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    Why were they there? How did they get there? What had happened along the way? How were they equipped? What did they intend to do? Write a 200-300 word summary In June 1099 a Christian army appeared outside the walls of Jerusalem. They were the first crusade‚ set on achieving their one goal; to take Jerusalem from the Muslim population that had settled there over 200 years ago. The crusade had been inspired by the famous speech that Pope Urban II gave‚ and word had spread that they were going to

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    vocal apparatus‚ discovering sounds that are distinctive for their particular language * Sounds will narrow to only the sounds that they hear around them * Intonation patterns are first to be acquired * Babbling appears to be innate ONE WORD UTTERANCES * Occurs at around 12-18 months * Infants discover sounds relating to meaning and start to use the sounds in expressive ways * They might acquire language all in the same way in the end‚ but there is considerable variation in details

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    Second Language

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    Benefits of Learning a Second Language Nowadays‚ more and more people choose to learn a second language. The reason why many people are learning a second language is that there are many benefits to study a second language. In short‚ learning a second language has many advantages‚ like getting a good job‚ learning the culture of other countries and keeping good health. In fact‚ learning a second language is more likely to get a good job than others. First of all‚ as the economy becomes more and

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    Language in Montessori

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    each stage. “Language lies at the root of that transformation of the environment that we call civilization.” (source 3) Language is the ability to understand speech and a desire to convey one’s feelings and thoughts. It is through communication that human beings are able to cooperate with each other to solve common problems. It is through communication based on written and oral language in particular that each generation has passed on its accumulating wisdom to the next. “Language‚ we may say‚ grow

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    First Impressions

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    First Impressions “You never get a second chance to make a first impression”(Oscar Wild) .When you meet someone for the first time you are actually determining how your friendship will be in the future. Most importantly you are giving them a first look at who you are and how the tone of your relationship is going to be. First impressions are one of the most important to be good at. First impressions cause first opinions as well. “How good these impressions are at making accurate judgments

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    Language and Its Necessity

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    Language and Its Necessity When you hear the word language what comes to mind? Do you cringe deep down? Does your nose go up in disgust? If this happens to you when you think of the word language don’t worry you’re not the only one. Language‚ to most‚ can be daunting. It can be especially daunting if you are learning it for the first time. Even I find it difficult to grasp concepts and rules. It seems like they are always changing. You then add advancing technologies‚ and language has gone even

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    Language and Identity

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    Language and Identity Language and identity can be two sides of the same coin in my opinion. A language identifies a certain group or place just like a flag represents a country‚ but this is not always true. If we were to look at the English language for example‚ it is a universal language that most people in the world practice either as their first language or as their second or third. The people who do speak English as their first language have a certain identity related to the language;

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    Language Attitude

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    Language Attitude Language attitudes are the feelings people have about their own language or the language of others. Attitude towards a language can determine whether the language continues or whether it is eliminated. If a language has political and financial backing it has a good chance of surviving. If people perceive that the language can improve their social status and economic prosperity those are usually strong motivators for people to maintain or make a language shift – sometimes

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    Is Ebonics a Language?

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    Ebonics Is (or Is Not) a Language Before getting into any great detail concerning the complexity of what language is and its relationship with the term Ebonics‚ Ebonics must first be defined. It is considered to be best described as "black speech" and therefore can be referred to as an "undefined language." Many consider language to be a spoken tongue belonging to a nationality of people‚ so in general‚ and for the sake of clarity in this work‚ language is a general communication concept by which

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    The Human Language

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    Coyotecatl December 2‚ 2013 Anthropology We can all agree that language is a fundamental basic of being human. Language has been around for centuries‚ there are no primitive languages‚ and the documentary video"The Human Language"‚ talks about just that. It brings about the question on how language functions within each and every society. Its amazing how we as organisms create sound and body gestures to make words‚ by what we call "Language". I say body gestures‚ because although being non-verbal‚ it

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