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History and Linguistics of the Jamaican Creole Language

example of the many languages which are participating in the "Latinization" of the English language and are important in the lingu...

Oppression and Language Skills

Los Angeles, and lived in the region for at least a decade as an adult. In this region there are numerous field workers, many of w...

Speaking English Standards

to a mother who had a degree in English and was very particular about incorrect use of the language, such as the simple word "aint...

Total Physical Response and Communicative Approaches to ESL Instruction

not be immediately corrected depending upon the teachers philosophy and interpretation of the communicative approach. If errors ar...

21st Century American Linguistic Imperialism

In five pages this paper discusses how the US employs the English language to achieve global dominance. Eight sources are cited i...

India and the English Language

to the English, it was felt perhaps, by many other less powerful classes, that also learning the language and adhering to the Brit...

Why English Should Not Be the U.S. Official Language

supremacy of white, native-born citizens" (Diamond, 1996, p. 154). Because so many people speak English and it is the primary lan...

Meaning and Rules in Teaching ESL

128). This individual clearly is quite capable, and sensitive to the nuances of language. Fu and Townsend (1998) quote ano...

English Language Development from Geoffrey Chaucer to Samuel Johnson

that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was gouernor of Syria) And all went to bee taxed...

Problems in an ESL Classroom

It is important that every idea offered is written down even if the idea seems to have no connection or relationship to the topic ...

An Analysis of Dr. Georgi Lozanov's Integrated Learning Techniques

element and understand the theory behind it. Dr. Lazanov developed this process in the 1970s (Lazanov and Gateva, 1988). ...

Bilingual Education Argument

is embraced by American schools to varying degrees. Still, the subject usually attracts heated debates. Bilingual education is t...

Developments in the English Language in the Middle Ages

not known, although the effects still influence the way we use language nowadays. It was a huge change in the way that English vow...

Question and Answer Format on English Language Use

of terms are so important to effective communication. A student wanting to illustrate why common definitions of terms are so ...

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Definitions

might be termed the "straightforward" meanings of the words, he frequently adds a commentary of his own which sometimes refers to ...

New York State Standards and English Language Arts

which all students and staff members are learners who continually improve their performance" (NYCPDS, 2004). According to Spark...

Global Language English?

partnerships, English became a political language. The expansion of American business interests in the Third World further suppor...

The Positive Contributions of Alfred the Great

of themselves as belonging first to a nation, not to a smaller kingdom. Religion: The Danish raids had heavily damaged the monas...

Loneword Adaptation in Japanese and its Effects

/a/ is only adapted into the foreign language a [a] when it occurs in the stressed syllable in the English loanword. The sound /a...

Globalization of English and Farsi or Contemporary Persian

(Mongejami, 2002). Though the cultures that speak Farsi, including the people of Iran, have struggled to maintain the rich dialec...

Should the U.S. Officially Speak English?

there have been a number of attempts to pass a Constitutional amendment making English the official language of the United States....

The English Language

Introduction The English language has a long and very rich history and the language. It is also a language which is used in most ...

NLP to Teach English

argues that the behaviour which we display will be the result of the neurological processes, and that it is through these that we ...

Teaching English As A Foreign Language Using Neurolinguistic Programming

in teaching (Baker, 2005). Using NLP "will enable us to uncover the basis of our perceptions and so teach us how we think and lear...

Global Community Perspective on the English Language

nation the United States involves itself in the affairs of other countries to some extent. In Third world countries the United S...

English Language Only and American Society?

saying one does not respect the local people enough to embrace their language. As of 1990, the U.S. Census reflected the fact tha...

The Nature of American Sign Language

In eight pages this paper considers ASL, the language structure and morphology, the number and age of speakers, and how it can be ...

English Language from a Feminist Viewpoint

The changes in the English language is considered in a fourteen page paper and considers shifting word meanings, the creation of n...

English Usage and Its Ramifications

In five pages this research paper examines the rapidly spreading English language and the cultural effects of this increased usage...

Language Norms in Ulysses by James Joyce

In eight pages this paper examines English language norms as they manifest themselves in this novel and its understanding. Five s...