Signing Exact English

The U.S culture has taught me that it is a responsibility to be on time to an appointment, or to work, or school. Also to give tips when we go to a restaurant, and the English language, etc. Those things have influenced in who I am today because, they have made me mature. Also l have learned how to redoes the other people’s culture, like Indians, Cambodians, Muslims, etc. For example, Indians’ culture, in their country…

Cultural estrangement, attenuation of Black collectivism, and spiritual alienation are the three factors that have hindered the African American community to advance and prosper in the United States. The first factor, cultural estrangement, “may preclude many African Americans from recognizing the presence and importance of their human particularity (807).” This has allowed many practices to be forced upon African Americans to exercise. The biggest practice is that African Americans are at risk…

For this paper I interviewed Destiny. For her privacy, I have changed her name. Destiny is a twenty-year-old African American woman. Destiny is a friend that currently attends the University of Illinois at Springfield. I conducted the interview with Destiny at her apartment. The circumstances of the interview were only for this paper and to learn the differences in life that I face as a European American compared to an African American. Not only was this interview for me to learn the differences…

one to be literate to understand. Proper understanding of English language is critical for one to be considered literate because it is the language that is mostly spoken in the world (Barone, Mallette, and Xhu 50). As an intermediate student, I have undergone through the process of literacy development, particularly in English language. I went through a number of challenges in the process of learning to write, read, listen, and speak in English effectively. This paper presents a chronological…

century, English became the world’s most essential tool to decrease the language barrier worldwide as it is used in most educational and academic writings. Labeled as the ‘international language’, the English language has made a huge impact both in the highly influenced civilizations of the planet and in me. English was introduced to me ever since I was young, but…

measuring English-speaking students learning French as a second language…

The workforce is comprised of several different ethnic cultures, national origins, and races, which demand communication to be modernized to fit the diversity of their work population and to create inclusion for all employees (Nichols, Homer & Fyfe, 2015). However, there are several challenges for a diversified workforce. Globalization poses problems for organizations due to language barriers, age of employees and generational groups. Diversity training needs to be developed for…

seventeenth century to shield sailors from potential charges. English courts clearly identified the legal demarcation between privateers and pirates as early as the fourteenth century. The sovereign issued commissions to privateer captains authorizing them to attack the vessels of specified enemy nations. Since piracy included an element of robbery, no property legally changed hands as a result of such undertakings. Therefore, English law required that privateer captains present their wartime…

Channel Orange One of the artists that has inspired me to produce my own music is Frank Ocean with his second album, Channel Orange. The first time that I ever listened to the album back in 2012, I remember thinking, “Holy shi*t…I have never heard anything like this before in my life.” Telling a song-by-song story, his poetic lyrics about his personal sexuality, strip clubs, pregnancy, wealth, drugs, and corruption show Frank’s slightly strange perception of it all. That is one thing that…

In English classrooms, underneath the readings, essays, and grammar exercises, lies a basic goal that goes far beyond simply improving language skills. This goal is to spark a passion for English, whether it be reading or writing, in the hearts of students. However, this poses a challenge to teachers, as they must find a balance in the classroom that will engage students. It is difficult to create an environment in which students will enjoy English when educational standards have to be me. A…