choose the major of English to study? Why do you choose the major of English to study? There are three reasons why we choose the major of English to study: English is an international language There are 1‚500‚000‚000 people in the world speak English‚ and 1‚000‚000‚000 people are learning it while 75% of the world’s letters and postcards are written in English. Despite China‚ the United States is still a leader in technical innovation and economic development. English is used in the United
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STAGE TWO ENGLISH STUDIES ATONEMENT STUDY QUESTIONS PART ONE ONE. Several viewpoints are presented within the first section of Atonement’. Briony‚ the central character of this section‚ presents an intuitive but naïve narration to be viewed with scrutiny. Cecilia and Robbie give a more realistic view of the world they live in‚ and Emily Tallis’ small contribution gives the readers an insight into the impact of class on relationships. The issue involving Cecilia’s venture into the fountain
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simply smile casually‚ and sometimes sheepishly reply “I came from an English speaking school”. I came from an English speaking school‚ that’s why I’m fluent in English. English is generally noted as one of the languages commonly used in the Philippines. English is taught in schools as one of the two official languages of the country‚ the other being Filipino‚ a standardized version of Tagalog. Sub-varieties of Philippine English is emerging based on the regional location of the speakers. Code-mixing
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India and English From 1857‚ when English was introduced by the Imperial Government as the only medium of education‚ the English language has played a significant role in the lives of Indian people. After a long struggle by national leaders‚ in the 1920s‚ the British rulers reluctantly permitted school education through the medium of Indian languages (designated as vernaculars). In 1947 when India gained independence from the British rule‚ English was to have been replaced by national languages
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Related Foreign Studies Language proficiency or linguistic proficiency is the ability of an individual to speak or perform in an acquired language. As theories vary among pedagogues as to what constitutes proficiency‚ there is little consistency as to how different organizations classify it. Additionally‚ fluency and language competence are generally recognized as being related‚ but separate controversial subjects. In predominant frameworks in the United States‚ proficient speakers demonstrate both
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Britain. +/- 800 BC - 55 BC Celts (5th century BC) 2. Roman Britain. 55 BC – 400 AD 3. The Old English or Anglo-Saxon Period 500 – 1066 Soon after the romans left‚ Britain was attacked by Germanic tribes‚ mainly Angles and Saxons. Anglo-Saxon settlements (410 AD – 800 AD) The Vikings (The Danes) (800 AD – 978 AD) Downfall of Saxon England (978 AD – 1066 AD) 4. The Middle English Period 1066 – 1500 5. The Renaissance 1500 – 1600 The Early Tudor Period (1485 – 1550) The Flowering
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Addressing the needs of English Language Learners will increasingly emerge as an area of concern for schools across the nation. Collier and Thomas (2009) in their book Educating English Learners for a Transformed World‚ state “students whose first language is not English are the fastest growing demographic group in public schools in all regions of the United States” (p. 3). The National Center for Education Statistics (2017) states that the number of students who are English Language Learners has
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Dibrugarh University B A. Syllabus in English under Semester System (Approved by the Board of Studies in English on 20/12/2010) This course has been designed as part of an integrated course in English Literature‚ inclusive of M.A. in English. Only students wishing to pursue M.A. in English should take up this course. Each paper is of 100 marks out of which 80 marks will be for the End semester examination and 20 marks for the Internal Assessment. Paper I: History of English Society and Culture I (Anglo Saxon
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GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies Volume 9(2) 2009 29 Motivation And Attitudes Towards Learning English: A Study Of Petroleum Engineering Undergraduates At Hadhramout University Of Sciences And Technology Atef Al-Tamimi atefaltamimy@yahoo.com Faculty of Arts Hadhramout University of Sciences and Technology Munir Shuib munir@usm.my School of Humanities Universiti Sains Malaysia Abstract This paper outlines the results of a survey which was carried out‚ to identify Petroleum
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关键词：委婉语，语言，文化，对比学习，翻译 The study on comparison and translation between English and Chinese Euphemisms Gao Hongqin Southwest University Abstract: Euphemism is one kind of figures of speech and it refers to the substitution of mild or vague or roundabout expression for harsh or direct one. As an indispensable and natural part of language‚ euphemism has been arousing wide interest. Achievements in the study of euphemism from the perspectives of rhetoric‚ semantics
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