"The entire English language was created by slaveowners as a means of oppression. You can’t just say that one word is a racist code word or another. The whole language‚ every single word‚ letter and apostrophe in it is racist. It’s a fact..." said Congressman Jim Clyburn back in 2013. Could it be true‚ That the English we all learned to speak‚ the language that lets us communicate amongst ourselves‚ is racist? What if the English language is racist? How could a language possibly be racist? With color
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Standardization of the English Language There are several important events before 1500 that when listed together show a series of steps in the struggle for English language supremacy. These steps are mainly governmental‚ legal and official events that pushed English usage. In 1356 The Sheriff’s Court in London and Middlesex were conducted in English for the first time. When Parliament opened in 1362 the Statute of Pleading was issued declaring English as a language of the courts as well as of Parliament
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History of the English Language English is an Anglo-Frisian language brought to Britain in the 5th Century AD by Germanic settlers from various parts of northwest Germany. The original Old English language was subsequently influenced by two successive waves of invasion. The first was by speakers of languages in the Scandinavian branch of the Germanic family‚ who colonised parts of Britain in the 8th and 9th centuries. The second wave was of the Normans in the 11th century‚ who spoke Norman (an
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English as a Global Language English is fast becoming the dominant means by which the world is able to communicate. It is being referred to as the global language as it is seen as a common means for interaction between different countries. This new phenomena can be seen in a positive light because the use of English as a common language brings efficiency and greater understanding. Growth and development are not tolerant of differences and English becomes a means for international expansion. Nonetheless
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AMALIEN SPEECH-THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE -From: AiSya Humaira <aisya_humaira1996@yahoo.com.my> Subject: speech To: "sirrosdi@yahoo.com" <sirrosdi@yahoo.com> Date: Saturday‚ 21 January‚ 2012‚ 2:42 AM The Importance of English Language” A profoundly good morning to our honorable and respected principal‚ charismatic teachers and devoted fellow friends. In conjunction with the English Month‚ I‚ as the President of English Language Society‚ am glad to be given
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INTRODUCTION The English language is very important to know and to use in communication. It does give us the chance to communicate well with others. Knowing how to communicate using the English language will make our life easier and abundant. It is assured that English language give us the opportunity to connect and share different ideas and conversation with all the people. We are aware today that we are in a high technology generation‚ where we used computers and high technology gadgets and
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Language plays and important role in human life. Out of all the languages in the world‚ English is considered as the international language and in recent years‚ English is more and more popular in the world. this language is learned and studied by a higher number of people with every passing day because of its two importance in this modern world: a mean to communicate and to create a greater opportunity for a job. Saudi Arabia is a developing country and everyone has to learn English because today
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educated audience. The point of this article is for the middle aged classes to wonder‚ and be convinced that the use of the abbreviations and made up words by youth and media are ruining the English language. We can tell that the text is targeted to these groups of people as this is a criticism towards the modern language that the youth has created. This was mostly due to the use of technology in young people’s lives‚ such as texting and computers‚ chatting and social networks and even the media. Some
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English is a Crazy Language (An Opinionated Reflection) English is indeed the most popular and the most used language in the world. There are some countries like in Japan; not sure but Japanese people don’t actually require speaking English. For me‚ it’s the reason for their unreachable success. With their Japanese to Japanese language speaking‚ they can understand each other very clear. I think‚ it is one of the major problems here in the Philippines wherein we are doing Filipino to English
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Studying English language in an English-speaking country is the best but not the only way to learn the language. Do you agree or disagree with this statement. Some people believe that the students have to go abroad to study English while other people claim that beside learning English in an English-speaking country‚ there are a number of ways to study this language. I am strongly persuaded by the latter idea by the following reasons. First of all‚ it cannot be denied that learning English in an
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