Received Pronunciation

Gender differences in the physiological and psychological function. Obviously, the physiological characteristics of women in the language has an important influence. Women's tone more often than male loud, in mastering the language of correct pronunciation has inherent advantages. Because of their own social image of establishment of lack of confidence, women to identity and position in society are the standard language is more sensitive. In social life, in order to obtain the male equivalent of…

On October 14th, 2015 I conducted an oral interview with a 12th grade student named Maria in Lakeland at Mckeel Academy of Technology. This interview took place at approximately 10:15 am and lasted 2 minutes. I asked Maria what has helped her most in learning English. She replied watching TV and listening to music in English and speaking with fluent English speakers. Next I asked Maria what teachers could do to help English language learners more in the classroom. She explained that speaking…

whole-heartedly believes that there is no way these men can defeat him based on his recently received information from the three witches saying essentially invincible to any mortal. When he says “Bring me no more reports," "Fly, false thanes," it shows his over confidence he now has for himself (Act…

Nick would ride around on a white horse and hand out gifts to people. Also in Germany a mature child/young adult would go around and parents would tell if their child was well behaved or not. Well behaved children received the gifts they wanted, while misbehaved, unpolite children received bundles of sticks. When dutch settlers began to arrive in present-day New York City, then known as New Amsterdam, they eagerly spread the traditions to the English settlers. The English settlers almost…

I am writing this small essay to talk a little about myself. My full name is Maria Guadalupe Sagastume. I am a proud Hispanic that was born in the United States, with parents from a wonderful country, Guatemala my parents took me to Guatemala when I was only six months. I lived in Guatemala until I was eight years and a half. When I came back to the United States; after living in Guatemala for eight years, I was completely lost, since I didn’t speak nor understood any English. As you may assume…

as I grew older, I realized that I didn’t “talk white,” I just knew how to pronounce and enunciate my words correctly. Unlike most members of my family, I knew the differences between Standard English and home English due to the education that I received unlike most of the old souls in my household. I was taught to use “proper” English in school unlike most of my family members, who only finished the sixth-tenth grade. They didn’t pursue higher learning, which showed a major differentiation in…

Arguing leads to fights. Fights lead to battles. Battles lead to war. One of the most discussed wars in history would be World War II. The goal today is to decide how significant the impact of the war, World War II, was on the American homefront. In order to accurately and precisely form a decision, two things need to be thoroughly addressed; what happened during World War II (the causes, effects, and everything in between), and what is the American homefront? For, and only for organization and…

He describes diction as the literary character of a play’s text, including its tone, imagery, cadence, and articulation. Many people think or have been taught that diction is the pronunciation of spoken words. The characters in Oedipus Rex present their diction in such a way that if you watched the play one time through then only listened to it the next time, you would be able to tell what part of the play they are in. The actors in…

storyteller also helps to initiate responses from the pupils. However, my voice projection was not loud enough. Furthermore, I should use a more natural pace to tell the story instead of a slower pace. I also had some minor mistakes of grammar and pronunciation. Throughout the storytelling session, I learnt that a story should not be too long. It must be simple and well-organised. Most importantly, the role of the storyteller is very important and she should not be shadowed by the actor and…

from YouTube to make the phonics review lesson interesting. The lesson focused on consonant and vowel relationships. The YouTube songs contained the alphabet song while also adding emphases on the short and long sounds of each letter. The students received multiple phonics lessons all from two videos. They were physically interacting with the video because they used their arms to create the letter C when a consonant appeared on the screen and the letter V when a vowel appeared on the screen.…