When people make a great fuss over the merits and demerits of a language they overlook an important point that a language is not merely a means of communicating thoughts but also a way of getting civilized. Since‚ the date of India’s independence‚ there has been running many claims and counter-claims regarding the use and importance of English in India. Some speak in favour while some others oppose the idea of retaining English as a subject‚ in our school or college curriculum. The British
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In “The Struggle to be an All American Girl” by Elizabeth Wong‚ Elizabeth Wong wanted to assimilate and embrace American culture. However‚ her mother forced her to learn about the Chinese language. She had to go to Chinese school which‚ for her‚ was such a dreaded place that she would kick and scream that she didn’t want to go. She hated almost everything about the school. The auditorium had a stench of old Chinese medicine that was putrescent compared to the sweet smell of her American teacher’s
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English is considered to be the most common and important language of the world today. A great number of people understand and use English in every part of the world.English is the most useful language. Being good at English‚ we can travel to any place or any country we like. We shall not find it hard to make others understand what we wish to say.English also helps us to learn all kinds of subjects. Hundreds of books are written in English every day in all countries to teach people useful things
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The purpose of this task is writing a blog about my personal opinion about Eric Thomas’s speech “The Secret to Success.” Eric Thomas dropped out of high school later on becoming one of the most famous inspirational and motivational speakers around. His speech was posted on YouTube and he wrote a book explaining the secrets of reaching success. I personally became very motivated after listening to his speech and this blog would include my opinion about his speech and how it is motivational. I will
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Research Question: How has the language being lost affected the lives of different people? Summative piece: In this unit I have chose to do my research project on the loss of language. I am interested in this because this is happening everywhere around the world. There are already a few languages that have been extinct and some of them we never knew about. This is an issue that is happening around the world with different languages. Issue1 Every 2 weeks there is one language that is lost. In
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“Life’s challenges are not suppose to paralyze you‚ they’re supposed to help you discover who you are”(Bernice Johnson Reagon). For me ‚ identity is the way life has mold you into the person you are today. Different persons means different experiences which ultimately leads to distinct personalities. Furthermore‚ there is many factors that have lead us to become who we are. In Geeta Kothari essay “If you Are What You Eat‚ Then What Am I?”‚ Henry Louis Gates Jr “A Giant Step” and “Mother Tongue” By
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Language plays and important role in human life. Out of all the languages in the world‚ English is considered as the international language. And me as an immigrant I think it’s very important to work on improving my English skills in order to communicate with people easier‚ get more job opportunities‚ and most importantly to get into college. There are plenty of ways to improve your English. To improve your English conversation and oral skills you should watch American movies and T.V. shows with
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"Ding‚ ding‚ ding‚ let the match begin: Gang vs. Club". The vast selection of words that a person can choose in order to relate his or her message to other people makes language versatile and great. Like most languages‚ the English Language has numerous words that have the same meaning; these pairs of words are called synonyms. Even if a pair of words is a synonym‚ their connotations can be different. An example of a pair of synonyms with different implications is gang and club. The dictionary definition
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TOK Language essay 11. Can one language be considered “better” than another? Outline. Areas to talk about Culture - Language you grew up with or the language that your parents speak is probably the most important to you and takes privilege over other languages Personal beliefs and interpretations - You decide by yourself whether or not you think a language is better than another History - Through history English has become a worldwide language‚ this doesn’t necessarily make it a better language
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DISCUSS SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE VALUES AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS ENGLISH ARE EXPRESSED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. My EMA investigates values and attitudes towards the persuasive power of rhetoric in the USA and values and attitudes to English language policy and education in China. I have chosen these because I thought I would be interesting to investigate two different contexts in which English language has a totally different significance. What values and attitudes to English are
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