Dialect

When I first come to America When I first time came to America, I even never had spoken English before. So, English could be a big challenge for me, and it actually came true soon after I got up my flight. When we were about to cross American border, the crew gave us a form which needs us to fix it, but I didn’t know how to do it, by the way, my English was really poor at that time. I wanted to ask the passage on my left, but I didn’t know how to ask the question I want to express. That was so…

Academic English: Necessary for success Even though other variety of English are more expressive, Only Academic English should be allowed in universities because it makes writings to the point and does not stray from the original purpose of the writing as Academic English consists of a specific vocabulary and grammar. Academic English provides a set of ground rules which enables the individual to make their ideas accurate and precise. The range of students in a university includes local and…

The short essay of “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan emphasizes the different Englishes she uses to communicate with her family and at her professional environment; therefore she explains the differences between non-Standard English and Standard English. Tan views non-standard English as her mother tongue language because her family can communicate better with her. She views Standard English as the formal way to communicate with professional people in a daily basis. English is the formal language in…

Defining Bilingualism: Baker (2011) has defined bilingualism is about being able to speak two languages. It is just an ability of a person to speak in two languages and not about competency in either. A bilingual person’s competency may be limited to one language which is his or her dominant language or the person may be competent in both the languages. Grosjean (2010) as quoted by Baker (2011) proposes that bilingualism is not just the knowledge it is rather speaking two languages regularly. A…

Global language does not have an official definition, but it is essentially a language, which is learned and spoken internationally. English is today the biggest global language with more non-native speakers than native speakers. Because of all these different countries speaking English there are many varieties, such as British, Australian, South African, American. The English Language is constantly changing. Around the 1600 century the English language as we know it today was created. Before…

Curly Hairstyle Along With a Short Haircut Very few styles may be suited for this type of hair structure. Surely curly hair type will give you a different image that is completely different from the straight hairstyle. The funniest thing is that the person, who has curly hair, wants to have straight hair, and a person with plain hair wants to have a curly hairstyle. Again, a short hairstyle doesn't match everybody. Body structure, hairstyle and dressing sense determine whether a curly…

In “The Last Speakers” by linguist, K. David Harrison, the reader travels across the world with Harrison and learns about endangered languages. Harrisons’ goal is listen to people’s views on why their language is important and celebrate languages that no longer have a large amount of speakers. Harrison is able to meet the last speakers of some languages and expand his knowledge about different cultures and the influence that language has on people’s everyday lives. Harrison is able to identify…

In the article of “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan (1989), it tells us the difference and relationship between “Broken English” and “perfect English”. It seems to others, Tan’s mother’s English is broken and fractured, but for Tan, her mother’s English is vivid and easy to understand, it is also Tan’s bridge of growth and understanding of the external things. Tan used her life experience to show that many people speak “Broken English” like her mother is not mean that they don’t know English. They know…

When you think about English as a school subject, how do you define it? Do you define it as a boring chore, a frustrating and fruitless endeavor; or maybe as a way to express yourself and communicate what you think about the world? The truth about English is that there is no one ultimate “right” definition for it, because English is about everyone’s different ideas, perspectives, and understandings.What we've done in English 191 so far has been English because we communicated and influenced…

The Church of Please and Thank You “One of the big moments in the spread of English took place in India in 1835. [British politician] Thomas Babington Macaulay proposed that English be used to create a class of Indian middlemen who would be sympathetic to British interests, without the necessity of large numbers of British citizens coming out and running the show” (Traves 102). As you can see, English has impacted different cultures over the years. As English continues to grow over time,…