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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can read and understand this, you are at a great advantage in today’s job market. By looking at the population at large in the United States, some of the typical jobs and studying abroad programs, you can see that being bilingual, especially with English and Spanish is a very marketable resource. By observing the population at large in the United States, one can see that Caucasian is not the only ethnic background being represented. In fact, the United States is the fourth largest
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Valid Research Resources Students in higher education have a plethora of research resources available. These resources include traditional items and virtual or web-based items. Traditional items, such as printed textbooks and professional journals, are generally accepted by institutions of higher education as valid resources to obtain peer reviewed articles. Virtual items, such as search blogs and wikis are not widely accepted as valid resources to obtain research materials. Blogs and Wikis by
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has changed from Greek, to Latin, to French, and eventually to English. English is the simplest and easiest language in the world. Some languages, like Japanese and Chinese, are quite simple yet, they have complicated scripts. If Chinese Language is written in Latin manuscript, it will have a potential to be the universal language. In the case for “Universal Language” the simplicity and easiness weren't the reasons to make English as a Universal Language. As I said earlier about Chinese language
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------------------------------------------------- MGMT 363 - Debate 1 Total Marks: 12 points Grade Weight: 3% Introduction: The purpose of this debate is to enable learners to gain knowledge in the areas of business ethics and social responsibility while reinforcing their skills in business communication, team-building, and interpersonal influence. In-class debates allow participants to analyze opposing points of view in order to conclude where viewpoints diverge and why.
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UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP SYSTEM - DALTA UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP SYSTEM - DALTA MOLINO CAMPUS MOLINO CAMPUS Molino III, Bacoor City Molino III, Bacoor City English Proficiency of Grade 9 Students of University of Perpetual Help System – DALTA – Molino Campus Francia Lasala Maria Angelica Anne Velasco Kurt Wilson Arias James Oliver Niango Eduardo Delima III Lester Evangelista Rovic Kalugdan Alexander Acedilla RESEARCHERS Figure 1: Respondent’s Mother’s Educational
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British National Corpus. British National Corpus, often referred to as BNC, is a 100 million-word collection of samples of written and spoken British English, gathered during the later part of the 20th century (The British National Corpus, 1992). The material that is being examined in this essay consists of swear words limited to the spoken British English language and each swear word represents itself in a separate category. The samples consist of a wide range of sources across six age groups
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Multicultural Families Tammy Thomas Liberty University Abstract This paper discusses the dynamic issues involving the diversity of multicultural families in regards to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic, gender and sexual orientation. This paper will also highlight same or different minority or cultural backgrounds, identity and biases involving multicultural families. How multicultural families incorporate their beliefs, cultures and values into a family unit as well as the transformation of acculturation
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Before reading this article I already knew that men and women spoke the same form of English. Although, if I had been raised in a different time I can see how I may have been tricked into believing otherwise. In current literature women are portrayed as being intelligent and independent. Even novels I grew up with as a kid had leading characters that were intelligent and in depth women, such as Nancy Drew. But if I had been raised in a different time I would have only read novels about intelligent
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