The Implication of National Language Policy on English Language Teaching in Malaysia. Introduction • Malay‚ Chinese‚ Tamil and English are the major languages spoken by the different ethnic groups in Malaysia. • Due to the British colonization‚ the English language once has become the official language of the country. • In 1956‚ Malay language was given the status of national language in The Razak Report‚ and supported by The Rahman Talib Report in 1960. • Both reports became the basis of
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identity to language‚ identity to culture and identity to being a Filipino‚ my answer is Nationalism. The essay of Vicente L. Rafael talks about these issues and tends to awaken the Filipino. In the essay‚ the closely related issues of identity and language have proved us that we are indeed cultureless and left without identity. The essay talks about the hierarchy of English‚ Spanish‚ Tagalog and “Taglish”. Today‚ you can no longer distinguish the class of a person by the language he uses. You
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his tales. As shown through the BBC article‚ "Victorian word expert F Max Muller estimated that Shakespeare used 15‚000 words in his plays‚ a portion of which he invented himself by merging existing words and anglicizing vocabulary from foreign languages..." (Doc A). Shakespeare mastered a skill that all songwriters and music artists must utilize: the manipulation of words. A 60 minutes segment on Eminem shows how he‚ and other musicians‚ manipulate the syllables and sounds of words‚ as well as using
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it’s thinking of yourself less. Humility is the quality of being modest‚ respectful‚ and lacking pretence‚ but is often misunderstood as being meek. A while ago‚ somebody mentioned to me that "windowsill" was voted the most beautiful word in the English language. What many people don’t realise is that words have enormous power. They can make us erupt into laughter or bring tears to our eyes. They can influence‚ inspire‚ manipulate and shock. They can build and destroy. Some words have different effects
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English 101 3/21/14 Me‚ Myself‚ and I One of the few things that I and most people do on a regular basis‚ is speak multiple languages. From day to day conversations with family‚ friends‚ and coworkers we speak multiple languages and we don’t even realizing it. Now I am not saying that everyone starts there day off speaking English and transitions into Spanish followed by Italian. I mean the way we speak from person to person is different and that difference is like a different language. Some
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Analyzing the Effects of the English Language on Our Nation A. Language. We see‚ hear‚ and use it every day. Language may vary in form and size. Today‚ English language is recognized as a world language and commonly used in many cultures. However‚ hundreds of different languages exist in the world and some issues may arise when English is not the native language of a speaker. The languages differ widely in terms of the number of people who use them. Stereotypes and generalizations are formed on
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Questions in English (yes/no & information questions) Prepared for the Communications Competencies Center University of Puerto Rico at Humacao Title V Project Aníbal Muñoz Claudio August 2006 Contents Introduction …………………………………………………………………………….…i General objective …………………………………………………………………………ii Specific Objectives …………………………………………………………….…………ii Directions: How to Use this Module? ………………………………………………........... Diagnostic Activity……….………………………………………………………….. …… General Review: English syntactical
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LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE I. Chapter 1 – This is Britain ..........................................................................................................................5 1. This is Britain ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 1.1. On identity.........................................................................................................
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Sex Differentiation and Sexism in English Language ? ???????????? ?????????????????sexism????Webster Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary??????prejudice or discrimination based on sex ; esp: discrimination against women ‚ ?????????????????????«??????» ?“????”?????“??????????????????????”«????» ?“????”???????“???????(?????).”??????????“????”?????????????????????????????? ?)???????? 1?He/man?? ???‚ he‚ man‚ his‚ him‚ mankind????????‚????????‚ he????‘?’????‘?’‚ man????????: (1)If a person
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recently read your essay about global warming stating that humans have not contributed to its existence. I believe that it is important to study both sides of this argument thoroughly before drawing a conclusion. Although you cleverly wrote an essay based on a couple of hand-picked facts‚ there is still another side of the issue which is yet to be told. I believe that global warming is a problem which has arisen due to the careless actions of humanity. Does denying global warming’s existence mean that
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