History of the English language

culture, we see that it lists behaviors and beliefs. Speaking Spanish or any other language is not a behavior or a belief, it rather communicates a cultures ideas. Language to cultures is just the way the people express these ideas vocally it is how they communicate their thoughts to one another. Language is not a part of a persons cultural identity because there are people in America that speak different languages, but who still share similar beliefs they just vocalize them differently but in…

Language is a tool that helps identify an individual.“If Black English isn't a Language Then Tell Me What is?” by James Baldwin emphasizes on how language defines the person. This is towards people who believe that there's one way to communicate or doesn't want to admit that they speak differently. They don't want to be submerged in the reality that they cannot articulate or they have an accent. The english language doesn't change its meaning by the way it is pronounced. As told in the piece of…

aggressive support for English-Only laws in the United States, is largely based on encouraging assimilation, economically, politically, and ultimately - morally. It stands diametrically opposed to bilingualism, threatening that very way of life, and is often viewed in the Latina/o community as xenophobic and nativist. Federal Law in the United States actually stands in opposition to the notion of English-Only laws, refusing to codify English as the official national language, however that does…

enforce the Irish people to uphold English ideals. First and foremost, the British exercise the survey of the land to replace all Gaelic names with English pronunciation or English words entirely. Then, as if wanting the Irish’s best interest at heart, the English implements national schools to replace the local hedge schools. Thus, the language used in these national schools intends to be English, which insinuates the act of linguistic imperialism. Certainly, language is a major tool used for…

thousands of years, people have encountered language barriers. Even in today’s global society, they still exist; one of the main issues concerning Pope Francis’s visit to the United States was language. The Pope needed to choose a language to address the people without diluting the strength of his message; all the while, choosing a language he was proficient enough in to avoid a faux pas. Pope Francis came to the decision to speak in English, the unofficial language of America’s majority. Pope…

To talk about how the English language is related to social status and economic power in ESL countries, I will instantly think of Hong Kong, as the English language has marked significant influence in Hong Kong educational system and it represents a status of power. Basically, Hong Kong has a colonial history, it was occupied by the British army and then subsequently ceded to England as a colony in the mid-19th century. So in ESL countries, the British cultural influences keep on featuring…

instruction in my native language. In many cases, this is quite possible within the classroom, but for teachers who do not have skills in the students’ primary language, they can utilize community or other student resources to help support the new learner. The expectation that students new to English can quickly learn a new language without any support from the primary language is unreasonable, and it is imperative that teachers should allow and even encourage the use of the first language in…

Puede tu dice Espanol, Ingles, y Aleman? Language. One of the fundamental differences that separate people from each other, beside nationality, race, and country. Over thousands of years people became numerous enough to warrant the need of written language and even after that there were ancient civilizations, like the Incas, who relied on beads to communicate messages instead. The spoken word is how parents communicate with their children, and it is how their children learn how to communicate…

A. Miranda, a member of the Ohlone Costanoan Esselen tribe, in writing this tribal memoir, attempts to reveal the “truth” that has been hidden from American history books. History books that forget the first peoples who had been living on the soil we know today as the United States of America, cheating American Indians of having their history known to the world; a cruel twist of fate that Miranda will not accept, titling her memoir Bad Indians. Miranda constructs meaning in her writing about the…

History is an obvious evidence of males’ higher position in society. They were rulers and contributed to English language. Labour division in communities is one factor of discrimination in language. Women were fixed with housework and lowly jobs, so some prestigious job words are not for women. Besides the cause of society, language also represents tradition and culture. Cameron agreed that sexist language is a symbol of cultural representation of gender (Cameron, 1990). From early childhood, we…