When people ask me where I got my “accent” I would simply smile casually‚ and sometimes sheepishly reply “I came from an English speaking school”. I came from an English speaking school‚ that’s why I’m fluent in English. English is generally noted as one of the languages commonly used in the Philippines. English is taught in schools as one of the two official languages of the country‚ the other being Filipino‚ a standardized version of Tagalog. Sub-varieties of Philippine English is emerging
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Paper I : Poetry-I Unit 1 : Explanations with reference to the context from the starred texts Geoffrey Chaucer : “General Prologue”* to The Canterbury Tales The Nun’s Priest’s Tale John Donne : “The Canonization* “A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning” “The Sunne Rising” “The Ecstasie”* : Paradise Lost‚ Book I : Essay on Man* : “Introduction” “Earth’s Answer” “The Tyger”* “London” (from Songs of Experience) Unit 2 : Unit 3 : John Milton Unit 4 : Alexander Pope William Blake
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ENGLISH PROFICIENCY OF PNTC STUDENTS INTRODUCTION This thesis presents the declining of English Proficiency of PNTC students. Followed by the problem statement and the aims of the study used in the data gathering. An assessment of the selection of participants as well as the instruments is included. This is followed also by a discussion used for data gathering‚ procedures and how it was conduct and analyzed. An evaluation follows with the conclusion thereafter. In order to get the effectiveness
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Breaking Down Filipino English Filipino English most common variations in Standard English are on sound system‚ rhythm and on stress.I will explain why these are so in contrasting the interviewer‚which is using the standard British English and the interviewee‚ a Filipino English speaker‚or the CNN interview to President Benigno Noynoy Aquino. First in sound system ‚I observed that the Filipino English was always compared to their vernacular counterparts.For example‚when Pres.Aquino said
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Chapter 3: The Sounds of English. Consonants and Vowels. An Articu-latory Classification and Description. Acoustic Correlates 3.1. Consonants and Vowels. Traditional distinctions. Chomsky and Halle’s SPE definition 3.2. Criteria for consonant classification. Vocal cord vibration. Sonority 3.3. Manner of articulation. Plosives. Fricatives. Affricates 3.4. Sonorants. The Approximants: glides and liquids 3.5. Oral and nasal articulation 3.6. Force of articulation 3.7. Place of articulation 3.8. The
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about losing an accent to adjust with the current lifestyle. Gloria did grow up in the Untied States but spoke mostly Spanish. She did not speak true Spanish but a different form of Spanish called “Chicano Spanish”. She was living in the most English speaking place on this planet‚ but she was from Mexican decent. Spanish in the United States was rare during this time‚ but she spoke a form of Spanish. She describes the difficulty of changing to Chicano Spanish. Chicano Spanish also varies from
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1. Australian English (AusE‚ AuE‚ AusEng‚ en-AU) is the name given to the group of dialects spoken in Australia that form a major variety of the English language. Australian English began to diverge from British English soon after the foundation of the Colony of New South Wales in 1788. The history of Australian English starts with kangaroo (1770) and Captain James Cook’s glossary of local words used in negotiations with the Endeavour River tribes. The language was pidgin. 2. Жулдыз Varieties
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English Proficiency CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY This chapter presents the method of research utilized in the study‚ the population‚ sample size‚ and sampling technique‚ description of the respondents‚ research instrument‚ data-gathering procedure‚ and statistical treatment used for data analysis. Research Method Used The descriptive method of educational research was employed in the study‚ since it describes what traits or what it is of a certain educational phenomenon. Borg defines the descriptive
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The English Patient Commentary Page 136-137 This key passage is from Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient‚ found in the first few pages of chapter four. Before‚ this passage‚ Hana is sitting beside Almasy while he begins to describe his first expedition in the deserts in the 1930s. After‚ Almasy explained how he came to hate nations‚ but was attached to the desert as it could not be claimed or own. The passage between reinforces the idea that identity is not fixed‚ it changes over time as people
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English Consonants and Vowels Exercise 2.2: English Consonants 1. Give a complete description of the consonant sound represented by the symbol and then supply an English word containing the sound. Example: /tʃ/ Answer: voiceless alveolopalatal affricate Word: cherry (a) /θ/ (e) /r/ (b) /ŋ/ (f) /j/ (c) /ʒ/ (g) /g/ (d) [ɫ] 2. Give the phonetic symbol representing the consonant sound described and then supply an English word containing the sound.
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