English-based creole languages

Until the 17th century, the English had never laid much claim to the lands of the New World. With the settlement of Jamestown in 1607, England began the construction of a fairly large and relatively diverse conglomeration of colonies. Eventually, developing unity in these colonies became essential to maintaining the thriving English empire in the New World. This solidarity between different colonies was derived from a variety of unique sources. Many individual ideas, legislative acts, and…

The idea that Chicano English has a low social status is not novel to speakers of the dialect. Ms. Guerra, a San Francisco native who speaks Chicano English, says she feels like people take her less seriously, especially because her “vocabulary and grammar is not good to begin with.” Note that Guerra may think that her vocabulary and grammar is “not good” because she compares to to the standard and what she was taught in school, and does not validate the correctness of her own dialect. Rather…

fit in, to English is the national language of this country. Another reason why this should be is because immigrant children or children from immigrant families that do not speak English. Some say that there are already schools and things of that nature helping but is it enough? Not just the children need the help but also the parents of the students. Curriculum that offers students to become bilingual should be offered to them at a young age in a way that helps them learn the language. People…

The film “Century of Genocide in the Americas: the Residential School Experience” is a testimony to the atrocity and cruelty the white people incurred upon the Indians. The film shortly portrays the bizarre picture of the reservation where each and every day the Indians were killed, maimed, raped and denied human rights in varied forms. The film cites the second article of the 1948 Genocide Convention “Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part…

Scenario 1# Entering/Updating Leads Example 1: A business in Japan replies to a LinkedIn InMail, they say that they are actively searching for English learning solutions. They have 500 people interested and 50 of those people have been identified as high potential employees. The company also wants to be able to assess the skill level that their employees have. This is an example of a lead that should be entered into Sales force and converted to an opportunity. Example 2: Say a day later the…

The language of Facebook Context: There are many different types of ways that language is used that some people don’t understand, for example, in sports umpires have their own sought of language such as basketball; jump ball, travelling, technical foul and so on. I will be focusing like on the language used in Facebook. What is Facebook? Facebook is free to sign up for and is a social networking site that allows you to chat to your friends and family. It keeps you up to date with what your…

Everyone speaks a language, but some people speak more than one language. To learn and understand a new language can be troublesome when first starting to learn said language. Both Amy Tan and Barbara Mellix experience these struggles. Tan’s multicultural Chinese- American life explains why Tan worries about the misunderstanding and stereotypes about the Chinese language. Tan explains in her essay, “The Language of Discretion”, how these misunderstandings and stereotypes affect her life. On the…

only small amounts of English upon arrival. The argument that they will never try to learn it has worked its way into politics. Even some so called moderate voices on the subject believe that immigrants should be required to learn English to live in America. “They can come here, but they should learn to speak our language” (Sen. Lindsey Graham). This undermines the hard work that many immigrants do put into learning our language. Alma goes to the community center to learn English. Apparently,…

The first experimental assignment took place at Thomas Road Baptist Church it was the Nuevo Amanecer Spanish ministry it started at 9:15 am, we did little fellowship and got to meet other members of the ministry. Dr. Fabio E. Freyre was the one who taught the lesson that Sunday and we talked about the Holy Spirit and how we should react to certain situation that we may deal in our life. Dr. Fabio E. Freyre gave quite a few examples on how we should handle a situation and how we should ask God…

post-grad plan. I have not felt ready to settle down with a job or make the decision to continue my education. Since I had not gotten the chance to study abroad in my 4 years of college I began searching for ways to get abroad after graduation. Teaching English abroad immediately caught my attention since teaching had always been in the back of my mind. This seemed like the perfect opportunity to gain some teaching experience while also exploring a new part of the world. After a lot of…