Received Pronunciation

greater impact of their language. Example: English in India and French in Tunisia. In Britain, accent especially reflects social position, but this prevents from regional variations. British English has a regionless upper-class pronunciation, called Received Pronunciation or RP, which enjoys almost universal prestige. But linguists have found no justification for considering one dialect or accent better than another. Some languages have a restricted vocabulary in certain areas, but it…

How and why can language vary? No two individuals will sound the same, we all have subtle differences in the way we sound and how we speak which is unique to ourselves. Many differences in our language occur for many reasons such colonisation, immigration or invasion and can affect the dialect or accent that someone may have. Dialect The main question that is asked often is: What is a dialect and how does this affect the way in which language can vary. Dialect is an umbrella term used for a…

was always surrounded by my Spanish speaking family. My first language was Spanish and I was not introduced to the English language until I started preschool. All throughout elementary school I was placed in a speech class where I was taught the pronunciation of words. This helped me so much, but I always had a fear of being judged whenever I spoke in English. I had this fear because I saw how people judged my parents. This fear soon went away thanks to my eighth grade English teacher, Mr.…

conditions do show a deficit. IQ scores are influenced by social class. To be able to read children must {master} the alphabet and letter sound pronunciation. Children typically perform better when they are motivated and teachers can provide a comfortable and task oriented setting and when there is a good fit between the child and the instruction received. Adolescence still utilize the IQ testing system which are used to predict academic achievements. In this stage creativity varies…

school student, I envisaged being a part of a program full of rigor and prestige, and learning how to communicate with speakers of another language. As I entered my freshman year in the International Baccalaureate or IB program in high school, I received my wish. The program requires all students to intricately study a foreign language. At Bolton High, Spanish is the only available option. In middle school, I opted not to take Spanish, which is why I was inadequately prepared to reach my…

When the student become addicted with smartphone, they will be lose of concentration in academic. Sundari (2015) found that the student will keep their smart phone in on modes in order to send and read SMS received during class. They also used a smartphone to make a voice call and answer call in the classroom. When their smarphone are not in silent modes, it will distracted them during lectures where they will keep replying the message. They will not concentrate…

and feelings. Body language is received…

Arguably one of the important decisions people have to make upon becoming parents is picking a name for their newborn child, a handle he can proudly use for the rest of his life. As the naming paradigm seems to be shifting towards more variety and creativity1, the artisans of new names have to pay attention to the thin line between unique and odd, culturally representative and obscure and powerful and offensive. If the impact of their choice was limited to themselves, the state would have no…

In this subsection, an introduction about false cognates, or better known, false friends, will be provided. The term "false friends" first appears in the book Les Faux Amis ou Les Trahisons Du Vocabulaire Anglais (1928) by Maxime Koesler and Jules Decrocquigny. These authors used the following definition: [Elle] désigne les mots d'étymologie et de forme semblable mais de sens partiellement ou totalement différent. The term faux amies was used in the field of translation to refer to those terms…

I can remember learning to read as early as kindergarten, but before that, I was able to memorize repetitive words in children’s book or words that were a sing along. My mother taught me how to read. She would act out the words in the sentence like a scene in a movie. At first I wanted only to look at the pictures because the images conveyed so much meaning. I would take time to stare at the illustrations so I could try to determine what the sentence on the page was about, but my vocabulary was…