wouldn't understand what was happening. I personally think that before anyone travels or speak to another culture or person who speaks English well as their own language it's always best to have an interpreter to make sure they understand the communication they were receiving, however they won’t have an interpreter all the time. Speech [pic] Speech is a very important part communicating. In the British culture we use speech to communicate as it shows interest with open and closed questions. By using
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TAGORE THE WORLD OVER: ENGLISH AS THE VEHICLE William Radice I delivered this speech at the Commonwealth Club in London on 22 March 2006, at an evening function entitled ‘Tagore’s Gifts to English’. The function was sponsored by the English-Speaking Union and the Royal Commonwealth Society, and masterminded by Mr Michael Marland, CBE, a retired London headteacher and keen admirer of Tagore. There were readings of poems from Gitanjali and other texts; a performance of Frank Bridge’s gloriously
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Since she started reading the thousand and one night book under her bed she saw herself reflected in the dark haired almond eyed girl on the book cover. Alvarez compared herself with the bright ambitious girl stuck in a kingdom that didn”t think female were very important. Scheherazade gave Julia the courage to explore the power of storytelling. When Alvarez came to the United States it was very difficult for her especially for a child who got teased on the playground because of her accent. Julia had a lot of
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Running hade: Using language (English) in social networking Using language in different types of social networking site Rasel Ahmed North south university Abstract In this current world, pollution of the atmosphere is increasing day by day. Every day we discover new communication system and involved in it.100 year before, we were using slow communication device. But now 100 years after, we are entering totally new era. Our communication system has been totally changed. Now we are using
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language teaching, spoken language occupies an important place. Ballard says,” talking comes before writing, oral composition before written composition.(Dash, 2004, p.165-166) Speaking is the productive skill in the oral mode. It, like the other skills, is more complicated than it seems at first and involves more than just pronouncing words Josh Billings says“Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute”. Learning English as one's second language is not unusual in most places
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I chose the case study titled 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
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No matter what someone may tell you, writing is a critical skill in daily life. Whether you’re writing a business email or a text message, it’s important to understand the fundamentals of English. As writers, we all have our strengths, weaknesses, and goals. Nobody is perfect, and that’s okay. English is one of the hardest languages in the world, after all. I think I’ve always been good at allowing my voice to flow in the essays I write. It’s a very tricky skill, but after years of writing
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Many people believe that education is not important, but they are wrong. In my opinion, it is an indispensable part of a personal, social, and professional life of a human being. part of life both personally and socially. It gives us knowledge about the world. Education can be in any form-knowledge from books, parents, teachers, and friends; therefore, education is the form of learning in which skills, knowledge, and habits are transferred from one generation to the next. Senator Patty Murray said
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setting, specific social factors, and Acculturation Model. Two positive forces can be identified in his English language acquisition abilities. He excelled at his grade level while studying/learning in his primary language as he lived in South Korea; and he was forcibly indoctrinated into a culture of English language speakers as he temporarily lived with relatives in the United States. An important factor that can definitely affect Michael’s language acquisition is his socialinguistic settings
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Саратовский Государственный Университет им Н.Г.Чернышевского Literary Language Formation of English Literary Language Выполнила студентка 411 группы Журкина Дарья Саратов, 2012 1. Literary Language Literary language is a developed form of a national language, with norms fixed in writing to varying extents; the language of all manifestations of culture that are expressed in words. The concept of a “developed form” is historically variable (in different ages and with different peoples)
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