German Navy

Refugees seeking asylum in United States Proposal Argument The United States has always been a country self-open to people of different ethnicities and religions. America has always been a where people can arrive and seek for a better life, with abundant amount of opportunities to offer. America is a growing nation and I believe that the U.S should allow European refugees into the country and shouldn’t avoid them as outsiders, regardless of who you are and the challenges you’ve faced to seek…

William I to do exactly what he wanted and also partially caused the Franco-Prussian War, due to changing up messages that were sent to France by Prussia. The Franco-Prussian War achieved its goal set by Bismarck and and made the German people mad at France. All of the German sub-parts were now angered at France and had an enemy to unite against. Germany and all its sub-parts came together for the War and strengthened the country wholly.Bismarck himself said, "I fear that the international…

 What are you going to school for at Northern Illinois University (NIU)? Master of Arts in Teaching plus ELL endorsement  What year are you in school? (freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior) It’s my 5th semester,  Why did you decide to go to school at NIU? I worked as a teacher in Poland for 12 years. When I immigrated to the U.S., it was obvious to me that I needed to start going to school and obtain a teaching certificate in order to be able to get a “normal” job. The Board of…

The World Wars ravaged Europe in the 20th century and uprooted cultural and social norms. During the war’s, men and women challenged traditional gender norms in their desire to further national pride and the fighting effort. Nancy M. Wingfield and Marai Bucur wrote Gender and War in the 20th century as a case study to better understand the roles ordinary citizens played in the World Wars and the inter-war period. Gender and War in the 20th uses a collection of essays as a case study to…

Mona Alsolami Do You Speak America? Robert MacNeil took us on a very long and existing journey about the linguistic diversity in the United States. His aim through this journey is to explore English language and how people use it and what reasons affected the language. We all know that the formal spoken language in the United States is English language, but after watching this documentary our idea has changed. Thorough MacNeil’s journey, it is appeared that the situation is different and not…

Language and Literacy for teachers Assessment 1 Thesis A child’s language development is intertwined with all other areas of their development and therefore it plays an integral role in their cognitive and intellectual growth. Introduction Language is an abstract set of principles that specify the relationship between a sequence of sounds and a sequence of meanings. Everyday life constitutes and intrinsic part of the way language is used. Any communication between people is in a social…

Henry V’s reign mirrors Elizabeth I’s since they both attempt to unify their country, England, by restoring national pride and building a unified nation against centrifugal forces. Henry can only unify his kingdom by defeating France in the war. Since Henry’s nation is at war with the French, their cultures and languages must also be at war. Similarly, Henry V is performed during Elizabeth I’s era to emphasize this cultural superiority of England and revive a similar national pride to that in…

Linguists and language advocates have always had a standpoint against anything that threatens the existence of language; in particular, English.Take for an example, John Humphry, a journalist for the Daily Mail UK and a very passionate advocate for the syntax and structure of the English language. In his very expressive journalistic piece “ I H8 TEXT SPEAK” Humphry voices out his concern over the loss of the ’hyphen’ And its effect on change of over 16000 words. He argues that this loss is…

Attitudes, Quirk VS. Kachru The monocentric school, led by the British linguist, Sir Randolph Quirk, wanted to unify English variations by selecting a standard that would be used by users of English worldwide. Quirk encouraged native and non-native speakers to acquire and use the standard British English. He wanted to globalize the British standard because the rest of the English varieties are, according to him "neither liberal nor liberating to permit learners to settle for lower…

Bolstered by the growing dissent of autocracy and conservatism and the rise of liberalism, nationalism, and socialism, the 1848 Revolutions caused numerous uprisings and ideal shifts in Europe. Throughout France, as well as Italy, Germany, the Austrian Empire, riots and progressive governmental changes -- universal suffrage, freedom of the press, and cultural recognition -- succeeded momentarily but were soon crushed by conservative opponents, leaving behind little difference and cynicism. The…