English language

recommended. This form of English requires proper punctuation and grammar, which helps students to understand and express ideas easily and clearly. This usage also contributes to students’ future prospects, but to be an expert in English it is also important to be able to spontaneously switch between academic English and the language that is used within social media. The language of social media does not conform to the formal academic language and in comparison to formal English the language of…

whose native language is not English and provide ESOL (English For Speakers of Other Languages) classrooms for English Language Learners. The focus of a ESOL specific classes is to help students learn American culture and social skills as well as academic content. The ESOL specific classroom instruction differs from that of a general education classroom with a modified lesson plan. In each setting, ESOL students receive extra support to ensure they are becoming proficient in English.…

According to Orwell, language corrupts thought and thought corrupts language. In this case, “an effect can become the cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form” (2). This can continue on indefinitely if nothing is done to stop it and reverse the effects. First, he discusses how thought corrupts language in paragraphs three and four. He argues that the use of euphemisms in political language is so that governments can defend and cover up their…

English, being the third most spoken language in the world, varies from each individual country that speaks it. In all English speaking regions, the vocabulary is different, the accent is different, the forms of grammar are different. When English varies in all three aspects there is a difference in dialect (Yule 243). The main focus of dialectology is to differentiate between two or more dialects of the same language, in this particular case, English. Focusing on American, there are radical…

The language we use is the best indicator of who we are, individually, socially and culturally. Language is a key element in the expression of all forms of identity, according to Linguist David Crystal “more than anything else language shows we belong, providing the most natural badge or symbol of public and private identity”. Identity is heavily influenced by social factors and can be reflected in the lexical choice and semantic distinctions that people use. In addition, the degree of…

is the language. Most culture often have its own language to communicate in the society. When the culture change, so the language change either. Language know as a concrete fundamental of the culture. Therefore, Language also affect on communication, country and culture, personal identity. Overall, when the language disappear, culture dies. In fact, some migrants often lost their culture during living in another country. Because they must to adapt to the around…

Language encodes the values and norms of any given culture. Louis Bennett, a Jamaican poet, pioneers the writing of Jamaicans in their own language. Jamaican patois is an english based creole language with West African influences. This patois serviced slaves as a secret form of communication without slave masters knowing the meaning. In Bennett’s poem “Cus Cus” two women are bickering back and forth in Jamaican patois “Gwan gal yuh fava teggereg Ah wey yuh gwine goh do?Yuh an yuh boogooyagga…

Rev. John Stacey states that John Wycliffe, born in England in 1328, was a religious reformer who translated the Bible into English. In Germany, according to Hans Hillerbrand, Martin Luther was a cleric who protested against the practice of indulgences. He wrote a book, “95 Theses”, in which he propounded two central beliefs—that the Bible is the central religious authority and…

I am not currently working in a school, but the schools I attended while growing up had two extremely different approaches to ELLs. I actually lived in Flagstaff in elementary and middle school and I was completely unaware of non-English speakers even attending my school. I think this is partially because I was 13 and focused almost entirely on myself but also because, at that time, the school system almost entirely separated these students from the "main stream" kids. While I can 't speak to…

As a future teacher I had my mindset of changing the lives of countless students. As students pass through my classroom they will learn to use language in many ways and apply this knowledge in many areas of life. The manipulation of language is a skill that has to be developed over time. Students write in every subject, with that said, writing should be the skill they constantly develop. Writing is a powerful instrument in which a writer imagines the audience, sets goals, call upon others to…