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after. After Holland was invaded, the citizen’s curfew was 10 pm, they had to turn in their radios, and they had to carry small folders containing photographs and fingerprints with them all the time. As the Nazi treated Jews badly, so did fellow Dutch citizens. Soon many buildings didn't allow Jews and their synagogue were burned down and all Jews had…

Language, an everyday form of communication throughout history, has significant effects on the perceptions and viewpoints of the world, whether it relates to time, direction or patterns of life. Furthermore, with the spread of languages across the globe and more than half of earth’s six billion people speaking more than one language, bilingualism remains one of the most quintessential skills in the development of the world. However, the influence of bilingualism and the role it plays in this…

common in cross-language priming (Duyck, 2005; Kroll & Stewart, 1990; Schoonbaert et al., 2007; Chen & Ng, 1989; de Groot & Nas, 1991; Keatley et al. 1994; Schwanenflugel & Rey 1986; Basnight-Brown & Altarriba, 2007). Semantic priming studies offer an investigation of the relationships between two different lexical structures conveying the same meaning (e.g., gato and cat both have the same meaning but are two different forms of representation for this meaning). When a second language is…

The relationship between language and culture is deeply rooted in the human mind. Language is used to maintain and convey culture and cultural ties. Different ideas stem from differing language use within one’s culture and the whole intertwining of these relationships start at one’s birth. It is not until the child is exposed to their surroundings that they become individuals in and of their cultural group. From birth, the child’s life, opinions, and language are shaped by what it comes in…

The Benefits of Bilingualism Language has a significant impact on the perceptions and viewpoints of populations everywhere in the world. This consequence of how language is utilized by differing peoples is felt in many different aspects of their lives whether in time, direction or formulation of distinctive patterns of life. Furthermore, with the spread of languages across the globe and more than half of earth’s population speaking more than one language, bilingualism is one of the most common…

Pragmatics refer to the appropriation and use of different forms of language in their appropriate social situations. Across the spectrum of social situations there’s a range of language forms that are socially acceptable for each. Learning to recognize in which instance different language forms are appropriate is known as following pragmatic rules of speech. Communication competence refers to our capacity to use our different language elements in a way that’s effective and completes our output…

his book “Practical English Language Teaching Speaking” explained about three key principles for teaching speaking to beginning learners/young learners. First, provide something for learners to talk about. It means when students speak, they usually speak about something. It can share ideas, thought or emotions, the comment about a topic like incident interesting, etc. According to Pennington (1995), teachers should attend to the communicative needs and purposes of language learners. So, the…

Language is how we communicate today. But there are several ways to communicate with others besides talking. There are people that are blind, deaf, or people who have speech impediments. All of these types of people have their own way of expressing and receiving a message. There are ways to learn these skills on language, and the body has reacts in certain ways when you are trying to receive the message and give the message. These skills can affect learning abilities. But we all have a…

rigor of hours of practice which over time becomes a uniquely somatic knowledge. One that is visible in the way someone carries their body, it can be just as distinctive as an accent. Naming another story about they are and what they know, in the language of the…

32. What do you think Landes means by Portugal’s “leap beyond sense and sensibility”? (Or their “unreasonable initiative”?) Portugal was a small country that exported goods across its many islands. After some time passed, the country decided to turn it’s trading harbors and islands into the Portuguese empire. They did not have the means or manpower to run the empire but were persistent in their choice. 33. What does Landes mean, that the Portuguese “religious commitment entailed a serious…