English riding

For clarity, the students who attend the school are taught in Mandarin alongside the English language starting as young as preschool. I am able to observe my Mandarin colleague, whom I collaborate with, lecture our students in a language I am completely unfamiliar with. Characters besides simple numbers and letters are shocking for me to…

by those who are familiar, can be lost in translation and halt a speaker’s communication with his or her audience. While I may refer to my friends as “you guys,” it is important for me to recognize that in a professional setting Standard American English should be used in order to neutralize a message to an audience. Throughout grade school, I assumed grammar to simply be about proper tense and punctuation. After reading the essay “About This Course,” I realize that grammar’s role in…

This symposium was the first time that her mother was part of her audience. Not until then, Tan realizes that the academic English she is using to address the audience is different than the one she uses with her mother. Tan’s essay describes the exploration of languages and how it can be part of our identity. Tan begins her story by stating, “ I am not a scholar of English or literature” (633). Meaning, she is not a linguistic or literary critic; she can only provide her opinion about…

While the majority of the United Kingdom speaks English, other languages are still prevalent within the country including Gaelic, Welsh, Scots, French, and German. The ability to converse in a second language is highly beneficial within the United Kingdom as it is in many other countries around the world…

America is a “melting pot” for so many different cultures, it can be easy to walk down the street and hear a version of English not native to you. As you travel around the county and the world, you will observe that the language changes are very apparent and are easily identifiable because of their unfamiliarity to you. I feel that the different dialects, accents, and forms of the English language all help add to the cultural diversity here in America and make it a more well-rounded…

Jun’ichirō Tanizaki uses “In Praise of Shadows” to relate to the audience by talking about the multitude of differences between traditional Japanese aesthetics and modern Western inventions. He shows how these differences affect the past culture, causing it to fade away with the introduction of innovations that are more useful, beneficial, and efficient. Tanizaki explains the deeper meaning and significance of the simplest things. The author explains how there is a significance to everything…

Tia Reid’s Reflection Essay Of English 102 In English 102 is a more in depth develop course on intermediate writer style, presentation, perspective, and writing mechanics. On the first day of English 102, I looked to my right. I looked to my left. I looked to the front and the back of the class. All the students were present because there was not a single seat available. Midway through the semester there was more and more seats open. I asked myself was this course intense and difficult? Even…

In discourse analysis a distinction is often made between spoken and written discourse. Although there are typical differences between the two, Analysis of both modes encounters the problem of representing relevant context. Differences between oral and written language have specific applicability to many types of practical linguistic works, each style has its own characteristics; they are different text types and consequently different discourses. Therefore, it is not wise to choose both of…

logic Ethos to the credibility of the author, and Pathos to the emotion of the audience. She refrains from Ethos since she has as she said in lines 2-3“except that of the weakest on the strongest” and in lines 4-5 “and as named itself little among English poets is unknown to your Majesty”. Thus she can not use Ethos, and Pathos would not fit into the context of the letter. The reason being that she said in lines 20-22 of her relationship with Hugo “I have no personal knowledge of this man; I…

To be Mad or Not to be Mad? That is the Question. Have you ever thought of yourself as a tragic hero? A tragic hero a great character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for defeat. “ According to the critic, a tragic hero has three prominent characteristics: (1) a will-power that surpasses that of average people, (2) an exceptionally intense power of feel- ing, and (3) and unusually high level of intelli- gence.”(George Detmold 219) With being a tragic hero, come a tragic flaw. A tragic flaw…