group) • Power in discourse- the ways in which power us manifested in situations through language • Power behind discourse- the focus on social and ideological reasons behind the enactment of power. (Gender‚ class etc.) • You cannot look at how power is communicated through language without looking at the society. • Language is underpinned by strong ideological perspectives. • No example of language used is a completely neutral. Fairclough- Synthetic personalisation- Basically when
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Inglés Como La Lengua Oficial: ¿necesidad o formalidad? English As The Official Language: necessity or formality? America is a nation that‚ from its founding‚ has had a distinguishing quality that no other country in the world shares. This quality has been the willingness to accept people of all different cultures as citizens of the country without forcing them to change who they are. How often have you seen the translations on the backs of shampoo bottles and instruction manuals and become annoyed
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English is an international language‚ as we all know. Therefore‚ the role it plays is very significant. For this reason‚ all efforts should be made in order to enable the students master this language. In my opinion‚ as a teacher of English language at schools for more than two decades‚ English language is easy to master. But‚ what I see now is something different. Nowadays‚ a majority of the students refrain from using this language. Many of my students at school tell me with frustration that they
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Age and Language Learning The Relationship between Age and Language Learning What is the relationship between age and language learning ? There are many prejudices‚ myths‚ misunderstandings and misconceptions about the abilities or inabilities of the language learners of different ages. There are manyquestion about this where nobody has an exact answer for it. • Do children learn language quicker than adults ? • Is it impossible for adults to achieve fluency in any additional language
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Should English be declared the official language of the United States? When in 1981 Senator S. I. Hayakawa ask‚ for the first in US history consideration of new amendment in United States Constitution to elect English as the official language it raises a question: Why now? Americans for over 200 years lived without declaring English as their official language‚ so why do they need this now? People living in the United States have two different points of view: one group‚ majority
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4.4 million of public school students in the United States were English Language Learners‚ or ELLs. While the national average was almost 10 percent‚ the state of California had the highest enrollment‚ at nearly 23 percent (nces.gov). With so many students in US schools for whom English is not their first language‚ it was decided that these students should receive some sort of English language education to facilitate their learning. This idea was protected and implemented by Title VII in the Elementary
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English has become a global language because it is both easy to learn and is superior to other languages. To what extent do you agree with this statement? Nowadays‚ English has naturally been evolved as a global language over time despite the fact that it has been proved by researchers that is the third most native language in the world after mandarin Chinese and Spanish. A global language is a language spoken internationally which is learned by many people as a second language. For many years
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Misconceptions about adults’ language learning When adults start taking English lessons in order to learn this language‚ it is common listen some comments like “you cannot teach an old dog new tricks”. Despite research results show the contrary‚ many people still believe that adults cannot learn a second language with good proficiency. All these myths related to adults’ language acquisition set a negative effect that in some cases produces that second language learning becomes a wish never reachable
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PAPERWORK ENGLISH SMART CAMP 2012 ABSTRACT : English in Camp is the gathering of targeted students who are confined to a designated place to participate in the activities planned. While doing so‚ students are instructed‚ encouraged and motivated to use the English language in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. The objectives of the program include inculcating the love of the English language in the participants. Furthermore the program is engineered to stimulate the students’ interest in the
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CHAPTER 1 The Problem Introduction Language means many things to people. It is the systematic means to communication. It is the way through which we could express our ideas‚ thoughts and feelings. It is very important to each one of us in order to understand one another. It is one way to be connected to people we love like our family‚ friends‚ relatives and people we meet along the way. It can help build up new relationship to others. One cannot live without language. He or she is not capable of mingling
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