CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Rationale The English language‚ which is the closest thing to a lingua franca around the world‚ is another means for us to join the stream of world culture. This is where English proficiency becomes vital in today’s world and country. English proficiency is the ability to speak‚ read and/or write in English. In Philippine education system‚ high school students with ages ranging from 12 to 17 are expected to have already basic knowledge of English and the four communication skills
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Proficiency Standards There are proficiency standards that English Language Learners are expected to meet in order to acquire the appropriate English language skills. Students will need to master those standards in order to be successful and productive in their educational‚ professional‚ and personal lives. Those standards will help and enable students to be able to understand the language and how words and phrases are put together and how the meanings of sentences and phrases can change. My English
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Ashford Library has great value while conducting college level research. The Ashford Library‚ in my opinion‚ is a trove of valuable information. While searching for information in the library‚ you will find that Ashford is proprietary database‚ which is only accessible to someone who pays or belongs to an institution who pays. “The Ashford Library is not just one main database‚ but actually contains several” (Bowles‚ 2013). We will soon cover the variety of databases and their benefit‚ but first
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English literature test 1/ literary works cannot be successful without stylistic devices. Those are skillfully used by henry in his story ‘ the gift of the magi’ can you prove that? Simile is used to describe Della’s greatest possession her hair: “Della’s beautiful hair fell like a cascade of brown water”. Her hair is a wavy as it is like a cascade‚ its colour is like brown water. Comparison is noticed: “That made her looks like a truant schoolboy.” After having had her hair cut Della can
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Acccounting 248:51 Spring 2014 Midterm Exam April 7‚ 2014 Instructor: Dan Cunningham Email: dan@dancunningham.org Phone/Text: 518.431.9796 Instructions: Please record your answers on the answer page provided. Your answers must be submitted on or before 11:59PM on April 12. Please upload your answer sheet to the appropriate file on ANGEL. 1. The City of Newport issued $1‚500‚000 of general obligation refunding bonds at a 2% premium. Bond issuance costs of $15‚000 were incurred. The
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and socially. English is basically man’s tool for learning and communication. Academically‚ he needs English as an instrument to learn new knowledge from different subjects‚ to pass the entrance examination in college and to pass the board and licensure examination. Economically‚ he needs English to run business and to transact with possible investors. Social transactions and social gathering will be impossible if not for the use of English in communication which only proves that English is a social
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(i) “Shakespeare’s play‚ “Macbeth”‚ presents us with a clash between noble kingship and brutal tyranny.” Write your response to this statement supporting your answer with suitable reference to the text. OR (ii) “Lady Macbeth is a much more ruthless character than her husband Macbeth” Discuss this view‚ supporting your answer with suitable refrence to both characters in Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth”. A. THEME OR ISSUE 1. “The study of a theme or issue can draw a reader deeper
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International students in English speaking universities Adjustment problems Introduction With the brisk pace of economic globalization‚ higher education is becoming more internationalized as well. An increasing number of students choose to receive higher education abroad in countries like the US‚ the UK and Australia‚ where there are many world-class universities that are expected to provide high-quality education for both domestic and overseas students. However‚ due to various reasons‚ and
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In the process of development‚ English Drama had already passed through religious‚ moral and artistic period when towards the closing years of the 16th century it fell‚ for further development‚ into the hands of a group of well educated scholars who are generally referred to as University Wits. They were responsible for providing Shakespeare the right foundation so as to raise English Drama to the highest point and make it the greatest literary force of the Elizabethan age. In the tradition of Drama
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Why did I choose this topic? - Personal reasons After the summer I am going to USA as an exchange student. I think it is very exciting to go to a country far away‚ because not only the Americans‚ but also people all over the world have a different culture and a different way of living. Being an exchange student - What does it mean? Every year many students from all over the world choose to study abroad. In the United States and in several others countries‚ students choose to stay for a year
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