English grammar

Analyzing Humorous Text Does this sentence make sense: “ Are you ok, what happens?” I don’t think so. Well many schools have had to cut the past tense out of English Programs due to the lack of funding. While this may seem crazy, schools have saved over $3 million. The Onion found this news very amusing and used this bizarre event to write an article that uses ridicule, folly, and low comedy. The way this article uses ridicule is when Utah Sen says “ The past tense is, by definition is outdated.…

interpersonal communications. In this article, Diamond discuses that in the eighteenth century the word ain’t was accepted just like any of the other contractions. However, it all changed in the nineteenth century when the people who studied and wrote about grammar decided to change the rules to be similar to Latin. Even though…

multicultural classroom the person may think of language barriers. Will the students understand English? Will the teacher understand the language of the student? These questions often lead into thinking about second language acquisition and English Learners. This is important to the multicultural classroom because the teacher should not only be patient with English Learners, who are acquiring English as their second language, but also should be culturally aware of the students they are teaching.…

When I came to the United States, I was educated and spoke English. It was British English; the pronunciation, spellings of some words and some of the grammar were completely different. When I enrolled in middle school, everybody made fun of me; all the students thought I was not smart because I could not communicate with them in American English. However, it was not just hard to communicate with other men, but it was also hard to communicate with women because I am a man. I believe that there…

My speaking Analysis I grew up in the middle east. Precisely in the east region of Saudi Arabia. Thus, it plays a major role on the way I communicate with others. Additionally, I began to learn English after I moved to the United States three years ago. In the U.S. I learned the formal aspect of the language. Initially, my native language, Arabic, is a very complex language. It is extremely rare to hear someone speak formal Arabic. However, Arabic structure considers many aspects such as; the…

in how things could be communicated. In David Crystal’s article, “2b or Not 2b?” he discusses how some people have taken abbreviations to the extreme when texting, but that it is not necessarily a new idea or one that is particularly bad for the English language. Texting is a recent phenomenon that exploded due to its incredible convenience. Abbreviating words is not something that began with texting. People have been shortening words for a very long time. Texting can be a fun way to write…

” Group discussion about the presentations. 4. success Explanation through hand sign “V” for victory. Showing picture “Dagobert Duck”. Exercise: “Write five words, how you will get successful?” Presentation and discussion. 5. bought up the rights Grammar: bought-past tense, buy-present tense Explain “buy up the rights” through realia. Each textbook shows the publisher and the copyright owner. Pair-work: “Give some example from the industry for 'buy/bought up the rights.” Presentations. 6.…

My mother, Kirsten Torgersrud, a Norwegian immigrant and permanent resident of Canada, has lived in this country for the past 30 years. She grew up in a neighborhood just south of Oslo speaking Norwegian as her primary language. She learned English in school, but in the 8th grade she chose to take French instead, and then in 11th grade she changed again to German. As a result of these switches, she never developed a secondary language in which she could hold an extended conversation. So, when…

Last but not least, the above ideas operate as the groundwork to the analysis of two cases: a. The Egypt case describes the development of standards for English teachers and how they may provide a road map for professional preparation and improved English language skills. Snow et al. define standards both from the students and teachers’ perspectives respectively. For learners ‘standards are statements that describe what learning should look like and how learning should be provided in order to…

perspectives for several reasons and disagree with the idea of having native 's English speakers accent. First of all, like me as non-native speakers, I do not see that all native speakers are intelligible to sound like their accent. For…