles major language. Everyday, 74 per cent of population above 15 years old read one of SPH's newa publications. SPH also produces a range of magazines. They publishes
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When Cadburys enters India, they must make sure that at least one of Cadburys representatives must know Hindi (India’s common language). even though the most common language used in the world of international business is English, India have an incredibly low command of the English language, so it becomes very helpful when there’s a member of staff that speaks the language. It’s in Cadburys best interest to attain the best deals, create agreements and form negotiations and without a common language
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would be, Language barrier- there is a major language barrier between the two categories of participant. while Econ group uses English as their major language, Nagaoka uses Japanese as their own language. Even though there is an interpreter that could help translate both language to one another, there is still a problem of understanding what is interpreted. Words in English could mean a different thing in Japanese when it is interpreted. So understanding the translated word is a major problem for the
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Career Development As English Teacher Content Career Development As English Teacher | Serial | Topic | Page No. | 1.2.3.4. 5. 6. 7. 8. | Executive Summery Introduction Objective Methodology AnalyzeFindings and RecommendationConclusionReference | 12-3 4 45-6 789 | Acknowledgement: Alhamdulillah, first of all we would like to thank ALLAH as finally we were able to finish our assignment thenWe would like to express our special thanks of gratitude to our
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mostly symbols and phonetics, it alarmed the Department of Education in the Philippines. Mona Valisno, a representative of DepEd told parents to keep their kids from falling into the Jejemontrap before they forget how to spell the actual words in English or Filipino. As a conclusion to this remark on jejemon, the issue became the center of educational debate especially in the secondary education particularly the public schools in the Philippines. The term jejemon is derived from “jejeje” and Pokemon
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English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.[4][5] It is an official language of almost 60 sovereign states, the most commonly spoken language in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand, and a widely spoken language in countries in the Caribbean, Africa, and South Asia.[6] It is the third most common native language in the world, after Mandarin and Spanish.[7] It is the most widely
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VARIETIES OF OLD ENGLISH: In present day English we are used to the concept of different varieties of English. Some are regional, while some are national, perhaps because of the relative sparsity of Anglo-Saxon. However, we need to be aware that in the Anglo-Saxon period, too different varieties of English were used. OLD ENGLISH AND SCOTS: In discussing the notion of old English being used in Scotland we need to add the qualification that in the Anglo-Saxon period there was little sense
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