Languages Essays

A Detailed Account of the Use and Status of Languages in South Africa

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Literature Research into South Africa’s language history has been covered rather extensively in the past twenty years. Papers on the countries implementation of policies such as (Ngcob...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Dual Language Schools

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 I strongly recommend my neighbor’s son to go to a dual language school. The reason why I stated that is that there are lots of benefit in a dual language program. For instance, learn seco...

An overview of World Englishes

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1.1 English as an international language Among thousand languages in the world, English has become an “International English” since it is a multinational, multicultural and multifunctio...

Analysis of Modality in Language

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Student: VÕ TH THU NGÂN 1. Rationale: The more developing social is, the more multiform language’ research is. There are many things to read between the lines of the meaning of words or sente...

Analysis of the Transmission Model for Communication Theories and Research

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‘Despite the critiques from within the reception or cultural context school of thought does the transmission model still provide the primary conceptual basis for theorizing and researching comm...

Annotated Bibliography: Acquisition of French as a Second Language

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Acquisition of French as a Second Language Research on acquisition of second language has reported two conclusions. First, acquisition of second language is a highly systematic process, ...

Attitudes Towards Accents: The Scouse Accent

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Introduction An accent is an oral expression, a precise pronunciation within a particular language. Accents can often be confused with dialects which are varieties of language that differ in vocab...

Can Pragmatic Competence be Taught?

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This essay will argue using the definition of Kasper & Rose (1999), that learners of English must be able to use their linguistic resources (pragmalinguistics), alongside the ability to do this in a contextually appropriate fashion (sociopragmatics). ...

Characterize The Protagonist

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Thesis Statement: The narrator, who originally loves animals and his wife, turns violent towards them and even kills his wife, because of alcohol addiction. Alcohol addiction as a form of illness,...

Chat language

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Chat Language Chat Language is a recent concept which is characterized by overwhelming acceptance. Chat language can be justly described as the result of the worldwide impact of Internet and Cosmo...

Code Switching, Emotions and Trauma Narratives

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Bilingualism or multilingualism being described merely as a phenomenon where an individual is able to speak and write in two or more languages is not exactly an accurate definition; the term also...

Comprehending English text

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CHAPTER 1 1.0 Introduction Reading ability is a very important element in a higher education level. Since English has become the lingua franca or the language of all regions, students of a higher educ...

Conjunctions in Chinese ESL Learning

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As a part of speech, Conjunction is known as a joining word. It acts as a bridge between two sentences and help them to combine. English language learners, especially Chinese students, often just mechanically rote the meanings and rules....

Contrastive analysis

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Contrastive analysis(CA) is a method to distinguish between what are needed and not needed to learn by the target language(TL) learner by evaluating languages (M.Gass & Selinker, 2008). In add...

Cosmetic products

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1. Introduction Cosmetic products are very important in human life due to the improvement of the living standards. And by bringing the products to potential customers, cosmetic advertisements are q...

Critical Period Hypothesis of Language Learning

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My father, while he was in his early twenties immigrated to the States from India along with his parents, 4 older siblings and 1 younger sibling. Although they had all learned English in school, ...

Cross-cultural differences on language learners

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Introduction In this article the authors tried to measure the impact of cross-cultural differences on language learners’ interpretation of imageable idioms. The definition of imageable idioms: ...

Definition Purpose and Models of Reading

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Reading is a mental process. There are many definitions of reading. Reading is when someone looks into a written text and starts to absorb the information from the written linguistic message....

Demand for communication in english in vietnam

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Introduction 1. Reasons for the research The demand for communication in English has become very urgent in Vietnam since the government’s open door policy in late 1980. More and more people, ...

Developing a Blended Model to Help English Learner Needs

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The article by Blazer (2019), states that some experts have concluded that there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ model of instruction for ELLs....

Development of a Powerful Identity through Language

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How Women Socially Construct a ‘Powerful’ Identity Based on Language As the world begins to move from an androcentric society, communication researchers have a responsibility to expand...

Development of Language from Rituals

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This essay will examine the possibility of a connection between rituals and ritualistic behaviour and the development of language, with some analysis of ritual behaviour in the animal world as well as briefly examining the extent to which human use of language today is itself ritualistic....

Diglossia and the variation of the colloquial arabic

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1.0 Introduction: In many speech communities where speakers use two or more varieties of the same language in different situations, a phenomenon called diglossia exists. The purpose of this paper...

Dimensions of Word Meaning

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NGUYEN QUANG NGOAN Introduction The issue of defining and clearing the meaning of the words is by no means an easy talk. In other words, words are names or lables for things. Besides, linguists al...

Eal Observed In A Primary School

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Learning a second language is one adaptation skill that proves to be necessary when diverse cultures come together.  For example, children from diverse linguistic backgrounds study English as a b...

Early Childhood Language Development in the Digital age: A Review of Research

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Introduction   Early childhood language and literacy development for the children aged 0-8 years old is strongly influenced by the linguistic environment of the child. R...

Eco-Translatoloty: English Translation of Chinese Classics

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Study on the Development of English Translation of Chinese Classics from the perspective of Eco-translatology Keywords: Ecological Translation Studies, the Chinese classics, translation, traditional...

Effect of Latin on the Romance Languages

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In order to understand how Latin broke up into the various Romance languages between late antiquity and the early middle ages, it is important to analyse historical and principal linguistic fact...

Effect of Media and Texting on Language

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There are so many myths about language and the negative effects it has our society in general. Given that social media and technology now plays a relevant role in our everyday life, one such grou...

Effect of Repetition and Rhymed Video-songs in Facilitating Adults L1 (Arabic) and L2 (English) Acquisition

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Research Proposal The effect of repetition and rhymed video-songs in facilitating adults L1 (Arabic) and L2 (English) acquisition in the K.S.A Introduction I taught...

ELF and GE Notions in ELT: Evaluation Listening Materials in Two Textbooks

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Introduction The idea of English as a Lingua Franca ELF is a quite new concept and was not recognised in many fields such as applied linguistics and sociolinguistics. There was a not...

English and Vietnamese Language Comparison

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Name: NGUY N HOÀI NHI A Contrastive Analysis of Metaphors Relating to Some Upper Parts of Human Body between English and Vietnamese Abstract This paper presents the results of a study on metaphor...

English in Post Revolutionary Iran

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Iran, which is also widely known and recognized as the Persian Empire, and officially known the Islamic Republic of Iran, is one of the world’s oldest and most historic civilizations, beginning...

English Speaking Skills in Non-native speaking Children

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A Proposal of Effective Improvement of English Speaking Skills in Non-Native Speaking Children In recent decades, English has become a worldwide language and plays an important role in many fields of ...

Features of Representational Meaning

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While some, more or less radical, distinction between language and linguistic behaviour (between language and speech, language and communication, sentence and utterance) is universally assumed, the ...

Foreign language instruction should begin in Kindergarten

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Topic: “Foreign language instruction should begin in Kindergarten” In the early states of developing brain, people has equipped with skills to communicate each other with special abilities for u...

Functions of Modal Verbs in European and British Legal Documents

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Functions of Modal Verbs in European and British Legal Documents Abstract: Researches in languages for special purposes have qualified legal texts as a distinctive type of texts. The purpose of this ...

Gender Differences In Aspects Of English Language Use

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Language is largely influenced by socialization, shaped by conditioning and constant reinforcement. When parents speak to children they address boys and girls in different ways. In general, girls are ...

Grammatical constraints on code-switching

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Grammatical constraints on code-switching The behaviour of bilingual and multilingual speakers in a wide variety of speech communities and a broad range of social contexts has been the subject of r...

Has Music of the 1950's Shaped Today's Music?

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Background Questions Has music of the 1950’s shaped today’s music? Navjot Who influenced the music in the 1950’s? Zainab Was there a particular style of music in the 1950’s?...

How Did the English Language Survive after 1066?

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The Norman Conquest of 1066 was arguably ‘the final cataclysm’ which awaited the English language, facilitating the evolution from an intensely economic language to a more refined English....

Importance of foreign language

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1. Introduction It is known to all that language and culture are inseparable. Language itself makes no sense and has no meaning outside the cultural setting in which it is spoken. They are intricately...

Importance of Language Development in Early Childhood

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In early childhood a child adopts their own language from their environment. A child adopts the language people tend to speak around them. Early childhood education in kindergarten usually starts...

Improve your paragraphs by varying the complexity of your sentences

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Exercise name: 1 Exercise type Input Copyright info Instruction In this module you will: learn about how to revise your argument through re-outlining, learn how to improve yo...

Influences of Second Language Acquisition

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Abstract Acquiring a second language at an early age is crucial in the Latino community, especially because it is a growing population. The involvement that is shown in preschool program...

Influences of the Norwegian Language

Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jan 2018

Task A Do you have a rack at home with a CD player, tuner and equalizer? Or do you simply use a discman? If nothing else you may have a walkman? What kind of clothes do you wear? Is it a sweatshirt, j...

International and global language

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Introduction During the time, human societies across the world begin to contact with each others. When we travel to different countries we can find many similarities. The style of living, eating, s...

Is it Possible to Create a Universal Language?

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Is it Possible to Create a Universal Language?     Language is a globalised ph...

Isolationism in Metamorphosis

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Isolationism in Metamorphosis and Notes from Underground World Literature: Paper 2 The common theme in both Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is isolationis...

Issues and Challenges of Cataloging Materials in Non-roman Languages

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Theses Statement This paper reviews recent literature regarding issues and challenges of cataloging materials in non-Roman languages. It provides background information and a discussion ...

Language Analysis of Film: Directive Illocutionary Acts

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BY MORTEN TYLDUM ABSTRACT This assignment is entitled “A study of Directive Illocutionary Acts in Passengers Movie Script by Morten Tyldum”. It is aimed at describing forms and meanings ...

Language and Development Observation of Child with Downs Syndrome

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I observed four year old Mia, who is female. She has both active parents in her life, along with a younger sister. She has downs syndrome. She can communicate fairly well verbally but also uses s...

Language transfer

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Introduction The title of this research article has caught my attention because it talks about language transfer which is an area I am always interested in knowing more about it. Also, being an ESL...

Languages Essays - Italian Economic Miracle

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Languages Essays - Italian Economic Miracle - The Italian Economic Miracle Exposed: The Use of Comic Effects and Irony in Calvino's Marcovaldo...

Languages in Brazil

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The Portuguese spoken in Brazil is similar to, but not the same, as the Portuguese spoken in Portugal. It has been influenced over the centuries by indigenous, Amerindian languages. It has the s...

Modernismo in Spanish-american Poetry of the 20th Century

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Abstract This research analyses Spanish modernismo in Spanish-American poetry. The paper investigates in depth the impact of Ruben Dario and Leopoldo Lugones, the most influential modernista poets of ...

Negative Transfer Effect by Cantonese Students Learning English

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This work[1] is focused on deriving salient mispronunciations made by Cantonese (L1) learners of English (L2) specifically due to negative language transfer effect .The study presents phonologica...

Peer Correction in Teaching Writing Skills

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the problem Writing skill which includes language, private knowledge and skill, emotion and the interaction of personal opinion is difficult and challenging ...

Pramoedya ananta toer, his life and his literary achievements

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Chapter 2: Pramoedya Ananta Toer, his life and his literary achievements The account of Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s life and literary achievements, and the summary of his novel Bumi Manusia are most...

Problems of Syntax

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If generative grammar focuses on establishing rules: The underlying thesis of generative grammar is that sentencesare generated by a subconscious set of procedures (like computer programs).These pro...

Problems of Task-based English Language Teaching in Chinese High School Classrooms

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Problems of Task-based English language teaching in Chinese high school classrooms   Introduction There are more and more people learning foreign languages, an...

Promotion of Language Proficiency Among Newcomers in Canada

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Son Ian Lam, Candice Outline Introduction: a.Is it successful in promoting two official language among newcomers in Canada in recent centuries?b. the multicultural policy implemented in 1971 and cl...

Rhetorical Analysis and Italian Subculture

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Rhetorical Analysis and Italian Subculture There is only one thing that truly unites every person on this planet. There is only one thing that allows expression and connection. There is...

Role of Language in the Formation of Social Attitudes

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The Role of Language in the Formation of Social Attitudes Does language affect our attitudes about others? Early theories on attitudes saw them as stable, unchanging mental representati...

Schema Theory: Usefulness For Language Teaching

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As teachers of English, we are constantly attempting to activate schematic knowledge for all skills work, and indeed, any work at all done in class. Within the......

Self-reflection on the Critical Period Hypothesis

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A Brief Literature Review and Self-reflection on the Critical Period Hypothesis Introduction Is there really an ideal age at which second language learning should begin? Is there only a slim chance fo...

Similes in Literature and Daily Life

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NGUYEN THI HONG Abstract The assignment aims at exemplifying, analyzing and describing the character and function of the art of simile in works. It focuses on the occurrence of figurative language...

Spanish Language in the United States

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Introduction Despite the bilingual policy in the USA, Spanish speakers are still reporting numerous incidences of discrimination against their language (Fuller, 2013). Employed Latinos h...

Strategies to Prevent the Extinction of Languages

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Working Together is the Solution to the Rapid Increase in the Extinction of Languages Languages are disappearing worldwide at a rapid pace consequently becoming extinct. There are appro...

Structure and Features of the Arabic Language

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The Arabic language is a semantic language with a complicated morphology, which is significantly different from the most popular languages, such as English, Spanish, French, and Chinese. Arabic is a...

Summary of the Somali Language

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Amal Mohamed The Motherland    The place where scientist believe all humans came from is now inhabited by Middle Eastern and North African descends, Somalia. Somalia is a country in the horn of Af...

The Creole language

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The Creole language that will be considered during this essay will be Mauritian Creole. Mauritius is found of the African continent, in the south west of the Indian ocean. This island was visited by t...

The First Born

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The title of this poem is “The First Born”. The poem is set in Australia today. The speaker in the poem, is the Land, which is distressed and franticly searching for her “first born&...

The Life Of Alexander Pushkin

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Freedom in Alexander Pushkin’s literary works occupies one of the central positions; however, Pushkin treats freedom from various sides and perspectives. Living in the period of social and political...

The Use of Loans in English in Spain and in America

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Introduction Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world preceded by Mandarin Chinese and followed by English (Fernández, 2016, p. 4). In 2016, more than 472 millions of peo...

Theory of Migration and Cultural Constructions of Home

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Defining the place called home has proven to be a challenge for many since it is highly subjective amongst individuals. Home is not merely the physical space occupied by the family members; it is a ...

Vocal Sounds That Mean the Same in Every Language

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Are there vocal sounds that mean the same whatever your language? Discuss, with examples. The presence of vocal sounds, sounds which are produced via the human vocal tract, which convey the same mean...

What is intellectuality? how and to what effect is it used in the media?

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What is intertextuality? How and to what effect is it used in the media? Intertextuality can be discussed on many different levels. However, I have discovered that when thinking of intertextuality i...