Canadian English

homesick when we have nothing to do.” Although she lived with a Canadian lady at a homestay, they did not have much to talk about. Besides, unlike most Chinese students, the place where she lived was not close to the campus, so she was far from her circle of Chinese friends. Sometimes, loneliness distracted her from her studies. Difficulties in daily conversations with local people sometimes made Helen less confident to speak English. For example,…

Scenario For this assignment, this referral plan is directed towards client who is a recent immigrant to Saskatoon. She is unfamiliar with Saskatoon and speaks very little English. Description of Agency The agency that would be the best fit for this client is the Saskatoon Open Door Society. Further information about this agency was noted during an interview with Ashfaque Ahmed. Ashfaque is a settlement and family support manager at the Open Door Society. The Open Door Society is a…

The Canadian nation has been shaped in myriad ways and has been documented as well as interpreted by countless individuals. Canadian Studies 4611: Reading in Canada has highlighted pivotal works the have influenced the critical conversation within the country: how Canada is – or was – and why it is that way. This essay will explore the work of Margaret Atwood, Northrup Frye and Charles Taylor in order to illustrate the status of Canada within their work and highlight if and how their writing…

bilingual education, only to discover that it is less effective at teaching English than English immersion programs are.” It means that even though the United States fund bilingual education with a tremendous amount of money, the outcome is still not as effective as English immersion programs. In other words, instead of providing bilingual education or environment, it is better for the US government to choose to English as the first language to save billions.…

For an individual to be blameworthy and criminally responsible for their actions, the accused person must have committed the actus reus and the mens rea. In the case of the accused pleading Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder (NCRMD), the court focuses on whether the accused had the mens rea while committing the alleged offence (Verdun-Jones, 2015). If the accused person did not know what he or she was doing was wrong, or did not appreciate the conduct or omission, the…

aristocracy or even The Royal Family. Moreover, the social dialects could be used in the whole United Kingdom and it does not matter where these users come from, Northern England or Cornwall, but the Cockney exist only in London. In "Varieties of English, Second Edition" (page 75) by Dennis Freeborn social variable is dramatise as "The first, and most obvious, social grouping related to accent is social class. Although we often label regional accents as coming from particular geographical areas…

My interviewee is a bilingual Swedish and English speaker, called Anna, that grew up in a Swedish household with a Swedish/British mother until she was twelve and then moved to America to live with her Canadian/American father. During this interview, I learned many things about Anna’s culture, there are aspects that point to the stigmas that come along with growing up two a multilingual household, the focus of this interview was linguistic stigmas, prestige differences, and linguistic identities…

experienced. There may be some cultural differences, but it may not be as significant as a couple from different sides of the globe. I have been in two relationships of the sort, and the first one was extremely laborious. My then boyfriend was white Canadian and me of course, I am St. Lucian. The skin color was not the issue it was the culture. We each had distinct…

nevertheless taught in a mixture of English and Chinese. It is a difficult and painstaking process to adjust in a…

understanding of different dialects of English such as American English, Canadian English and Australian English is a very impressive skill, it allows people from different societies to be able to interact in a way that they feel comfortable with each other. Although the English language has been firm, the recent emerges of different societies has resulted in the English language to break down into different dialects to enable better communication and understanding. The English language has…