English Congregation

What is the meaning of good? There are thousands of definitions and explanations that try to explain the true meaning of the word good, but what does it really mean? The Oxford English Dictionary definition concludes that good “[is] a general adjective of commendation, implying that the thing described is of high or satisfactory quality, suitable for some purpose, or worthy of approval.” Though this is true in the eyes of some people today, colloquial language has also turned the word good into…

Change. As simple as the word may seem, there are many distinct contexts in which the word may be used. This essay will focus on one of Oxford dictionary's many definitions stating that change is a verb meaning “To turn (a thing) into (also to) something else; to convert into”. The inevitability of change is a concept in which Ovid’s characters struggle frequently with. The complete change in form of concrete subjects within the metamorphoses are often the root of the stories’ chaotic tension.…

During all of my academic experience, I have always exceled in both the English and Spanish Language Arts. As a young child I felt a need to immerse my head into books. While my peers discussed the new cartoon episodes all I could seem to talk about were the plots of the thick chapter books that I placed back on my bookshelf once I had finished reading them. In fact, I was not the type of kid that spent hours in front of a television set I have always preferred to discover a whole new world in…

Technology Kills English How often are texts made up of complete words, proper grammar, and the correct use of punctuation? Almost never. Texting and other technology have made grammar and English skills decline in the past few years. People who text do not usually use the proper punctuation, like commas or periods, their grammar has declined, and most of their texts consist of “LOL” and “OMG”. Technology, more specifically texting, is ruining English skills by corrupting the way we speak. The…

informal are her use of personal stories. Tans feels embarrassed by her mother’s limited and broken English so she tells personal stories to help the reader better understand her mother’s English. She uses stories such as when her mother speaks of a political gangster, her stock broker and the incident at the hospital. There were moments in Tans life where she had to intervene and use proper English to help her mother out. The use of the personal examples helped better connect readers with her…

I may not be of any Asian descent but I think that being able to learn about them and see the world in their eyes, mostly from this class, has been a very pleasant and demystifying experience. I am of Mexican and German descent and I certainly feel like I have to pick and choose the sides of these two nationalities. In addition to that, I have had instances of having to choose which side I recognize myself as. I was born in California and when I was a young child, I looked more Mexican then than…

adapt the language of the dominant standard American culture. I still insist that english be in academic writing because i feel include in the text. In the article ‘Students’ right to their own language’ ,The author was targeting Black African American, returned Soldiers of the vietnam war and foreign students in the 60s. All this people had something in common which was the fact that they couldn’t speak English correctly and needed to speak their own dialect in other to express themselves.…

part of a persons cultural identity is their race, nationality, gender, location, age, gender, sexuality, history and religious beliefs (“What is a Cultural Identity,” 2015). The way we speak is not a belief in its self, you do not have to speak English in order to have beliefs similar to Americans because that is all contained in the thoughts in your mind not the within the words you…

not a perfect English speaker as my mother tongue is Nepali. In my life I know or rather know a little bit about variation of Englishes in the world but the English I mostly use is Nepali English and American English. Nepali English is basically the English language derived from British English, however the tone and way of using English in Nepal is different. Currently, I am studying in the USA and people here use a different kind of English that I am not used to. American English is actually a…

fluency and competence. English is the second important language on the word, according to SIL Ethnologue 400 million people on the world speak English as the first language, while 800 million speak as second language the process…