German composers

German Expressionism was well known to be bold, dark, distorted and spooky. It was emerged in Germany before World War I but, it tremendously influenced music, theater, painting, sculpture and architecture. These German Expressionism films at first were non-realistic, geometrically absurd angles, as well as designs painted on walls and floors represent light, shadows and objects. Meanwhile, many of these films plots dealt with madness, insanity, betrayal and other intellectual topics were…

INTRODUCTION Nowadays, language plays a vital role especially in bonding and strengthening the communication relationship with other peoples who are coming from different cultural and religion background. As there are variety of languages in this world and the population of their own mother tongue in the range of thousands to millions, every countries have their own mother tongue for communication purposes with local community. However, due to 19th centuries industrial revolution which began…

nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914, the sentiment between European powers was already on the brink of war. An increasingly militaristic German Empire sought to expand their boundaries and diplomatic alliances were failing at an alarming rate between the European powers, shifting military alliances between two sects. The Central Powers, primarily the German, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman, and Bulgarian Empires, were in an all-out war against various Allied Powers, in which the bulk of the…

The politics of speaking English well While reading Stephen Grootes’ article, “The politics of navigating the English Language”, I became increasingly annoyed. In a country with 11 official languages why are we overly concerned with how well people speak English? Grootes’ article looks at prominent political leaders and how they fair when presenting themselves in English. The unintended consequence of writing such an article is that Grootes appears to be an elocution “Nazi” rather than a…

English is a global language. English is the third most spoken language after Mandarin and Spanish. English is no longer restricted to the shores of England. It has spread its influence far and wide and it currently enjoys a dominating presence amongst all world languages. The status of English as a global language rests not only on having a high number of people speaking the language but also on the fact that continually, year after year, more and more speakers are attempting to learn English…

English is the bread winning rather prestigious language. It penetrates every nook and corner of the world. The necessity of English is enormous. One cannot deny the usages of English Language in India. In the recent years, most of the young parents send their children to English medium schools knowing the importance of English. English is indispensible in the life of Indians. Scrase remarks that “English is recognised as an important global or international language essential for professional…

the Article, there was a subheading that said: “ Germans know where they’re going.” This part of the article talked about how Germans focus more on the outcomes of the actions while English speakers focus more on the action itself. The English language grammatically obliges speakers to mark the tense of an action. For example, looking at a picture of a woman walking in a parking lot an English speaker would say “ The woman is walking” and a German speaker would say “ The woman walks towards her…

The article focuses on the population of English language learners who also speak Spanish. The concept being researched in the study is language screening that is used for children that have not yet entered the kindergarten. With the increase in bilingual population, there is a need for an accurate screener that is appropriate for Spanish-English speakers and could detect possible language impairments (LI). Through the use of the Bilingual English Spanish Oral Screener (BESOS), researchers…

How far do you feel the ‘July Crisis’ in 1914 contributed to the outbreak of World War One? What is World War I? World War I, also known as the Great War, is a bloody war that swallows up Europe. The war began on July 28th, 1914, and ended in November 11th, 1918, which lasted for four years. It is estimated that there were 10 million military deaths and 20 million were injured. Why is World War I important? It’s important because it changes how each country negotiate and there are many…

The great issue dominating Austria in the 1700s was the War of Austrian Succession, occurring just decades after the War of Spanish Succession, both similar in the struggle of power between the ruling kingdoms of Europe. The War of Austrian Succession, however, related to a feud over the remaining Habsburg territories, drawing in the nations of France, Spain, Prussia on one side and Austria, Britain, and Holland on the other. The War of Austrian Succession soon became a major international…