A. INTRODUCTION 1. Background of the Research Why Filipinos Have a Hard Time Speaking English? In the Philippines, the English Language has been selling like an old flavor of ice-cream and has been served repeatedly to millions of students in all the schools for the past decades. Most of us actually have tried this 'ice cream' but not everyone had liked it. These schools though, exerted a conscious effort on how to smoothly deliver this subject matter to every student. Like ice-cream
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The Accuracy of Fingerprint Analysis Alejandro Ortiz III Strayer University English 215 Dr. Jeffrey Ebberson January 16, 2013 Abstract The main objective of this paper is to show how accurate fingerprint analysis really is. What are the standards that are being used? Have scientific studies been conducted to come up with a universal standard for every lab to use. Keywords: Introduction Best Buy is an electronics retailer based out of Richfield, Minnesota specializing in consumer electronics
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The evolution of American society has changed the English language to such drastic measures. The languages of the past are now known as "old" English and "middle" English, and our English language today is now known as "modern" English. As we as human beings as well as a collective society have evolved, we have influenced the evolution and change in the language that we speak. As social differentiation is apparent, the distinction of words has been manipulated. With natural processes becoming evident
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Born on September 4th, 1908, Richard Wright was born in Roxie, Mississippi (outside of Natchez) on a plantation where his illiterate father was a sharecropper. Wright was raised by his relatives at by the age of 17, he was ready to get out into the world. He headed into Memphis, Tennessee (his relatives lived right outside the city) where he worked odd jobs and educated himself. He read array of novels as he grew up and his education helped him realize the unjust ways of segregation. In 1927,
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thousands of years! Let’s take a look at the Chinese people and their history. There is a lot to learn about them. CHINA: THEN AND NOW C hina is in East Asia. The Chinese word for China is Zhongguo. This name means “middle country.” In English, the country’s official name is the People’s Republic of China. China’s capital is Beijing. The official language of the country is Mandarin. People in different part of China speak different languages and dialects. Putonghua, the common speech
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In Rosina Lippi Green's chapter, “The real trouble with Black language” from her book English with an Accent, she discusses the discrimination against African-American Vernacular English, or AAVE. More specifically, she discusses how it is a different language from Standard American English, or SAE, and not just an incorrect form of it. She also discusses how it is viewed by both white and African-American communities, AAVE’s treatment in the educational system, and analyzes why it is so devalued
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日常生活词汇 日常购物词汇 to do some shopping; to go shopping 买东西 shopping centre 商业中心区 department store 百货商店 children's goods store 儿童用品商店 antique shop 古玩店 second-hand store 旧货店 counter 柜台 stall, stand 售货摊 show window 橱窗 show case 玻璃柜台 shelf 货架 cash desk, cashier's desk 收银处 price tag 标价签 prices are fixed, fixed prices 有定价 discount 打折扣 change 零钱 to keep the bill 留发票 to wrap up 包装 free of charge 不收费 to deliver 送 be al sold out, out of stock 售空 shop assistant, salesman 售货员 saleswoman
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Historical Events which Influenced the English Language English belongs to the Indo-European family of languages as well as most of the European languages spoken today. Latin and the modern Romance languages, Greek, the Germanic languages, Indo-Iranian languages, Slavic, Baltic, and Celtic languages are a part of the Indo-European family. English is in the Germanic group of languages; West Germanic is the ancestor of modern Dutch, German, Flemish, Frisian and English. The Gaelic-speaking Celts were one
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The English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT) was the name of a SAT II last administered in January 2005. It was a one-hour multiple choice test given on English language proficiency by the College Board. A student whose native language was not English could have chosen to take this test instead of or in addition to Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for college entrance depending upon requirements of the schools in which the student was planning to apply. Until 1994, the SAT II's were
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Topic: Effective Ways Of Using Technology In Improving English Communicative Skill Name: Syafiqah binti Hasram In an article in The Times on 12th April 2012, Malaysia is classified as one of the countries that are rapidly developing in technology. Along with our neighbor country Singapore, Malaysia is improving in technological industry that has been approved as an effective device in improving education, communicative skill and creative thinking besides serving as nation’s improviser. Ministry
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