English-based creole languages

and a pleasure; likewise, loth denotes fearsome, hostile, detestable, and monstrous among various other unpleasant things. Together, they are repeatedly glossed as “friend or foe”, but the translation does not capture the extremity of the middle English words. With…

The Difficulties of my Language “The English language is one of the most popular languages to learn, perhaps the most spoken language around the world is English, and many people choose to learn the language simply to communicate more effectively with more people from around the globe (Wilson)”. The English Language, being my second Language, gives me a different perspective at times of what is being said in the common daily life I so greatly live. Going through the K-12 system I have a…

Mom! Could You Leave me Alone? For this profile, I want to talk about the role of an Asian mom. "Mom! Could you leave me alone?" My sister always yells these words to my mom at home. Nowadays, a teenage girl thinks her mom's concern limits her freedom, so she considers her mom as the most annoying woman in the world. A teenage girl even thinks that her mother does not love her at all. Mom always tells her to clean up her bedroom and bathroom, to dress up properly, to stay at…

America has become extremely diverse, and with the array of languages forming from that, it would be unprecedented to think that every person can speak English. Two authors, Martin Espada and Richard Rodriguez discuss the issues and challenges towards bilingualism. “The new bathroom policy at english high school “ by Martin Espada and “Hunger of Memory” by Richard Rodriguez, each have opposing views on the same topics involving languages. Ranging from political issues to social/ family issues,…

The flexibility of language is a highly controversial topic in the field of linguistics. How easily does language acquisition occur and in what ways may it be limited? Through his text Language and Symbolic Power, French linguist Pierre Bourdieu introduces a market metaphor in order to explain the ways that communicative exchanges relay both messages contained in words and nonlinguistic information about a person’s social status. He explains that in the process of “linguistic exchange,”…

negative changes brought over by Europeans and losses of her culture and language. Specifically, she discusses her father’s method of discipline, the indigenous people who…

“Aria” is a chapter from a book titled Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez concerning the topic of English acquisition for migrants. Rodriguez shares his past experiences as a Mexican-American whom had attended public schooling in Sacramento, California during his childhood years. The purpose of bilingual education is to allow foreign speakers to communicate in their “family language” at school to develop skills before maneuvering into standardized classes. His bitter interpretation of this…

the reading, What colour is your English, African women who immigrated to Vancouver are asked open-ended questions in a focus group and are noted as having obstacles to overcome beyond their physical appearance. These women face issues of discrimination and cultural imperialism. According to Creese & Ngene , they are treated unjustly when applying for jobs due to their African accent even though “most had advanced post-secondary degrees undertaken at English-language institutions” (2003, p. 2).…

required to learn to read and write English well, so they can have the same opportunities as everyone else. Living in America and not knowing how to speak English causes multiple complications. Some of the complications are not being able to read labels on prescription pills, menus in a restaurant, chemicals in products, and not understanding agreements in renting a house or in preceding surgical procedures. In the article from CNN, Kennedy proclaims, “Learning English shouldn’t be an option for…

the most in the English language (Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company, 2013). While it is imperative to retain both types of vocabulary to become a fluent reader, students often begin their vocabulary acquisition by learning high frequency words. Students can be exposed to and retain this type of vocabulary by emphasizing the spelling of the words,…