Diphthong

Canadian english Canada has two official languages-english and french out of which english is spoken by about 57% of the population and 68% of the population speaks it as its native language.it is the majority language spoken in every province and territory of canada except quebec where the province has a french speaking majority and nunavut where the province hs inakut speaking majority. Though english and french are the two official languages of canada, outside quebec about 80%of the…

When introducing a child to comprehensive literacy a major aspect that is involved in the reading and writing instructions in helping them progress on literacy development skills. Some approaches that are used to these type of instructions are read and write alongs, shared and guided reading and writing. For children that are in Pre-K to first grade it is important to have instructions that are simple and understandable when being read aloud so there will be very little confusion in the…

At birth and up to 3 months old, an infant uses different sounds of crying as a method of communicating their needs and wants to the caregiver. These differentiated sounds can indicate pain, hunger, or tiredness. As they cry, the caregiver will provide them with food, comfort, or the companionship they are seeking (NIDCD, 2010). Typically, a crying infant will calm down when they are upset if they recognize the voice of the caregiver or mother (icommunicate, n.d.). Babies at this age actively…

Philosophy of Education There are many professions and careers in the world. The one thing they all have in common is that the people have a philosophy they follow when they are working. A philosophy is a set of ideals that the worker believes and follows. The ideals they hold may be a result of how they were raised coupled with experiences and what they believe. These beliefs and ideals might have led them to their profession in the first place. A philosophy, however, is not set in stone. It…

Once upon a time, there was a girl whose first language was Arabic. When she was a kid, she admired anyone who could speak English. She had a dream of speaking English one day. As a result, she had a strong desire to learn English. This girl is me, Eman. I am starting my language learning autobiography as a story because stories always have value, and are worth a lot to someone. My English learning autobiography expand several stages of my life: elementary, middle, high school, college, and my…

Sylvia Plath’s ‘Mirrors’ was written two years before she had committed suicide and the context behind this was mainly due to her chronic depression. On the other side of the spectrum, ‘Morning Song’ was written and composed in dedication to her newborn daughter, Frieda. ‘Mirrors’ records the life of a woman staring at herself through reflection the clear and uninfluenced eyes of a mirror, there is a consistent pessimistic view about revealing one’s true self. ‘Morning Song’, however is filled…

Once a week a delightful, petite woman with short salt and pepper hair pulled me out of my classroom for speech therapy. Diagnosed with severe phonological disorders, few people could understand what I was attempting to say, leading to me being painfully shy, even hiding under the table when it was my turn to speak in class. That weekly session was my chance to shine; I was having fun, feeling confident in myself, and most importantly, learning how to speak more intelligibly. That delightful…

It means that almost each third word has a French origin. Analyzing the French language, you can notice that almost each word has many letters and a few sounds. Most of the letters create diphthongs, and there are many silent letters as well. There are also many words of Greek origin, and their pronunciation is also affected by Greek phonetic rules. For example, there are many words of Greek origin that start with ‘p’ letter followed by another…

Arabic is the official language in 22 countries, which also for the Arab league. It is also the second major language in Chad, Israel, Chechnya, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkenistan, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, Djibouti and Mauritania. In addition, Arabic is the language of the holy Quran, all Muslims irrespective of nationality are to some degree familiar with Arabic, and therefore influenced by how language works. The formal Arabic language is knows as Al-Fusha or Classical…

Language is multimodal, verbal language such as speech and visual communication such as writing, expressions and gestures. Communication can occur face to face, over a distance or it can be recorded. Language first began as speech and has developed over time due to written text and advances in technology (Gee & Hayes, 2011, p. 9). Thesis statement Language is visual in many ways. It can be seen in symbols body language, sign language and in written texts. Some of these visual aspects accompany…