We Are Going Oodgeroo Noonuccal Medium: Poem “We Are Going” a poem written by the famous Oodgeroo Noonuccal is in its own way a masterpiece for communication to the present world about the impact of modernisation on the Indigenous people of Australia. If anything‚ Oodgeroo expresses the reality of the fading of the Aboriginals and expresses the sadness and pain that follows. The constant use of the word “We” in this poem creates the sense that Oodgeroo is not at all speaking for herself. She is
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LaGuardia Community College The English Language Center Zully Katherin Patiño Viviescas Professor Paul Metzger June 8‚ 2013 Saturday Program Level 6- Spring 2013 Spanish versus English Proficiency in a second language involves the acquisition of range of knowledge and skills conditioned in part by experiences lived that will help you in your personal or
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WHY NOT USE STANDARD ENGLISH ALL THE TIME? Standard English is an idealised variety that constitutes a set of norms associated with intellectualism‚ professionalism and prestige adopted by the educated speakers of English. As it is of a prescriptive nature‚ it constitutes what is deemed as the ‘correct’ use of grammar and vocabulary and often found in formal registers of language. Whilst it is most recognisable in written texts‚ Standard English also appears‚ though more variably‚ in spoken modes
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Why not use Standard English all the time? Standard English is a powerful tool that one can take and use from the arsenal of English Language; it is the benchmark that other “varieties” of English measure itself against and also allows us to form effective communication between communities and people that have different ways of speaking. The other “varieties” of English all fall under the category of nonstandard English‚ which is defined as “not conforming in pronunciation‚ grammatical construction
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(2004). The Stories of English. New York: The Overlook Press. David Crystal’s book immediately grabs your attention through the characters placed around the table. The images give the illusion of historical men drinking wine‚ smoking pipes‚ and discusses important matters of the time. The caption bubbles are the foreshadowing of what’s to come. The introduction states that there are actually two introductions‚ due to the two stories the book investigates: “Standard English “and “Real Stories”.
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quotes. organize your essay in a clear and logical manner‚ including an introduction‚ body‚ and conclusion. use well-structured sentences and language that are appropriate for your audience. edit your work to conform to the conventions of standard American English. Use any of the tools available to you‚ such as the Checklist‚ Spellchecker‚ or Graphic Organizer. Passage: Theme in Literature A theme is the main message a reader can learn about life or human nature from a literary piece
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The linguistic situation in Scotland has been dominated by Scots and Scottish Standard English‚ where Scots is a descendant of Old English and SSE is a compromise between Scots and southern English. Scottish Standard English has been formed since 17th century as a result of contacts between Scots and British English. Scots and SSE are distinguishable from each other more than any other pair of English standard/vernacular varieties (Johnston‚ 2007: 110). However‚ there is still no general agreement
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residents living in Canada and the United States; some differences being more apparent than others. To identify these differences‚ lets first look at the difference between standard of living and quality of life as these are specific terms I will use to identify the differences in lifestyles between Americans and Canadians. Standard of living refers to the level of wealth‚ comfort and material goods and necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class in a certain geographic area. Quality of
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Student Teacher Class Date English VS. Spanish Colonization Although the English and Spanish both sought to sail across the Atlantic and explore to conquer the New World for their own unique reasons‚ the conditions and experiences they faced differed greatly. Spain claimed to have conquered the New World first with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492‚ while the English claimed to have done so with the establishment of Jamestown in 1607. Spain and England both colonized the Americas and
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English vs. Bahasa Malaysia A German friend of mine once asked me why I did not use Malay as an every day language when I am Malaysian. What piqued his curiosity was when I had a Malay friend over and both of us had a conversation in flawless English. My German friend could not help but to ask us why the national language was not used. “In Germany‚ everybody speaks German!” he said. And then it hit me‚ that in Thailand‚ locals speak Thai every day on almost every occasion. In Philippines
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