"To have a second language is to have a second soul," said Charlemagne. So what does this mean? Does language actually shape the way we think is it merely a way to express the mumble jumble of ideas and thoughts we have spinning around in our heads? Take a sentence like, "Bob ate the apple." In Russian, the verb would have to indicate whether the whole apple was eaten or not. In Turkish the verb would signify whether the speaker saw Bob eating the apple first hand, or it was reported, or it was
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/s/ in English is an old phonological problem to which different solutions have been proposed. In order to get much deeper understanding toward this topic, we’d raise more references and develop more studies about this issue. The reason why we’re interested with this topic All of us were surprised to learn that we’ve never questioned about this issue: English spelling has words beginning with sp, st, sc, or sk, which are pronounced like sb, sd, and sg, yet there are no words in English that begin
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about a whole new aeon of English, courtesy of you. Everything is ethereal in the face of time, but you have defied that universal law. You have managed to render yourself immortal through your plays and sonnets, which are still considered to be the finest literature ever penned down by somebody. Your literary zealotry and fanaticism with the English language has forever changed and influenced it. But, Elizabethan English has been phased out and replaced by “modern” English, which is the lingua franca
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* Be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country, and intend to return there at the end of the period of study * Hold a degree that is equivalent to at least an upper second-class honours degree in the UK * Achieve the minimum Chevening English language requirement * Have completed at least two years’ work or equivalent experience before applying for a Chevening Scholarship * Be able to obtain the correct visa, and receive an unconditional offer from a UK university Chevening selection
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The official Language Movement One of the main reasons that many immigrants come to the United States is to provide their children an education that they would not have received in their country or origin (Destination Casa Blanca, 2009). Children who struggle with language barriers would benefit from bilingual and early education programs to detect in what areas students are in need of help as they start their learning development. Yet others state that many immigrants and other students have achieved
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cultures, challenges, food, etc. In “Eating Sugar” the fear of the unknown is focused on the encounter with a different culture, the Thai. The setting is a Thai jungle where the couple Alex and Eileen are visiting their daughter, who is a 21 year old English teacher. They have been forced to go there in April, when the humidity and heat is at its worst. The parents are uneasy with the situation, as they are suspicious of the Thai’s intentions. They end up in the middle of the jungle, where a marketplace
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Victor’s Last Wish The short story chosen for the writing of this paper is “Victor’s Last Wish”. “Victor’s Last Wish” is a realistic fiction by Kris Jitab who describes in depth the pain and hardship endured by the main character, Vickramadas Gopal who was an Indian immigrant to Malaysia. Vickramadas was known as Victor throughout the short story. He made great efforts to transform himself to be like whites who he thought were the best. “Anything and everything related to the whites was beautiful
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Language plays an important role in human life. Out of all the languages in the world, English is considered as the international language. Foreign language like a foreign plant grows with difficulty on the native soil. That is why the learning of the mother tongue is the labor of love whereas the learning of a foreign language is the love of labor ; one gives hot house existence, another breathes spring time atmosphere. A foreign language is like the step-mother whose frowns and rebukes one has
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multi-ethnicity or multi-cultural background. In effect, it has allowed people to adjust to the different languages that are used to communicate, thus brought about the trend of being multilingual. Presently, more and more people who are monolingual are now choosing to learn a second language to be able to compete with the tight job market. The American Teaching Council of Foreign Languages reported that the number of students learning Mandarin in traditional U.S. schools sky-rocketed from 5,000
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Race and Your Community I live in a small rural town in Northwest Texas. The community is primarily comprised of Hispanic Americans that emigrated from Mexico. Generations of these families exist, the majority of them do not speak English and are migrant workers in the agriculture industry. Interacting within the community can be challenging at times, and finding employment without being bilingual in next to impossible. The community leaders are mainly Hispanic American as well
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