2 WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ENGLISH SPELLING? • Why don’t we pronounce words in English like we spell them? • Have a look:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= ZXa8cO9mXFk • This gap between the spoken and written word emerged during the Early Modern English period after the printing press was brought to England. STAGES OF ENGLISH 1. Old English (449-1200): GERMANIC 2. Middle English (1200-1500): LATIN & FRENCH 3. Modern English (1500-present): WORLD EARLY MODERN ENGLISH (15TH – 18TH CENTURY) Associate
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Specific Reasons Why Second Year Students of MSU N – IDS have Difficulties in Learning English Grammar I. Introduction A. Difficulties in learning English Grammar. B. The specific reasons why second year students of MSU N – IDS have difficulties in learning English grammar can be the basis of idea for instructors to develop and enhance the efficiency of the students in English grammar. II. Body A. Importance of Grammar 1. Grammar as an enabling skill 2. Grammar
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millennium‚ English is very essential all around the world. English is spoken as a first language by around 375 million and as a second language by around 375 million speakers in the world. According to an article by British Council‚ "One out of four of the world’s population speak English to some level of competence; demand from the other three-quarters is increasing." In this essay‚ i will provide 2 reasons as to why students should focus on English as a subject in Malaysia. First of all‚ English is
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English Grammar in Conversation Geoffrey Leech DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LANCASTER UNIVERSITY‚ LANCASTER LA1 4YT‚ UK A thorough description of spoken English grammar is felt to be overdue. After all‚ spoken language has largely been neglected by grammatical tradition; the word grammar itself descends from the classical Greek word for writing. The grammarian ’s bias towards the written language remains strong today‚ and is reflected in such terminology as ’left
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English - the benefits of learnig English. The importance of the Internet grows rapidly in all fields of human life‚ including not only research and education but also marketing and trade as well as entertainment and hobbies. This implies that it becomes more and more important to know how to use Internet services and‚ as a part of this‚ to read and write English. Of course‚ the majority of mankind cannot use the Internet nowadays or in the near future‚ since they live in countries which lack
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Assignment: Feminists have claimed that English is a sexist language. Discuss whether you agree with this position or whether you think it is the users of the language that are sexist. (Justify your position). Discuss the type of changes needed to resolve this issue in today’s society and how effective these changes will be‚ given the role of men and women in Caribbean Communities? What impact‚ if any‚ will this have on the teaching of English in your community? (Use reference to specific
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is undeniable that English is not an easy language to learn. Malaysian ESL students oftentimes find English to be rather confusing and difficult to learn. Pronunciation seems to trip most students up. Though the English language syllabus makes room for pronunciation skills to be included in classroom practices‚ many often have problems with the pronunciation of certain words. According to Abbas and Muhammad Reza (2011)‚ many ESL learners have “major difficulties” with English pronunciation even
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Estonian Business School Institute of Foreign Languages GRAMMAR OF SPOKEN ENGLISH Term Paper By Maria Esko BBL-2 Supervisor: Ludmilla Podolski Tallinn 2012 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Common Features of Spoken English 4 Grammar Characteristics 7 Clause Combination 7 Position of items 8 Pausing‚ Repeating and Recasting 8 Organising the discourse 9 Ellipsis 9 Response Tokens 10 Vague Expressions 11 Headers and Tails 11 Conclusion 12 References 13 Introduction
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You were good and participative in today’s lesson. For further improvement‚ I strongly encourage you to watch English movies with English subtitles and if you encounter any unfamiliar words consult a dictionary for their meaning or ask your next tutor for help. This would be a good exercise to widen your vocabulary. Thank you again for a fun session. I hope that learning English would always be a fun experience for you. Keep up the good work! I hope to see you again soon! • Hello Tomo-San
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The English language has such convoluted and variegated origins as very few other languages do in the rest of the world. The intermingling of Angles‚ Saxons‚ Jutes‚ Frisians‚ Romans‚ Normans‚ Celts and the French just to name a few‚ has led over the course of almost 3‚000 years to the development of a language with extraordinary vocabulary richness and spelling complexity. To this day we keep on adding new vocabulary‚ especially thanks to the sciences and technology fields. Having a working knowledge
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