Second Triumvirate

There are two hundred million children worldwide who wake up every day and go to work instead of going to school. Of those two hundred million children, seventy percent of them work in agriculture. In the short story, “The Circuit,” by Francisco Jimenez, we are introduced to Panchito, a young migrant farmer who travels state to state with his family following the harvest. Young Panchito has a hard life and does not have access to a full year of education. He and his family do not speak fluent…

Many people who are hunting for a better life and opportunities emigrate to the US to advance their future. However, other people may escape for various reason such as civil war, religious freedom and employment opportunities. Similarly, after spending 18 years of my life in Nepal, I emigrated to the US. Moreover, on 04/12/2012 I came to the US with my family -father, mother, and youngest sister for better educational opportunities. I would never have thought that I could immigrate to the US…

themselves. For example, there are no top female chief executives or female railroad constructors. The second is in which women of third world countries still do not have the rights of those of their female counterparts in first world countries. A prime example would be Saudi Arabia, where women are not allowed to drive and under Sharia law they only count as half a witness and need a second female in case the first “forgets”. Aside from Sharia law, many religions promote the treatment of…

Everybody has learned their language since they were children, especially their mother tongue. The process occurs naturally and properly with a view to communicate in society environment. As one of the International languages, English plays an important role almost in all aspects of life. English has been becoming a compulsory foreign language in Indonesia. There are four main skills in English: reading, listening, speaking, and writing.Listening ability in English as foreign language also plays…

Language is an integral part of every distinctive culture. It represents a way of life and a way of communication among those that share similar traditions, values, and heritage. The Irish people have consistently been faced with foreign cultures encroaching on their land and threatening not only their culture but also the Gaelic language itself. In Brian Friel’s Translations, the language barrier between the Irish and the English people is explored. The characters are faced with the difficult…

1. Ability Can is undoubtedly the most frequently used modal verb. The general use of ‘can’  describes a general or specific ability to do something either in a natural or learned way.  E.g. I can swim. = I have the ability to swim. For the elementary level it is interesting to engage students by means of flashcards. They will describe what they can do and what they cannot do. 2. Permission When a speaker asks for permission he/she uses very likely the modal verb ‘can’. Furthermore, it…

interwoven so that one cannot separate the two without losing the significance of either language and culture.”. By knowing the culture, we can know why people think and speak the way they do. (David Elmes, 2013) In Malaysia, we learn English as a second language and therefore the learning of pragmatics of English is about intercultural communication. We do not teach culture of different races in the classroom because they might be more than three different races in the classroom and it is not…

Storytelling: is effective to improve student ability in Speaking? Having good English speaking is very essential especially for the students because it becomes the bridge for them to know the world. Now, the newest curriculum also stated that English as a language of global science, technology, and business should be taught communicatively at students of college or university. The students of college or university graduate are expected to be able to communicate English well. It means that…

The Uzbek case provides examples of ways in which their teacher preparation program targeted those needs perceived by both the trainers and the local teachers. In this second case, Snow et al. argue how important it is to resort to external specialists in the assessment of the current status quo of a teacher training programme at the Institute of English Language Teacher Education in Uzbekistan (IELTE) so as to tackle…

INTRODUCTION There are unlimited challenges for second language acquisition. Generally, it is very important to search for significant and proper way to deliver information in teaching and learning process in order to achieve language acquisition effectively. What is language learning? The similarity of language learning and language acquisition can be determined when a learner gives input and output of the language and try to apply the use of second language in her/his daily life. The…