The Use of Humor in Senior High School English Teaching Author: Wei Lei Number: 05680211 Tutor: Yin Ting Abstract: Humor is an artistic method. Teaching humor is also considered as a kind of art. If it is properly utilized‚ it can make students obtain knowledge and wisdom in pleasant surroundings. The characters of teaching humor are that it is full of interest‚ implication‚ enlightenment and cheerfulness. This paper firstly analyzes the definition and connotation of humor and
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If you think Polish and English schools are similar then you are wrong. They are still schools but have many differences. Polish schools don’t buy staff for you. You are the one who must buy everything to learn for yourself. In England every school buys staff for students. Every school in England has uniform. Most schools in Poland don’t have uniforms. In England you can choose options. Subjects you want to do next. In Poland you can’t choose options‚ you must to learn all subjects‚ but apparently
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Interactions Between English and Native Americans Members of each nation copied relationships with Indians in many different ways. Few Europeans considered Native Americans as equals‚ because of differences in religion‚ agricultural practice‚ housing‚ dress‚ and other characteristics. However‚ the French‚ Spanish‚ and Dutch sought profit through trade and exploitation of New World resources‚ and they knew that the native people would be important to their success. Europeans also wanted to convert
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Topic: What are the strengths and the weaknesses of “An ideal teacher”? How to improve it? An Analysis “An ideal teacher” “An ideal teacher” essay focuses on who is an ideal teacher for English language learners‚ native or non-native teachers. Although it is a quite good essay‚ it still has some drawbacks. This essay will discuss the strengths as well as weaknesses of this given essay while suggesting some ways that can be taken in order to enhance this essay. It is undeniable that the essay has
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English Colonization and the Road to Revolution A. Considering English Colonization‚ there exists a striking difference between the attitude of English Colonists and other Europeans. Europeans came to America with an intention to stay and travelled in the form of family groups. In the mid seventeenth century‚ Europeans started settling their colonies in America that disturbed the lives of the local people. As evident from their actions‚ the basic reason to settle these colonies was to gain access
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unification which is regarded as tied in with the historical evolution of both any language and that of ‘community’ speaking it. Fairclough’s (1989) example: standard British English: -standardization in the case of British English is seen as tied in with the emergence of capitalism out of feudal society in Britain; -the connection between capitalism and unification has an economic basis: the need for a unified home market if commodity production was to be fully established; -this need for
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A Column of British Soldiers marched out on the morning of April 19‚ 1775 toward the town of Lexington‚ Massachusetts. A small band of seventy-seven colonial militiamen stood their way. The shot heard around the world occurred in this time period as the outnumbered Americans retreated‚ thus starting the American War of Independence. Six years later‚ on October 19‚ 1781‚ Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown‚ Virginia to the joint forces of General George Washington and French General
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Introduction The researcher aims to study the similarities and differences in the Punjabi and English commercial theatre and reveal the intensity of indecency in both varieties of commercial theatres. The researcher also pursues to trace which of the Punjabi and English commercial theatre is filthy. Theatre has mostly been a cause of relief for the people. Yet when there was no television‚ public used to go to theatres to stay themselves preserve. The important concept was to assemble public under
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The Spanish and English colonies in the New World were similar and different in many ways. The Spanish and English wanted to colonize the New World with the same motives: riches‚ power‚ and more land. The ways they accomplished these goals differed though. The Spaniards initial and primary reason for travelling to the New World was for the discovery of gold and for power (Zinn‚ 2005). In addition to looking for gold and power‚ the Spaniards came looking for new land to claim (Locke et al‚ n.d.)
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Cultural Differences between Chinese and English Names The names are common language phenomenon‚ not only because it is a kind of identification code between people to distinguish each other‚ but also because it is a national historical and cultural information carrier.It conveys a language of a nation‚ as well as history‚ geography‚ religion‚ custom‚ social status and other aspects of information. Names have been interpreted in two senses:a broad sense and a narrow sense. The names ‚in its
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