SPANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM Department of Spanish & Portuguese INTERMEDIATE SPANISH (SPAN 104) Name_____________________________________________________ Composition Number ______________ Points CRITERIA COMMENTS CONTENT 20-18 EXCELLENT: Knowledgeable. Substantive. Thorough development of topic. Relevant to assigned topic. 17-13 VERY GOOD: Very good knowledge of the subject. Very good range range. Good development of topic. Relevant to topic, but lacks certain
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a 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
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where you are in the world. A Mandarin Chinese pig goes hu-lu hu-lu, while further up north in Finland it goes roh roh. Next door in Sweden, a pig goes noff noff, while in Wales it goes soch soch. In the English world, a pig goes oink oink. Bird sounds also vary around the world. In English, a small bird chirps while a medium-sized bird tweets. A larger bird, however, squawks. In Spanish, a bird goes pio pio, while in Korea it will be heard going jek jek. In French? Pit pit. Although animals
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http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/history.aspx When were The Canterbury Tales written? In what language were they written? The Canterbury Tales was written in the time frame of 1387 to 1400. The Canterbury tales is written in Middle English. What are they about? A contest was drawn on everyone to see who could come up with the better story while they are on their way to and from Canterbury. What is a frame tale? A story with in a story What happens in the Prologue
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marketing or small business development plan with local entrepreneurs, address key issues such as child labor or HIV/AIDS, and the list goes on. With a good mark in English, I hope to get accepted into this program. I’ve never taken an online course so I did not know exactly what to expect. I am finding it more difficult than the English course that I took in day school. I also find that it is twice as much work. However, in day school, a lot of the marking is through class discussions, presentation
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Having the Faith to Survive The life of an English peasant around the year 1,000 proved to be quite laborious. Thanks to Sir Robert Cotton, authors Danziger and Lacey were able to tell us how the drawings of the Julius Work Calendar portrayed these individuals. The world was a quaint and quiet place in that time, with a total population of only one million people. “The year 1,000 was an empty world, with much more room to stretch out and breath.” There were three groups
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Criteria for Effective Writing (80 Point Breakdown) Content (30) Content is excellent, completely consistent and appropriate for audience and purpose; contains excellent internal integrity (15) *Content is good and usually consistent and appropriate for audience, purpose, and medium; contains some internal integrity (12) Content is minimally effective, inconsistent or inappropriate for audience, purpose, or medium; contains minimal internal integrity (9) Content
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“English should not become official” America is a country filled with many people with different language trying to get along. We live in a society made up and founded by immigrants. Looking at our society today, English shouldn’t become the official language of the U.S because, first of all it is unfair for others living here who have English as a second language or can speak little English. Second of all, it will limit certain people when it comes to finding a job because not everybody is capable
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Should English be the Official Language in the United States Even though other countries have their own official language, not making English the official language in the U.S. will help preserve the different cultures that decide to live in the US. Communities are built based on cultures and the U. S. economy depends on other countries and their people. One of the greatest barriers today in the U.S. is the effectiveness of communication. Whether that communication is written or verbal there is
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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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