Mixed language

of Persuasion and Rhetoric Language Thank You For Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion by Jay Heinrichs is a compilation of tips and tricks on how to force an opponent in an argument to fall into the deception and guile of your mind and allow you to win the argument; or at least get them to see your side. The book has been published in over ten languages and reveals Heinrichs’s masterful skills of rhetorical language. To put it in another…

Next, one should consider the Biblical context of these passages. 1 Cor 14 is about order and keeping the purpose of church assemblies as the building up of others. Within this chapter, an issue arises with the command that tongues speakers, who do not have an interpreter present, should “keep silent in church.” This would lead to a strange conclusion that a tongue speaker is not allowed to sing or pray in normal speech. This same problem applies to 1 Cor 14:34-35. There is an absolute…

Language in still the ideal manner of communication in today’s culture. It can have immense power and the impact relies on how one wields it. The power of language can evolve ideas and beliefs into concrete reality. Changing one verb in a sentence, has the capability to change the whole meaning. The power to change one's perspective and opinions from a few words, is incredible. Religions, Empires and even revolutions were created and grew by powerful language. One of the biggest contributors…

theory can be used to describe Amanda’s language development. In this theory “language is learned, not innate. It relies on generic cognitive information-processing and pattern-recognition mechanisms” (Wolf-Nelson, 2010, p.61). In this theory children use cognitive abilities such as attention, perception, working memory and retrieval to receive information form their environment and construct language competence by using information processes and language. In this theory neuronal functions are…

I know all the vocabulary I teach should be useful for learners. In general, time should be spent on high frequency words or words that fill a language need that the learners have. (Nation & Newton, 1997) As Camaron (2001) explains young learners of a second/foreign language are still building their first language vocabulary, which is tied up their contextual development. That’s why the number of the vocabulary I teach in a lesson is also important. Approximately three to five…

Brown and Levinson created politeness theory, which is situated in the interpretivist paradigm (Goldsmith & Normand, 2015, p. 267). This theory is intended to explore the various ways language is used in certain social contexts, as well as how communication is affected by those word choices. The creators were curious why in some situations and relationships, people tend to be very blunt, while in others people tend to take a less direct approach. Politeness theory is based on Goffman’s concept…

The article, “Vocabulary Plus Technology,” by Thomas DeVere Wolsey, Linda Smetana, and Dana LGrsiham begins by describing how students retain new vocabulary words and other components of learning new words. The authors begin their studies with two statements they assumed were true. These statements were learning new vocabulary is a social interaction, we need to use the words, and the words need to have meaning to use. The authors emphasize the importance of before, during, and after reading…

Instructional Strategies (Include two strategies.) Specific example describing how the strategy was implemented 1. The first Instructional Strategy was a Read- aloud as an introduction. During the “Splits” program, the teacher started the lesson with a read aloud that was about two kids stuck inside on a rainy day. The two kids go in the attic and find pieces of fabric that were used in a general store to measure the size of fabric people were buying. The different sizes they found were ½…

derived to reflect the The children’s picture book ‘Go to Sleep Jessie!’ authored by Libby Gleeson and illustrated by Freya Blackwood, won the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s, Early Childhood picture book of the year for 2015. The written language in this picture book is used to create an interesting story that is also personalised (Tunnel & Jacobs, 2008). This picture book could be used to read to children that have recently become an older brother or sister as it discusses the theme…

Lesson 1: Could You Do Me A Favor? Requests with modals and If clauses; Indirect requests A: Main Dialog. Read and Listen (Adiran recibe una llamada de una compañera de clase) Lana: Hi, Adrian. This is Lana Larson. Adrian: Oh, hi, Lana. What’s up? Lana: Well, I got the stomach flu last week and I couldn’t go to school. I’d love to have all my notes in order. Would you mind if I borrowed your English class notes? Adrian: Um, yeah. I guess there’s no problem. I don’t think I’ll need them for…