audience-centered focus with appropriate tone and style; some wordiness (8) Readability is minimally effective, containing limited attention to tone and style (6) Readability does not meet requirements for purpose or audience (0) Grammar (15) ________/15 Grammar, punctuation,
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“The language that the world is crying out to learn is diseased in its own country.” English is but the third most commonly spoken language in the world, and yet so many people in foreign countries wish to learn it. The problem we face is that of people in other countries, where English isn’t their native language, ending up being able to speak the language better than those native to England. This old, sophisticated language is slowing deteriorating and for something significant to happen in
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Discuss, with the use of examples, two negative ways in which the social media has been affecting formal Standard English use in the Jamaica classroom and one methodology that a teacher of English might employ to combat these negative effects. The social media craze is one that affects most if not all persons today. Whether we are old, young, from different races or cultures, we have been exposed to these channels of interaction in some way. Not only that but we have a wide range of these Medias
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Abra Valley Colleges Bangued, Abra Research Paper Submitted to : G. Marquez “ The Effects of Jejemon Phenomenon in Language Proficiency ” Marso 20, 2013 DEDICATION This Research Paper is lovingly dedicated to our respective parents who have been our constant source of inspiration. They have given us the drive and discipline to tackle any task with enthusiasm and determination. Without their love and support this project would not have been made possible. Researchers
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pedagogy in the West as well as Arab world. Thus, translation studies have been taught in translation classes without being seen in normal foreign or second language (FL) classrooms. In spite of the claims in opposition to make use of translation in English language classroom, recent studies regard highly that far from being counter-productive and fruitless, translation can be an effective boost in (FL) learning and teaching. In most of Arabic countries, the mother tongue, Arabic,
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conclude that grammar is universal among children. He arrived at this concept because of the easiness for children to pick up language while the smartest of adults struggle endlessly to learn. When one looks at how complex language is, the only proof that can explain this phenomenon is that any child with a healthy brain must have an innate universal grammar that must coincide with all languages. One difference between the languages of Navajo and English is the that while in English the direct
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Time Allotment Topic SESSION GUIDE: ENGLISH Grade 1 Objectives Discussion Guide 5 minutes Ice Breaker 15 minutes The Theoretical Underpinnings of the English Curriculum Show a slide on 'cross-linguistic' transfer The participants should: Display an understanding of culture, language and literacy learning in the early grades Display an understanding of Show a slide that shows the 'cross-linguistic' transfer (the transition from one language to the transferability
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SOCIOLINGUISTIC 1. Take an extract of a talk show with participants using different varieties of English. a. What differences among these varieties of English can you find in this extract? (You may look at the differences in features of grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation) b. What are the positive and negative effects of using these varieties of English in this talk show? (You may think about the political and social effects of this choice) c. Extra question: What are your suggestions to limit
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CODIFICATION OF NIGERIAN ENGLISH: ISSUES IN EMPIRICAL LINGUISTICS Alexandra Uzoaku Esimaje Department of English Studies, Benson Idahosa University, Benin city Email: alexandra.esimaje@live.com ABSTRACT In the English speaking world where English is either a second or foreign language, the emergence of new forms of the language is a proven socio-linguistic reality of language contact. This results from the needs of the host environment both to communicate to the foreigners and to one another
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Simply defined, linguistics is the scientific study of language. Though various types of language studies (including grammar and rhetoric) can be traced back over 2,500 years, the era of modern linguistics is barely two centuries old. Kicked off by the late-18th-century discovery that many European and Asian languages descended from a common tongue (Proto-Indo-European), modern linguistics was reshaped, first, by Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) and more recently by Noam Chomsky (born 1928). The
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