realized that the majority of the song was not in English but a mixture of other languages that I could not decipher. Sitting back down, I turned to Francis and asked him what languages I had just heard in the national anthem. He responded, “There are five different languages in the song brother…Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and English…it’s supposed to create unity, but brother, the people here, they are not unified. No one knows the words.” Language is one of the most obvious indicators of the
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Ireland does’nt have independenc meanwhile Ireland has. What’s the official name of Ireland? Republic of Ireland Where are Geordie, Cockney and Scouse dialects spoken? They are spoken in the UK Geordie=Newcastle/north east Cockney=london scouse=liverpool What languages other than English are spoken in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales? Gaelic and Welsh Britain, british, brits, brit, England, english, english, englishmen Scotland, scottish, scots, scotsmen Wales, welsh, welsh
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new business venture in South Korea. The business is an English private school/ tutoring center that focuses mainly on learning the language of English. The nature of this business is to bring new alternatives to learning English in South Korea. The organizational structure of this business will be mostly staffed with qualified English teachers. The overall mission statement of this business is to bring the best possible level of English language education to South Korea. This analysis will bring about
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‘Industrialization saved the Welsh language.’ Discuss. By the mid-18th century, industrialisation closely followed by its unavoidable companion, urbanization had collided with Britain and continued to expand into the 19th and 20th centuries. The scale of the industrial revolution led to an amount of migration and indeed, immigration that had never occurred in Britain before. Pouring its way into the heart of Wales itself, the industrial development transported the English language into the Welsh valleys
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Scotland, although a part of the UK, is different from all the other countries in the UK. This difference is evident in its history, music, food, religion, education, language and the Scottish way of life. This essay is aimed at pointing out this difference and relating it to the vast ethnic diversity of Nigeria. There is evidence of human settlement in parts of present day Scotland that dates back to 6,000 BC. The first residents were hunters and fishermen. About two thousand years later, another
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General Montcalm at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, the French speaking population of Lower Canada and what is now Quebec, have lived the lives of a conquered people. This fact has, throughout the years, prevented the gelling of the French and the English into one nation. As set out by Lord Durham in 1839, the situation in Quebec has, for the longest time, been seen as "two nations warring in the bosom of a single state". Louis Hartz argues, in his approach, that French Canada could be considered
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A World Culture of Schooling? Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt Introductory chapter to Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn, Ed. 2003 Local Meanings, Global Schooling: Anthropology and World Culture Theory. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 1 Is there one global culture of schooling, or many? Are school systems around the world diverging from their original European sources, or are they converging toward a single model?i This book opens a dialogue between two very different perspectives on schooling around
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MALAYSIAN ENGLISH AND MANGLISH Generally, the terms ‘Malaysian English’ is always misinterpreted by most Malaysians as ‘Manglish’, let alone by the foreigners or the outsiders. People seem to be unaware of the fact that ‘Malaysian English and Manglish are actually two different forms of English. As a matter of fact, Malaysian English is normally known as Malaysian Standard English; a form of English used and spoken in Malaysia as a second language. It should not be confused with Malaysian Colloquial
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relative - examples: next door, nearby, a short drive, down the road a ways. Or, it can be in the same general location as another location - example: next to the post office. Language • Important for communication and passing on traditions and beliefs There is some debate about making English the official language of the United States. Customs and Traditions - Rules of behavior (written and unwritten) Arts and Literature - Teach about a culture’s values - Promote cultural
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ang katangian ng wika ay: 1. ang wika ay mayroong 2 masistemang balangkas 2. ang wika ay arbitraryo 3. ang wika ay sinasalitang tunog 4. ang wika ay ginagamit sa komunikasyon 5. ang wika ay pantao 6. ang wika ay nakaugat sa kultura 7. ang wika ay malikhain 8. ang wika ay patuloy na nagbabago 9. ang wika ay natatangi ang teorya ng wika ay: 1. teoryang bawaw 2. teoryang pooh pooh 3. teoryang tara ra boom de ay 4. teoryang ding dong 5. teoryang tata 6. teoryang yo-he-ho ang
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