Assumptions behind Singapore’s language-in-education policy: implications for language planning and second language acquisition L. Quentin Dixon Received: 30 September 2007 / Accepted: 14 January 2009 / Published online: 27 February 2009 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 Abstract Singapore’s officially bilingual education policy‚ in which the majority of children are schooled through a non-native medium with their ‘Mother Tongue’ (an ethnic heritage language that is not necessarily
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Case Title The Chinese Fireworks Industry- revised Date October 8th 2012 1. Issue identification： Jerry Yu is considering whether to invest in Liuyang fireworks factory‚ so he made an evaluation of the Chinese firework industry. Here is a brief identification of the issue: 1.1 History of fireworks: There is an old-line of the Chinese fireworks‚ which is tightly combined with varieties of celebrations and festivals in China. Especially‚ Liuyang is known as “the home of
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Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is celebrated throughout China and is also known as The Spring Festival. It goes for fifteen days and the preparations start even before the old year has come to an end. The people prepare by cleaning up‚ buying gifts and cooking festival food. Chinese New Year according to an ancient legend was started like this: People were once tormented by a beast called a Nian - a ferocious creature with an extremely large mouth‚ capable of swallowing several people in a
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Language Essay PSY/360 Introduction Language is universal way to express how a person feels. So of course‚ it is essential in cultures to express their individuality within life. Most of the time people do not put a lot of speculation on what mental processes may be taking place subconsciously. These mental processes allow a person to think‚ speak‚ and express their personal thoughts through language. In order to properly analyze that language‚ cognition must
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The Benefits and Downsides of Intermingling Languages While bilingualism has always been an object of interest and thorough research for scientists of various fields‚ mixing languages had been‚ until the last few decades‚ cast aside as its defective by-product. However‚ recent linguistic studies show that intermingling languages should not be considered an ill-conceived overlapping tendency that implies carelessness and a improper use of language‚ but a linguistic phenomenon with its own
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Brain and Languages. By the sense of hearing‚ is how we learn to speak and communicate. The audible speech perception is produced in the rotation Heschl in the right and left hemispheres. Understanding how the brain works can help us to learn another language more easily. Language occupies its own section of the brain. Actually‚ there are two main areas; Wernicke’s area allows us to understand words spoken to us and Broca’s area allows us to speak to others. This information is transferred to
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children’s speech‚ language and communication. Understand the importance of speech‚ language and communication for children’s overall development. 1.1 Explain each of the terms. Language is structured communication with rules and a set of symbols that are spoken‚ signed or written. Speech is the vocalisation of language. Communication is a way of sending signals to other people‚ this includes body language‚ facial expressions‚ gestures & language. Speech‚ language and communication
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Struggle for Identity: American Born Chinese Asian American students today are faced with the issue of identity in the American society. They are faced with this issue because of their unfamiliar background to the American society. They want to fit-in and become accepted in school’s diverse environment. The graphic novel‚ American Born Chinese by Gene Yang‚ exemplifies the issue of Asian American students search for identity in the American society. He wanted to target teenager that are struggling
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Figurative language is language that describes something by comparing it to something else. Figurative language goes beyond the literal meaning of words to describe or explain a subject. There are many types of figurative language‚ including similes‚ metaphors‚ alliteration‚ onomatopoeia‚ imagery‚ personification‚ and hyperbole. Authors use figurative language to help the reader see beyond the written words on the page and to visualize what is going on in the story or poem
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Introduction to Chinese Cupping Therapy Ladies and gentlemen‚ thank you very much for coming along here to listen to my presentation. I hope you will find it useful or interesting. As we all know‚ Traditional Chinese Medicine is a medical culture with a history of 5000 years. It has formed a deep and systematic knowledge of medical science‚ theory‚ diagnostic methods and cures. There are many aspects about traditional Chinese medicine. But in this talk‚ I would like to concentrate on one aspect
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