are major types of activities that we do after school. Since Hong Kong is richer when compared to the past‚ most of the kids do not need to get part-time jobs. These show that we grew up in different environment. Obviously‚ my mother faced more difficulties than me. Besides that‚ my mother thought that she was like living in a foreign country. In terms of race‚ more than 90% of Hong Kong people are Chinese. However‚ since Hong Kong was a British colony before 1997‚ our national identity was not clear
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~ History of English ~ Summer term 2010/11 Wednesdays 11.00-12.30 Fridays 11.00-12.30 ~ Introduction ~ - Who speaks English? - 1) inner circle (320-380 million speakers; English as L1) - 2) outer circle (150-300 million speakers; English as L2) - 3) expanding circle (100-1000 million speakers; English as lingua franca = ELF) - possible language shifts: from ELF to L2 - from L2 to L1 - Why is English a world language? - historical
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memoir‚ Lost in Translation‚ is a timeline of events from her life in Cracow‚ Poland – Paradise – to her immigration to Vancouver‚ Canada – Exile – and into her college and literary life – The New World. Eva breaks up her journey into these three sections and gives her personal observations of her assimilation into a new world. The story is based on memory – Eva Hoffman gives us her first-hand perspective through flashbacks with introspective analysis of her life “lost in translation”. It is her
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The Relevance of English Morphology and Syntax in Mastering English as English Teacher To be a good English teacher‚ we have to firstly master all aspects of that language‚ including how to form a new word as discussed in morphology and how to make a correct and meaningful sentence as discussed in syntax. Morphology and syntax are two branches of linguistics. Referring to Matthews (1991: 3)‚ morphology is a term for that branch of linguistics which is concerned with the “forms of words” in different
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the world’s global language‚ English. English is the most widely spoken language in the history of our planet‚ used in some way by at least one out of every seven human beings around the globe. Majority of international phone calls are made in English‚ more than 70% of International mails are written and addressed in English. Half of the world’s books and as much as 80% of all computer texts are written and stored in English (Lederer‚ 2001). The rise of English speaking nation’s economic
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Copy Middle English played an important role in the history of the English language. Middle English began about 1150-1500. Dialect diversity was major in this period that people from one part of England could not understand people in another part. Although‚ slowly‚ the dialect spoken in London was becoming the standard. Middle English develops out of the late Old English in Norman England. Middle English can be divided into three periods: Early‚ Central‚ and Late. Early Middle English still contained
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Haley Hornbeck Hung Pham Composition Two March 17‚ 2011 All or Nothing In Yusef Komunyakaa’s “Facing It” and Wislawa Szymborska’s “End and Beginning” the poet’s writing is based around the central subject of war. The central theme of the poems is the emotional impact that the war brings out. Both poems differ in persona‚ yet set the same tone of sadness through their poetic language and poetic form. Both poems address the after effects of war however “Facing It” is more personal‚ whereas “End
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Assamese Traditional Jewellery The state ’s rich tradition of manufacturing gold jewellery dates back to several centuries. Some of the popular traditional Assamese jewellery include earrings with exquisite Lokaparo‚ Keru‚ Thuriya‚ Jangphai‚ Long Keru‚ Sona or Makori; an array of necklaces including Golpata‚ Satsori‚ Jon biri‚ Bena‚ Gejera‚ Dhol biri‚ Doog doogi‚ Biri Moni‚ Mukuta Moni‚ Poalmoni‚ Silikha Moni and Magardana‚ and diversified rings including Senpata‚ Horinsakua‚ Jethinejia‚ bakharpata
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Exemplification Essay: Child Abuse Every year‚ thousands of families welcome a new baby in their home. The upcoming years are spent watching Disney channels‚ buying ice cream from the truck‚ paining fingernails‚ and going to the zoo. Almost all those children that was bought into this world get to experience what it is to have a loving family‚ but for a small percentage. Life isn’t perfect. Some are forced to deal with the things that most of us would never imagine in our worst nightmares. In the
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Defining Terrorism: Pakistan Police MagazineDefining the meaning of Terrorism is not as simple today as this word appears to be. Once it was defined as “an organized system of intimidation or the practice of using violence to obtain political demands”. But in this present world it has become a complex phenomenon where terrorists are using different tactics of terrorism and different types of terrorist activities like suicide bombing‚ mass murders‚ burglaries‚ arson‚ kidnapping or hijacking and
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