Native speakers of English are a speaker who used English as a first language or mother tongue. Usually native speakers of English are people from English-speaking countries like the USA‚ Great Britain‚ Australia‚ Canada‚ Ireland‚ etc. Anyone may acquire the native speaker status by virtue of being just as proficient as a genetic native speaker of a language. In Singapore‚ where English has been the medium of instruction since 1987 and where‚ by now‚ there are many users of English whose proficiency
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Terrell smith Lisa Caloro Comp 1 April 28‚ 2008 The essay by Eric Lui‚ “notes of a native speaker” spoke about his experiences growing up as an Asian American male in the united states. Growing up‚ He had to face stereotypes and tried to overcome them all as time went on‚ so much he later felt he lost his identity of who he really was. He says in the essay “here are some ways you can say that I am white:” and then follows with a list of things that most Caucasian people do or wear on a everyday
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various films all teaching a common theme. They each provide a female who shows strength and determination. Norma Rae (Martin Ritt) is about a young single mother who lives in a small town in North Carolina. Norma Rae works at a local textile factory with her family. Norma Rae and all the other workers have long hours‚ lousy working condition‚ and rotten pay. This all changes when Norma Rae meets Reuben Warshowsky‚ who is a New York union organizer. Norma Rae decides to join Reuben to start a union
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INTRODUCTION In this task I will talk about my research and analysis on English native speaker’s pronunciation‚ which can be a useful tool to understand the rules adhered to it. The consistencies and inconsistencies among the speaker‚ the account of them and the reasons why they do happen will be observed in this analysis. I asked six native speakers to read aloud some sentences. Five of them were American and one was Canadian. They were told that all of them had nonsense words. Analysis of
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A native speaker is a person who has spoken the language from the earliest childhood. It other words‚ It is known as ‘Mother Tongue’. Is it true that a native English speaker makes a better English teacher? The answer is no. Not all native English speakers make a better teacher. Being an English teacher‚ you must not only know how to speak in English‚ but to know how to teach. According to Justin Murray‚ the most important characteristic of being any teacher is to know how to teach to the level
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Pivka October 20‚ 2011 English 101 P2 “Notes of a Native Speaker” Summary In 1998‚ Eric Liu wrote a book about his struggle with acculturation titled “The Accidental Asian”. A chapter within the book called “Notes of a Native Speaker” depicts an essay written by Liu which fully describes his struggles with race and how he overcame them. Eric Liu is an American born Taiwanese Asian. His parents immigrated to the United States before he was born and in so‚ gave him a mixed cultural background
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“Norma Rae” is a film based on a true story set in Southern mill-town. The main character and mill workers start a branch of the Textile Workers Union of America through use of leadership. Norma Rae and Rueben Warshofsky reunite their talent to empower and lead the people of the mill from oppressed workers to motivated union members. When Rueben first comes to the town‚ he finds out that the manager in the farm are very despotic; people have no rights; they work long hours and make small wages. He
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My Attributes of Public Speaking As a speaker‚ their job is the most important role in speechmaking. A speaker is to talk as well as listen. There’s different skills you need to have to be a successful writer. You need to have the knowledge of the subject‚ the preparation of your speech‚ the manner of your speaking and sensitivity to the audience. When giving a speech‚ to get the audience to be interested‚ you need to have enthusiasm in your speech and voice. Even though this job seem quite easy
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Born on the 21st of November‚ 1936‚ Victor Chang led a successful medical career‚ where he is now known as the pioneer of modern heart transplantations and the inventor of the first artificial heart valve. Unfortunately‚ after living out a short but amazing life that rescued many others‚ on the 4th of July‚ 1991‚ he was shot in a failed extortion attempt against him. Chang was born in Shanghai‚ the most populous city of China‚ to Australian-born Chinese parents. He grew up in Hong Kong‚ where he
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SPEAKER DRIVER MATERIALS USED FOR MANUFACTURE DOME TWEETERS & MIDRANGE Aluminium. The majority of metal domes use aluminium diaphragms. Aluminium has an extremely high stiffness to weight ratio‚ but poor damping characteristics. Some vendors also chemically treat the metal or apply coatings to improve its damping characteristics. Titanium. Titanium is slightly heavier than aluminium for an equivalent sized dome. It is‚ however‚ much stronger than aluminium and has slightly better internal
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