English-language novels

Upon arriving to the United States, many of the Swedish immigrants not only remained Lutheran, but they kept their “diasporic nationalism” (Tweed 110-111). Although they moved to a new country, they still considered themselves as Swedish. The push for their immigration was centered on having a better life economically and have freedoms that they did not have in their homelands. The move was never to forget about where they came from. For those purposes, they kept their diasporic nationalism.…

Gapminder is a non-profit venture that provides free statistics in visual forms of animated bubble chart, bubble map and mountain chart known as Trendalyzer. The Gapminder team creates surveys online using the survey software called SurveyGizmo to collect their data. It helped portray the data in a way that enable users to understand without being confused by the complicated conventional lines and bar graphs. Users can access the data straight from the website or download an offline version into…

The English language has and will continue to be the unifier of worldwide linguistic diversity. As a result of its globalization and its relative status symbol, the spread of the English language has facilitated the decline of several smaller languages such as those discussed in Russel G. Rymer’s article “Vanishing Voices”. Containing what is arguably the densest concentration of English speakers, the United States population speaks the language with a distinct vocabulary and accent. The form…

Once phonological mindfulness has created in any language, it exchanges to different languages that are learned. In this manner, students who are educated in their local language won 't have to add to this expertise again in English; they will just need to end up acquainted with the hints of English and to learn to separate sounds that are distinctive between their local language and English. Phonics can be tricky on the grounds that ELLs frequently experience issues segregating between…

our facility, I have not experienced a client who does not speak the English language. Most of the times there is only a language barrier between the family and staff. This causes me to believe that having a Spanish version of the intake interview form would be beneficial to our client. However, Third Way center has a diverse group of staff members, and we have been known to utilize staff members who speak more than one language for our clients. Third Way center also uses translators 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…

ASSIGNMENT 7 Mr. Anastasia In discussions of whether students should have the right to their own language, two controversial issues or questions in the article “Students’ Right to Their Own Language” have been : “What should the schools do about the language habits of students who come from a wide variety of social, economic, and cultural backgrounds?” (20) And “Should the school try to uphold language variety, or to modify it, or to eradicate it?” (20). While for academic writing purposes…

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…

Standard English is the structure of language acknowledged for being intelligent and accepted as the national norm in English speaking countries. Alterations in pronunciation and spelling that is not standard is associated with being uneducated, therefore stereotyped and frowned upon. This is evident in the essay “Speaking in tongues” the author conveys, Obama’s ability to be flexible with the dialect he use to engage diverse crowds invoked a “great fear” in voters, insisting Obama had “double…