In Many Business Schools, the Bottom Line Is in English (April 10, 2007). This case study was about one of the ways some larger colleges and universities, internationally, are trying to increase revenues in their bottom line. They started to offer things like enrollment exams and entire courses in English due to the rising international enrollment. It speaks of English as being the working language. By working language it refers to the language those stakeholders or participants native tongues
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COMPULSORY SUBJECT ENGLISH (801) Aims (English Language) To develop the ability to: • • • derive, infer and critically assess information through listening. express oneself by speaking individually, or in a discussion. read with comprehension drawing information directly or by inference from the text, through an understanding of grammar and structure, vocabulary and idiom. employ a variety of skills in writing : within a framework, using argument or imagination or note making and summarizing. •
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Language is very powerful, if it was not for language and communication we would not be living the life we live today. I realized the power of language when, I encountered a situation where I was not able to communicate to a group of people, in a way that they understood me. This situation occurred in Bulgaria, when I got lost on my big day, at Junior Judo World Championship. The ability to communicate is what made the world such an amazing place. If language and communication were never developed
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fact that neither my mother nor my father spoke much English did not help matters. Each morning when my father would leave the house for work he would greet his neighbors with good morning, but he did not get a response. This rejection made him feel unaccepted by the neighborhood he and my mother chose to make their home. My father was a well-educated man. With this education my father landed a position with PG & E. Even there the language barrier caused issues. Because my father was a resilient
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Varieties of English These refer to the different forms of English spoken by English speakers all over the world, in terms of pronunciation, grammatical features and distinct vocabularies. They vary from region to region and are also dependent on the social and educational standing. All over the world, English is spoken in most languages, and even though the language is the same, it does not necessarily mean that everything about it is the same. What may look like a slightly difference, is actually
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action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country, and this process is very difficult and challenging due to a lot of different reasons. One of the most essential and important elements on how to immigrate in a foreign country is to know its language. This is a decisive advantage, because good communication with your fellow citizens results in better job opportunities, social life and integration. This can be seen in the book and the movie “Brick Lane”, where we are introduced to the Bangladeshi
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Humours" • Values of "courtly love" • The Code of Chivalry(CF) The Poets and Authors: Caedmon: First English poet; author of "The Dream of the Holy Rood." Venerable Bede: wrote the Ecclesiastical History of England and the scientific treatise, De Natura Rerum. Geoffrey Chaucer: Famous Medieval author of the Canterbury Tales. Margery Kempe: Author of the first autobiography in English. John Gower: Medieval poet and friend of Geoffrey Chaucer Francesco Petrarch: Italian poet, and a humanist
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English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic invaders and/or settlers from various parts of what is now northwest Germany and the Netherlands. Initially, Old English was a diverse group of dialects, reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Britain. One of these dialects, Late West Saxon, eventually became predominant. The English language underwent extensive change in the Middle Ages. Written Old English of
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KAMLA DAS’S `MY STORY’ AND HER STORIES IN HER POEMS:A STUDY Indian English literature has been making great strides during the last few decades thereby attracting the international attention. Infect, the post-independence period in the history of Indian English writing is generally equated with the modern period. It must be said in the light of all considerations that the post independence Indo- English prose and poetry has characteristics which make it distinctive and different from the writing
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A. ACCOUNTANT (v)—one trained in the management of financial records and reporting of the financial aspects of an organization. -Ac-coun-tant –syllabi.-(kount’tant) --ant; replacing late Middle English accomptant < Middle French, Old French acuntant, present participle of acunter to account --Bill Shannon’s career began as a trainee accountant with Hutton, turner, law son, now part of earns& young ACCOUNTING—the science of prov. Meaningful information about a company’s finances as
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