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    Puritans have been persecuted for accusing their King of failing to cleanse the Church of Catholic rituals, and were hounded as radicals for their forbear of the Protestant reform. The origins of Puritanism are to be found in the early stages of the English Reformation. The name “Puritans” was a term of disrespect allocated to the movement by its opponents. Although the nickname first appeared in the 1560s,…

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    feels the need to change the way it speak to sound different from the regions around them. This results in slowly changing words, pronunciations, and fundamentals of the language to suit what this region defines as “proper English.” Every region believes that they speak English “correctly,” while every region that differs is considered “wrong.” Code-switching is very common in spoken language. I will say that I believe changing…

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    Music In Latin America

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    the other listed songs from the 1940s, with most of them becoming Latin jazz standards and some even being translated, such as “Quizas, Quizas, Quizas” in the form of “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps” by Desi Arnaz in 1948. The 1950s continued to see English versions of successful Spanish songs, such as “Quien Sera” becoming “Sway” by Dean Martin. By this point, there was also a crossover musical influence over the language barrier, as exemplified by the…

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    How To Tame A Wild Tongue

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    unique language identity. There are many people who say that the English language does not play a major role in the identity of those from different countries. In fact, language…

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    language is accepted other than english as it is believed that it’s the official language. Ignorance can interfere with the fact that there are 311 languages spoken in my country yet only one is respected. Out of the 311 languages, I fluently speak 2. Spanish is the native tongue of my family, it was the first language I learned to verbally communicate in. In 2004, as pre-school neared around the corner, my mother—who only spoke spanish—decided to teach me english. Every night she would read to…

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    flag depicting Catholic elements: a chalice used in communion and the “Wounds of Christ,” and everyday objects: a plow and a cattle horn. These items represent the unity of the Pilgrimage of Grace and what its supporters believed in (Doc 3). The English weren’t going to abandon a religion they had followed their whole lives and become Protestant just because Henry VIII declared…

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    Colleges should cut off some of their classes in the English programs for international students, consider internships as college credits, or reserve a time in four-year timeline just for doing internship. The students do not have to spend a whole semester just for studying English. When the college decides to cut off classes, they can insert those classes into undergraduate student’s schedule. Writing, speaking, listening are all English skills which should be connected together in order for…

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    The Symbolic Interaction Theory in the “Can You Lose A Language You Never Knew?” is the importance of speaking Spanish. In the article, the author explains that as she was going up, she was taught that learning the language of your home country was the “utmost importance.” According to research, “ 71 percent of self-identified Hispanic adults said that you don't need to speak Spanish to be considered Latinx,” but when she explains to people that she cannot speak Spanish, in the view of many…

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    Spoken English

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    Many forms of spoken English are not always acceptable in written English and the opposite is also true. The only time that spoken English would be acceptable in the written form is when the writer is writing dialog. For example, sentence fragments are used frequently in conversations and are perfectly acceptable to use when writing dialog, but not in formal writing (Clark). In written English, it is best to avoid slang such as awesome or common expressions such as really (Really?) that is…

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    My group and I propose that our school should add American Sign Language as another foreign language option to choose over Spanish. I believe that we should implement some ASL in the younger children's curriculum, as in an immersion school. The students would keep up their Spanish curriculum in addition to ASL. Once they get into 5th grade, we will allow them the option to continue learning Spanish, or to continue ASL as their only foreign language. The learning of American Sign Language is…

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