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    least two years of a foreign language on the high school level before graduation. Directions: Think about the advantages and disadvantages of taking two years of a foreign language in high school. Prompt: Write an essay to convince a university or college whether or not two years of a foreign language be a requirement for high school. Many colleges now require that students have taken at least two years of the foreign language in order to be admitted. Language is the key component of communication;

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    1314 words (3.8 double-spaced pages) Rating: Red (FREE) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Time Cultures in the American Campus Introduction: For most of international students‚ the American campus life is full of challenge because of the cross-cultural adaption process. Once you step into a different culture‚ you will face the differences from external aspects such as food‚ dress and customs to the internal ones‚ such as values and beliefs. And anyone

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    The language is the most important means of communication. It is necessary to be able to communicate not only in your own language but also in a foreign language. That is why people learn languages. The most important language of all is our mother tongue. We learn it from very young and it stay with us until we die. When we want to learn a new language‚ we must know our own very well. There are many different people and everyone learns a foreign language in his own way. For some people to learn

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    1919:’We have room for but one language here‚ and that is the English language‚ for we intend to see that the crucible turns out people as Americans and now as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house’ (Daniels‚8). The question that has been around for hundreds of years: “Should English be declared the official language of the United States?” is still the controversy – refighting the same old sociolinguistic issue of the 1970s. Yes‚ English should be the sole language of the US‚ because of increased

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    Language and Thought

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    Language and Thought Two claims about the impact of language on thinking: 1) Vygotsky: Once acquired‚ language alters the way that children think 2) Whorf: The particular language that children acquire alters the way that they think Piaget (1923) ‘The Language and Thought of the Child’ • Piaget observed what he called ‘egocentric’ speech: young children speak out loud in the presence of others but do not direct their remarks to anyone in particular. • He emphasized that children only slowly

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    Language Acquisition

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    Language Acquisition Essay    Language  is  everywhere  and  all  around  us.  Although  we  don’t  think much  on  it‚ language is  actually  really  complex  and fascinating.  Language development is what  children  go  through from  the  moment they are born‚  but it never really stops as humans are constantly learning. It  is  the development  of  understanding  and  communication  of  language  that  children  go  through.  There  are  many theories  related to  how  people  speak  and learn language and with

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    Disappearing Languages

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    3. DISAPPEARING LANGUAGES: Many languages are disappearing every year. Is this is a bad thing or could have fewer languages help bring people together. Globalization and liberalization made the world to shrink into the size of a village. Unfortunately‚ this means that smaller languages are in danger of extinction. Some people fear the loss of cultural identity‚ while others believe that the world with less language is better. In a 4-paragraph essay‚ explain why you feel that we should or should not

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    English Language Everyone has a different interpretation of the word‚ “invention”. However the word is simply defined as; a new device‚ method of process developed from study and experimentation. An invention is just a mental fabrication; it’s a falsehood (Dictionary.com 2013).1 Although in the essays‚ “Why I write” by Joan Didion‚ “Life in a new Language” by Eva Hoffman‚ and “Basmati Rice: An Essay about Words” by Audrey Thomas‚ each author has their own view on the English language‚ how they

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    In the poem “Death of a Young Son by Drowning‚” Margaret Atwood uses different uses of figurative language to explain the pain of losing a child. The speaker of the poem has recently lost a child to drowning. The pain of losing a child is uncomparable to anything in the world‚ and Margaret Atwood uses the title‚ tone‚ language and structure to describe the pain. The author uses different similes and metaphors to describe her son’s recent death. The title of the poem is essential as it sets the tone

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    Language analysis In the opinion article "One too many" that was published in the herald sun band written by Fiona McCormack‚ the authors main contention was that the government should support improving the system response to family violence. Serious and concerned tone was used with persuasive techniques such as evidence‚ rhetorical question and inclusive language to persuade the reader to agree with the authors viewpoint. A serious and concerned tone is used by the author to give the

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