The article‚ “A Cultural Line in the Sand” by Thomas Lake‚ describes the example of a vernacular region as the South. A vernacular region is a place people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. The region of the South has people with “Southern accent(s) and learned Southern ways.” Some also think “we’re losing our Southern.” The term vernacular applies to the South because the people there believe it exists as part of their culture. The people of the South have customs that immerge
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South Africa is diverse in culture but could be unified in language. English should be South Africa ’s unifying language. It is necessary to understand what nationhood is‚ so that you the reader realise that a national language does not alter a nation. It binds the nation. I will also discuss South Africa ’s diverse cultures and how a unifying language can merge these cultures. Lastly‚ I will demonstrate the links between language and identity. <br> <br>The concept of a nation is not easily defined
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Reading an Academic Source: “Historic low prestige and seeds of change: Attitudes toward Jamaican Creole” Jamaican Creole (known to its speakers as Patois) is a language of ethnic identification for roughly two and a half million people in the island of Jamaica‚ and overseas for many thousands of native speakers. The origins of the Jamaican Creole postdate 1660‚ in the interaction of British colonists and African slaves. Jamaican language and its place in society reflects the brutal history
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An innovative Teacher I had Mrs. Anderson reputations precede her as one of the most innovative English Language teacher at the Norman Manley High School. I can attest to her innovative skills when I was first introduce to her in fifth form; she exuded English in every manner‚ the suttle tone of her voice in which she spoke‚ with an accent as if she was born in Britain but on the contrary she was a Jamaican. She said to my class on the first day that “She promised she would provide us with the
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The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson Publisher: William Morrow Copyright: June 1990 ISBN: 0-688-07895-8 Format: Hardcover Pages: 270 It was about time for me to read another non-fiction book. This is an irreverant and often-humorous look at the history and quirks of the English language‚ covering both British and American English and the distinctions between them (and touching briefly on Australian as well). While it does touch on some of the origins and major turning points
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Not all people who speak the English language speak it the same way. It is very uncommon to find two people that speak the exact same English because there are so many different forms of the language. This is the argument that Amy Tan makes in her story‚ “Mother Tongue”. Tan uses pathos to portray to her audience how through her experiences with her mother and the Chinese language she came to realize who she wanted to be and how she wanted to write. In “Mother Tongue”‚ Tan discusses the many ways
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Pangasinan National High School Lingayen‚ Pangasinan S. Y. 2012-2013 Advantage of English over Folk Language in Learning Presented to: Mrs. Liberty Casaclang Submitted as Partial Requirement in English IV Researchers: Krissxan Grace P. Lansangan Vernon Russel R. Rosario I. Acknowledgement The researchers wish to acknowledge and thank with profound gratitude‚ heartfelt appreciation and warmest sincerity the assistance extended by the people who helped them in making this research
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INTRODUCTION Teaching English in the SJKC is not easy. It is because the pupils here seldom speak the language they are more used to speak in or their mother tongue that is the Mandarin language. So each year in order to make the pupils involved and have interest in English Language our school have implemented many English programmes in which it is to be carried out by our English Panel ( Panitia Bahasa Inggeris ) every year. One of the programme is StoryTelling competition. My report will be on
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The essay written by Kim called “Facing poverty with a rich girl’s habits” was a very sad but everyday living style. Kim came from a rich family that had everything and in a flash everything had changed. They moved to East Village in New York City and Kim struggled with the new language barrier. She was called names like fresh of the boat and she never understood why she was called that and why those of her nationality looked down upon her has if she bought shame to them. Kim had to watch Reruns
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Language Use Essay Language can be considered as a work of art. The way one speaks imprints one’s personality and knowledge. However‚ language does not exist in a vacuum. It develops over the course of time according to a society’s and an individual’s needs. There are a number of ways to express identical thoughts. Educated people would most likely distinguish between the use of language in formal and informal situations. Specifically‚ one would use informal language with
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