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English must be mastered in order to communicate in international business meetings either virtual or face-to-face, as well as to read technical and specialized documents which cannot easily be translated into every language. For some educationists, learning other languages enables people to understand their own first language in a different way, building more sophisticated lifelong patterns (Puntis, 2011). Therefore, communication skills have always been valued in the workplace and in civic…

The systematic study of speech and the sounds of language is referred to as phonetics. Traditionally phoneticians rely on careful listening and observation in order to describe speech sounds (Nolan, 2007). Phonetics is often defined with respect to phonology. Both disciplines are concerned with the sound medium of language. Phonology is concerned with the pattering of sounds in a language (and in language in general), and is thus comparable to areas of linguistics such as syntax and morphology…

The culture of Ghana includes much of the variation of musical theme and Ghanaian people. English is the required language of Ghana and also the basic language for education in Ghana. Akan language is the recognised language taught in schools as a local language. Although there is more than one local language, the Akan language is what is recognised and taught as the local language in Ghana. The different ethnic groups are what give Ghana a rich culture. Ghana is made up of about seventy-five…

Amanda Wilson Professor Leightenheimer English 1102-01 23 October 2017 Role and Pathos: How Eugene Debs Creates Relatability Crafting and reciting a speech can be an incredibly difficult requirement. The main difference between these and, for example, an essay, is that enunciation and delivery can make or break a speech. With this addition also comes extra importance on understanding and reading the responses of your audience to gauge effectiveness. Speeches need to have a form of an emotional…

I am bilingual. I state this based on Grosjean’s perspective that “the bilingual is not just someone who speaks two languages, but he possesses… communicative skills in two languages at different levels” (in Wei, 2007). In this paradigm of bilingualism (or multilingualism), being able to use English for communicative and academic purposes, being able to read academic texts in Italian and understanding general conversations in such language, being able to understand general ideas from…

According to Merriam Webster, discourse is “a mode or organizing knowledge, ideas, or experience that is rooted in language and its concrete contexts (as history or institutions)” (“Discourse,” n.d.). Discourse Analysis focuses on how human exchange ideas, and for interpreters this includes verbal, nonverbal, and signed communication. Interpreters sometimes believe that their main goal should be to learn to sign as many words, sentences, and facial expressions as possible. However, in the…

to decide if they are willing to share and/or read publically in class. (1) Current ELD theory/theories connected with the strategy: Stephen Krashen’s Affective Filter Hypothesis is linked to the emotional attitudes that promote, as well as hinder second language acquisition. The essence of the theory states that the affective filter is a mental block formed…

first grade level of the QRI-4, two levels below her current grade level. Addison completed the first grade word list automatically with 100% accuracy, in the allotted time, signifying she read the words at the independent level. When analyzing the second grade word list, Addison automatically identified 90% of the words, indicating she was identifying words at the independent level, although the score decreased 10%…

Genres allows the writer to reflect values and investments. Chapter 5 of Anzaldua’s Borderlands La Frontera, How to Tame a Wild Tongue, includes many different genres. An important genre she repeatedly uses is personal experience. If personal experience was excluded from this chapter, her values and opinions would lack credibility and persuasiveness. Anzaldua writes about an issue that is important and personal to her: by removing this important genre, chapter 5 would not be a powerful chapter.…

In the reading Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Education, by Richard Rodriguez, he challenges the idea of bilingual education, and takes us through his personal experience of a bilingual childhood. Rodriguez explains about what he encountered in America as he attempts to adjust to the American culture, and why he believes that learning the public language in school is more important than learning the private language. Throughout the essay he forfeits his happy and comfortable life in exchange for…