Tuan Nguyen Dr. Suocai Su English 102 Fall 2012 The “Yellow Face” in Hollywood What comes in your mind when you think of an Asian American? The high possibility of the answers from a non-Asian Americans will fall into at least one of these characteristics: skinny small unattractive people with dark figures and slanted eyes‚ very nerdy‚ a Math expert and the inability to speak well English. Have you ever wondered how or when did you automatically stereotype this group of people? It’s called
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ENGLISH VINGLISH Guyz today I am going to share my sob story‚ ever since from my childhood I had a habit of getting failed in English‚ though I took some extra care of this habit and kept failing my English subject. Even though I never considered English as a tough subject and language‚ just spelling and tenses are my cause of misery. I still remember my teacher who used to teach me English‚ he also had some serious problems in his English in terms of pronunciation. He pronounced CUP as SUP‚ Knowledge
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Chapter 3: The Sounds of English. Consonants and Vowels. An Articu-latory Classification and Description. Acoustic Correlates 3.1. Consonants and Vowels. Traditional distinctions. Chomsky and Halle’s SPE definition 3.2. Criteria for consonant classification. Vocal cord vibration. Sonority 3.3. Manner of articulation. Plosives. Fricatives. Affricates 3.4. Sonorants. The Approximants: glides and liquids 3.5. Oral and nasal articulation 3.6. Force of articulation 3.7. Place of articulation 3.8. The
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1. Asmah Hj. Omar. 1983. The Malay Peoples of Malaysia and their languages. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka. 2. Asmah Hj. Omar. 1986. Nahu Mutakhir Melayu. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka 3. Azar‚ B. (1989). Understanding and Using English Grammar. Prentice Hall Regents. New Jersey. 4. http://www.ielanguages.com/enghist.html 5. Hazita Azman‚ 2004
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ENGLISH STYLISTICS G. Misikova – Linguistic stylistics I. R. Galperin- Stylistics Crystal D. and Davy D. – Investigating English Style / for non-literary styles STYLISTICS Style and Styleme Štylistika je náuka o výbere a spôsobe využívania jazykových a mimojazykových alebo umeleckých prostriedkov a postupov uplatňovaných v procese použitia komunikácie. Jazykový štýl je spôsob prejavu‚ ktorý vzniká cieľavedomým výberom‚ zákonitým usporiadaním a využitím jazykových a mimojazykových
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The Relevance of English Morphology and Syntax in Mastering English as English Teacher To be a good English teacher‚ we have to firstly master all aspects of that language‚ including how to form a new word as discussed in morphology and how to make a correct and meaningful sentence as discussed in syntax. Morphology and syntax are two branches of linguistics. Referring to Matthews (1991: 3)‚ morphology is a term for that branch of linguistics which is concerned with the “forms of words” in different
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ENGLISH PROFICIENCY: HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM IS IT? For many of us‚ the state of education in a country speaks volumes. Where English is spoken and taught as a second language‚ fluency is deemed a basic requirement for proper communication and propagation of ideas and connotes success. Does this fluency actually translate to a country’s economic success and overall standing in the world of nations? Back when American influence on teachers was still strong in the 1950s‚ I recall instances where
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( 2003.by teachers of English speakers of other languages‚ Inc‚ TESOL ) In Culture (Cross-Cultural Communications) the first domain of five. This is an important factor in ELLs to learn and understand the language knowledge from the diverse backgrounds. The most recent survey says in (2005-2006) the population of ELL’s is up approximately 10 percent of the total public school enrolled and increasing every year.(Why TESOL? pg 5-6) Why TESOL? States‚ "Providing for the English Language learners is one
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Lost’ 5) Why does Dr. Johnson say that perusal of Paradise Lost is a duty rather than pleasure? 6) Illustrate from the life of Milton the nice equilibrium of biography and literary criticism which Johnson is said to have achieved in lives of the English Poets? 7) (Essays) Johnson’s critical tenets as reflected in the ‘Life of Milton’ 8) Johnson’s personality as revealed in the ‘Life of Milton’ 9) Johnson’s Prose style BOOK: Lycidas ‚ Milton as a Poet Fielding—Refer Book Dr. Faustus (Christopher
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Teaching Readers of English “A book of this kind is long overdue. . . . It is a giant contribution to the field. With its emphasis on a socioliterate approach to reading and literacy‚ it nicely captures the prevailing view of academic literacy instruction. Its extremely skillful and well-developed balancing act between theory and practice allows it to appeal to a wide variety of readers. Pre- and in-service teachers‚ in particular‚ will benefit immensely.” Alan Hirvela‚ The Ohio State University
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