TEACHING TECHNICAL ENGLISH AND GENERAL ENGLISH Introduction English today has become more than the Lingua Franca of the masses. It has become the lifeline. The call of the hour is for the academia to well-equip itself with the most competent language skills. Only then can suitable help be extended to the beneficiaries‚ the students. My paper will focus on the nature of General and Technical English today. It will also attempt to show how Technical English and General English can be made more student-centric
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This House believes that advertising is harmful Advertising has grown to be an industry worth many billions of dollars across the world. Online advertising alone is believed to be worth $24 billion a year1. Almost all public space has some advertisements in sight and all forms of media‚ from newspapers to the cinema‚ are also filled with adverts. Whilst this helps companies sell their products‚ and helps consumers to learn what is on offer‚ many believe that this huge amount of advertising can
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It is a free verse narrative poem. I find this poem has a lot of depth. It has a tone of softness yet is kind or horrific. I don’t know exactly what Sylvia was trying to express in this poem. It seems to me like she wanted to be remade‚ turn back time‚ and make everything better. She could have possibly done something she regretted
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Lost’ 5) Why does Dr. Johnson say that perusal of Paradise Lost is a duty rather than pleasure? 6) Illustrate from the life of Milton the nice equilibrium of biography and literary criticism which Johnson is said to have achieved in lives of the English Poets? 7) (Essays) Johnson’s critical tenets as reflected in the ‘Life of Milton’ 8) Johnson’s personality as revealed in the ‘Life of Milton’ 9) Johnson’s Prose style BOOK: Lycidas ‚ Milton as a Poet Fielding—Refer Book Dr. Faustus (Christopher
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high school English In the passage Death to high school English‚ written by Kim Brooks‚ explains the thoughts of a college professor who teaches composition‚ and is dealing with students who do not know how to write at all. Brooks story is told in first person‚ simply because she experienced it firsthand. The tone of this passage seemed to be mostly frightening because Brooks was in shock at how terrible the writing was and had to put a stop to it and make a change. Another tone that was
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Nightjohn Themes The Book‚ Nightjohn‚ as well as the movie‚ has many themes and views you could look at. I’m going to be focusing on the three themes that spoke to me the most. These themes are Getting along with others‚ Leadership‚ and probably most of all: Freedom. THe first theme I’m going to talk about is Getting along with others. I think using fear and intimidation is effective for controlling workers‚ however I don’t think it’s appropriate. Rewarding slaves for good behavior would work for
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In The Veldt‚ Ray Bradbury uses simile‚ tone and mood to give readers deeper understanding. It gives readers a creepy‚ unsettling feeling. The foreshadowing gives subtle hints on what’s to come. Despite some people claiming symbolism presents a cleaner picture‚ that can be proven wrong. Having better tone and mood gives the reader a deeper sense of reality. Good tone and usage of similes make the story seem more realistic. Ray Bradbury’s usage of simile‚ tone and mood‚ create a higher quality story
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Tone is defined by The American Heritage Dictionary as a manner of expression in speech or writing. Our literature book expands on this definition by saying tone is not an attitude‚ but it is whenever the poem makes an attitude clear to us. One poet to whom tone is very important is Theodore Roethke‚ author of "I Knew a Woman."� Roethke ’s writings range from clever poems in strict meter and regular stanzas to free verse poems full of imagery. Also‚ he is known for his use of environmental images
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Lecture Intonation in English Outline 1. Intonation: definition‚ approaches‚ functions. 2. Components of intonation and the structure of English tone-group. 3. Sentence stress. 4. Rhythm. 1. Intonation: definition‚ approaches‚ functions. Intonation is a language universal. There are no languages which are spoken without any change of prosodic parameters but intonation functions in various languages in a different way. What is the role intonation plays in the language? Intonation
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Background of the problem English is connecting language between people in entire world on earth. Almost developing countries include our beloved country Indonesia use this language as general communication‚ we can find everywhere everyplace people talk in many words in English‚ not only student but we generally often speak with it. Open wide mind to see how feasible of English is nowadays‚ to be learn or to be ignored? Our youth generation still‚ keeps stuck in reverse that said English is difficult to be
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