1. My last English class was very challenging. We worked mostly on analyzing and evaluating arguments. This included working with multiple articles and really understanding what the author was trying to argue. As a class‚ we really worked a lot with mapping and charting the texts. These seemed to take the longest to do because you are really digging deep into the text and trying to understand exactly what the author is trying to say. The most important thing that I learned is that “good writing is
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How does the English language enable us to express ‘politeness’? The definition of politeness is ‘Having or showing behavior that is respectful and considerate of other people’(Oxford Dictionary) it is a social construct that has formulated by humans to communicate in society. They are usually taught in the home and in society through our norms and values of socialisation .Linguistically‚ politeness is a form of pragmatic‚ ‘the study of how interlocutors use their own knowledge of a language to
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History of the English Language One thing that makes human culture possible is the language‚ not thought. We cannot form a precise though without the power of words. Surely‚ we can relay on pictures‚ but language is the tool that will help the idea construct more completely‚ precisely‚ with more detail and finesse. Animals communicate‚ but their way of communication is based on cries consisted of limited number of symbols which have general meaning. Example: In case of danger: - A human
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apparatus….” (A. A Hill) “Language is any set of system of linguistic symbols as used in a more or less uniform fashion by a number of people who are thus enabled to communicate intelligibly with one another” ( Random House‚ Dictionary of the English Language) “Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication” (Wardhaugh). “Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols which permit all people in a given culture‚ or other people who have learned the system of
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settled in Britain and began to call themselves English (after the principal tribe of settlers‚ called English). Although we know very little of this period from literature some poems have nevertheless reached us. In those early days songs called epics were created in many countries. The epics tell about the most remarkable events of a people’s history and the deeds of one or more heroic personages. The Song of Beowulf The first masterpiece of English literature‚ the epic poem The Song of Beowulf
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ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE: ITS HISTORICAL PAST AND ITS FUTURE Zuliati Rohmah Abstract: This paper discusses English as a global language. The description of its history is offered to enable us to detect the underlying motivation of spreading English world-wide. How English plays a role on the death of other languages is presented to make us aware of preserving our own language‚ while making use of English. The future of English is predicted to give us a direction to our activities in relation
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English as an international language Of the 4‚000 to 5‚000 living languages‚ English is by far the most widely used. As a mother tongue‚ it ranks second only to Chinese‚ which is effectively six mutually unintelligible dialects little used outside China. On the other hand the 300 million native speakers of English are to be found in every continent‚ and an equally widely distributed body of second language speakers‚ who use English for their day-to-day needs‚ totals over 250 million. Finally‚ if
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“Words Will not stay still” T. S. Elliot The English lexicon is changing and always will change. Discuss with reference to contemporary Australian English. Whether it is the creation of the new or the dying out of the old‚ the shortening of one or the blending of two‚ words and their semantics are forever transforming. The English language‚ as with all “living‚” i.e.‚ currently spoken‚ read‚ and/or written‚ languages are constantly changing. But that change only happens as people use the language
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Disadvantages of English As A Global Language A widely accepted definition of global English which can be found at "www.reference.com" is "English as a global means of communication in numerous dialects‚ and also the movements towards an international standard for the language‚ it is also referred to as world English‚ common English or general English." In regard to history and why English developed into a global language‚ Crystal(1977) points out that the current status of English dominance is mainly
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LEARNING SPOKEN ENGLISH . . . in half the time by Lynn Lundquist Learning Spoken English ...in half the time by Lynn Lundquist Publisher information Public Domain. This book (Learning Spoken English) may be freely published in English or translated into any other language. It may be sold or distributed in any manner (including website publication) without permission from‚ or royalty payments to‚ the original author. It may carry any publisher’s‚ translator’s‚ or author’s name and
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