FOA: Language and the individual language profile (Development of language in social classes) Definitions: Language: The method of human communication‚ either spoken or written‚ consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. Social class: A status hierarchy in which individuals and groups are classified on the basis of esteem and prestige acquired mainly through economic success and accumulation of wealth. Variables in social class Power: – The degree to which a person
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ABSTRACT: English is a universally speaking language which is accepted as “Global lingua franca” of the people. The largest professional engineering organizations use English as their primary language. The main objective is to encourage students to actively involve in participate learning of English and to acquire Communication Skills. But most of the rural people do not able to communicate freely during Campus Interviews. In order to face those problems‚ we need more practical training
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to successfully form‚ foster‚ and improve relationships with members of a culture different from one’s own. It is based on knowledge of many factors‚ such as the other culture’s values‚ perceptions‚ manners‚ social structure‚ and an understanding of how members of the group communicate--verbally‚ non-verbally‚ in person‚ in writing‚ and in various business and social contexts. The following papers will talk about the intercultural situations I been experienced. The first impression is when I traveled
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Differences between written and spoken language. Do the people write different than they speak? A lot of things that we use in our spoken language we do not use in our writing and vice versa. There are a lot of differences between our spoken and written language. One difference is about timing. Written language can live through time as long as the language is still understood. For example historical documents like old letters that are found and are
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they were saying "Yes" yet their heads were shaking "No"? The difference between the words people speak and our understanding of what they are saying comes from non-verbal communication‚ otherwise known as "body language." By developing your awareness of the signs and signals of body language‚ you can more easily understand other people‚ and more effectively communicate with them. There are sometimes subtle – and sometimes not so subtle – movements‚ gestures‚ facial expressions and even shifts in our
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WÁRAY- WÁRAY LANGUAGE Wáray-Wáray (commonly spelled as Warai; also referred to as Winaray or Lineyte-Samarnon) or Samarnon is a language spoken in the provinces of Samar‚ Northern Samar‚ Eastern Samar‚ Biliran‚ and in the north-east of Leyte Island (surrounding Tacloban) in the Philippines. The name comes from the word often heard by non-speakers‚ "waray" (meaning "none"‚ "nothing" or "not")‚ in the same way that Cebuanos are known in Leyte as "mga Kana" (after the oft-heard word "kana"
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The Garífuna Language Day by day the World becomes more interconnected‚ we talk to people from other countries in languages that usually are not our native tongue‚ multi linguists now outnumber mono linguists and around 25% of the world ’s countries recognise two or languages as official (see Pearson). English has become the Lingua Franca of the world and native languages are starting to disappear. The fewer the number of speakers the quicker. One language that seems to have reversed the trend
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TITLE: Youse wanna work with me? AUTHOR: Fiona Smith SOURCE Australian financial review DOP: 14 august 2007 The article talks about our accents‚ and how we are perceived by others. The characteristics of our speech send out lots of signs to the listener on who we are‚ building and creating our identity on just how we speak. The articulation of vowel sounds‚ usage of High rising terminals‚ accents‚ articulation of words‚ or particular usage of non-standard variants can aid the other to determine
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(Begin by saying good morning in sign language) Specific purpose: To Inform my audience about communication by way of sign language. Thesis Statement: ASL (American Sign Language) has been around for quite a while‚ although Aristotle had a theory that people can only learn through hearing spoken language I. Aristotle was the first to have recorded anything about the deaf-blind‚ his theory was that people can only learn through hearing spoken language. A. According to start-american-sign-language
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Language and Society 1. The relatedness between language and Society 1) While language is principally used to communicate meaning‚ it is also used to establish and maintain social relationships. 2) Users of the same language in a sense all speak differently. The kind of language each of them chooses to use is in part determined by his social background. Language‚ in its turn‚ reveals information about its speaker. 3) To some extent‚ language‚ especially the structure of its
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