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Contradictions in Orwell’s Writing in Orwell’s Politics and the English Language (339 words, 1 pages)

In his essay Politics And The English Language, George Orwell exemplifies inconsistences with respect to his thought process and his writing style. The problems Orwell sees in political writing have to do with a lack of clarity on the writers behalf. Orwell himself uses the very literary devices he considers ... Read More

A Review of Roger E. Axtell’s Book Body Language around the World (2175 words, 4 pages)

Gestures The DOs and TABOOs of Body Language Around the World Axtell, Roger E. Gestures The DOs and TABOOS of Body Language Around the World. Jon Wiley Sons, Inc, 1998 -- Rev. and expanded edition. Over the past decade the author has been presenting seminars, speeches and workshops around the ... Read More

English as a Global Tongue and Killer Language (788 words, 1 pages)

English as a Global Tongue English is spoken by more people than any other language in the world, thus it is considered a world language. Today English seems to evolve to a future global tongue, as its spreading on the Internet in recent years shows (almost 80 of the world-wide-webs ... Read More

Words and Word-Formation in English Language (1912 words, 4 pages)

English Linguistics Words and word-formation processes in the English Language 1. Introduction In our daily use of language we often are not aware of word-formation processes which create, invent, produce or form new words in a language. Most of the times we have no problems with understanding these new words ... Read More

A Research on the Effects of Emigres’ Native Language on Their Life in America (855 words, 3 pages)

It is unusual and perhaps impossible for an emigres native language to remain unaffected after living abroad for several years. Phonetic and spelling rules that may have been drilled into their minds in childhood quickly disappear while the emigre struggles to master the language of their new home. Almost all ... Read More

English Should Not Be the Official Language in The United States (628 words, 1 pages)

English should NOT be the official language in the United States Why do people come to the United States of America? I believe its because this country has a lot to offer. One of those things is the freedom of speech. That is why English should not be made the ... Read More

Invasion of Privacy and Language Barriers as Motifs in Literature and Movies (287 words, 1 pages)

Each story has it's own storyline and contain most of the literary techniques. Each movie has a storyline and contain most of the literary techniques also. Since the beginning of the school year we have read 3 short stories provided by Ms. Alvarez. "Blue's ain't no Mocking Bird", "Lullaby", and ... Read More

An Essay on the Ebonics Debate: Should It Be Legitimized as a Language? (825 words, 1 pages)

Wat up yo? Many of you are sitting there wondering what in the world I just said, while on the other hand part of you accept what I just said as every day speech. What am I talking about? Ebonics. The debate over Ebonics produces one of the biggest paradoxes ... Read More

An Analysis of the Science of Body Language (1040 words, 2 pages)

Reading and recognizing basic body language is a beneficial communication skill. Despite my earlier expectations, after taking a quiz on body language I realized that I have almost no knowledge of the basics. Recently, due to the environment that I am in and the fact that I supervise three people, ... Read More

An Examination of the Different Language Concept (3386 words, 5 pages)

It was good, took lots of research Good report sKePtic hi green, wanna drink sKePtic Hi visitor, want a drink? AnnOrgana skep, what are u the welcome party AnnOrgana Skep, are you the welcoming party now (Laughs out loud) sKePtic ...maybe...trying to entertain in more ways then one J sKePtic ... Read More

Characteristics of Chinese Language (960 words, 2 pages)

China has a longer than 5,000 years history. It has a deep cultural background in Chinese. With the time passing by, it has been changed a lot. However, it has kept many good customs, and they may still being past on. From Chinese conversational style, the ways of Chinese communication ... Read More

An Interpretation of the Language and Structure of Charles Simic’s Poem “Bug Doctor” (494 words, 1 pages)

cOUT WITH LARKIN, IN WITH SIMICc My overall perception of Simics poetry is that he is a fun guy. At times he is much more dramatic than I anticipated his poetry to be. I found myself still thinking about his poetry hours after I read it and slowly understanding some ... Read More

Various Aspects of Body Language (494 words, 1 pages)

Body Language Body language is the way that we hold and move our bodies in when we are giving or receiving information. There are two broad types of body language open body language and closed body language. Some body language theorists say that these are very old behaviours which date ... Read More

The Mechanic of Popularity of Programming Languages (7320 words, 11 pages)

A friend of mine once told an eminent operating systems expert that he wanted to design a really good programming language. The expert told him that it would be a waste of time, that programming languages don't become popular or unpopular based on their merits, and so no matter how ... Read More

The Issue of the Extinction of Native Languages and Its Effect to the Identity of Indigenous People (1226 words, 2 pages)

Contention I Native languages are becoming extinct and there is no support for the teachings of native languages Deidre d'Etremont, editor of Cultural Survival Quarterly stated in summer 2001 that languages are becoming extinct and there is no public support for native languages. "Native American languages are disappearing. In Oklahoma ... Read More

Use of Vivid and Figurative Language in Antigone, a Tragedy by Sophocles (660 words, 1 pages)

After reading Antigone by an ancient Greek play writer, Sopocles, one might realized that Sopocles uses imagery. Imagery is the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas. It can be found that he uses many different things in his play to show imagery. One of ... Read More

The Main Purposes for Learning an Additional Language (621 words, 2 pages)

Nowadays many people are finding different ways to develop their own curriculum or even their abilities in order to become a successful person. Thus, they are opting to be a bilingual or even a multilingual person. Learning an additional language can be one way of those ways, because it always ... Read More

Advantages of Speaking More than One Language (483 words, 2 pages)

I sat nervously across the table from my grandmother. I was confused and frustrated, all at the same time. I wasnt aware that my grandmother was talking to me about her day. It sounded like a completely different language to me. Thats because it was. My mother was born in ... Read More

Reflecting on Being an English as a Second Language Speaker (1068 words, 3 pages)

English is my second language with many difficulties that I faced them in twolast years I moved in United States. In my homeland we didnt write as structural as here. Writing was my favorite because I have talent to write about general and specific things. We didnt have something like ... Read More

Identity and Language Diversity (1643 words, 5 pages)

In recent discussions of identity and language diversity there has been a controversy on whether there is one correct way to speak a language or not. Authors such as (David Foster Wallace, Gloria Anzaldua, Amy Tan, and Silvia Montrul) present the different ways that language diversity can be a challenge. ... Read More

Strategies and Clues and My Thoughts about a Non-English Language Television Show (952 words, 3 pages)

The followings are strategies and clues, and my reflection- reactions, feelings and implications from a non-English language television show in an unknown language. Instead of watching two 30-minute episodes of this television serial, I have watched the first full episode of seventy two minutes. The television show is called, Hua ... Read More

Developing Reading Skills among Learners of English as a Foreign Language (1145 words, 4 pages)

This essay discusses the reading process among EFL learners. Most of EFLlearners do not like reading and they rarely read (Aebersold, 1997),this because some factors such as difficult reading material,uninteresting material and low motivation to read. However, readingskills are an important skill to improve learners' ability in learning alanguage. Due ... Read More

Major Theoretical Insights around Language Acquisition: Behaviorism, Innateism, and Social Interactionism (6896 words, 24 pages)

This paper investigates the major theoretical insights around language acquisition Behaviorism, Innateism, and Social Interactionism. Each theory has it is own view of first language (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition. This paper is organized as follow it provides a brief explanation of each theory, its design and procedure, and ... Read More

Semanticity in Language (480 words, 3 pages)

Language characterizes an elaboration for signals and meanings for understanding and be understood. In humans and animals, communication and language are used by body language, facial expressions, and gestures. Each of these features indicates a meaningful understanding for the sender and the receiver. Charles F. Hockett, a designer feature for ... Read More

Using Language to Improve Patient Care (1491 words, 6 pages)

The field of pharmacy has become second nature to me as I have spent four years working in the environment and six years studying the profession. I have my Honors in Biochemistry and a license to practice as a registered Technician in both Canada and the United states.I am currently ... Read More

My Personal Experiences with American English Language Programs (1254 words, 4 pages)

Everyone went through different experiences in hisher life, some are good and others are not, some are easy and some are tough. Whatever that kind of experience it would remain in our memories for either short, long or very long time, it depends on how much change occurred to us. ... Read More

Summary of Extensible Business Reporting Language (917 words, 2 pages)

XBRL is an abbreviation of eXtensible Business Reporting Language, which is a general standard across the broad. And it is used to interchange financial message and is necessary in business reporting such as financial statement. Usually, it works among business systems to transit business information.at the meantime, information is transit ... Read More

Unmasking the Implications and Limitations of Using the Complexity Theory Approach to SLA in L2 Classroom Teaching (2762 words, 5 pages)

IntroductionThis paper is the reflection to Larsen-Freemans A Complexity Theory Approach to Second Language DevelopmentAcquisition (chapter 2). As is often discussed, the complexity theory (CT) encompasses the various features affecting second language (L2) acquisition. It also tries to describe the complicated system in L2 learning, by focusing on not only ... Read More

The Major Functions of Language (852 words, 3 pages)

Language has many purposes or functions in our human society. It is very vital for our existence. When the topic of functions of language is mentioned, all that it implies is the purposes language serve in our society as human beings. One may ask, What does language refer to? The ... Read More

Tourism Carrying Capacity and Limits to Acceptable Change (1639 words, 6 pages)

Paralleling tourisms rapid expansion in recent years, and has become a focus of attention for managing its future growth and impacts. Tourism industry like other economic enterprises is well recognised as an agent of change. When managed correctly, it has the potential of being a relatively low user of resources ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013