Spoken word

working hard to make sure they learn and enjoy their time in my classroom. I put an unprecedented amount of time in preparing special types of lessons for your children. I try to speak slowly and clearly, with extra explanations and repetitions of new words. I try to make the classroom a welcoming and warm place for your children where they can open their mouths and speak a new language…

different types and length are put together to bring up a language. Sounds are put together, and at times, when this happens, they change their form and do amazing things. Words are put in a certain order, and at times the beginnings and endings of words are changed to change the meaning. The meaning can be affected by the arrangement of words and the knowledge of the person speaking about what the receiver will understand. There are branches of linguistics that are also given names. In this…

teenagers and even adults are abusing loyalty, so the divorce rates are so significantly high, and even respect is abused now these days. In the U.S., we have the right to speak our minds but now too many are afraid to do so because once an opinion is spoken, it is immediately rejected. Take those who are attracted to the same sex; gay men are frowned upon and young boys who come out about their own true self are beaten and battered verbally. So many have committed suicide because they were not…

speaker, this paper will make hypotheses pertaining to the underlying syntax affecting the language’s construction and the phonological parameters present. 2. Syntax, continued: In paper 2, it was hypothesized that in Jordanian Arabic the basic word order is identical to that of English and accordingly the differences observed between the order of English and Arabic sentences could be attributed to differences in the movement of constituents…

transition of ideas there are many hurdle and barrier that must be overcome to achieve overall success. Some of the barriers to effective communication are Clichés, Jargon, Slang, Sexist and racist language, Euphemisms, and Doublespeak. Clichés are words and phrases that have been used so often that they’re no longer very interesting or effective. They appear to be plainspoken but in many ways, they manipulate the truth when using in verbal or non-verbal communication. The cliché a level…

Have you ever met anyone who has read the whole dictionary or copied every single word and sentence? In Sherman Alexie’s short story “Superman and Me,” he argues that Native Americans are expected to fail, therefore, he proves through out the story that reading is key. He demonstrated this by telling his own story of how he taught himself how to read at the young age of three. He also became the prime example of how he overcame the stereotype by reading relentlessly and with all the knowledge he…

According to dictionary.com, the word place has multiple meanings that are conveniently all nouns: a particular portion of space whether of definite or indefinite extent, a space in general: time and place, and the specific portion of space normally occupied by anything. To me, the word space means much more than just the black and white, logistical definition. To Tim Cresswell, the author of an article called “Place: A Short Introduction,” the word space has more of an emotional meaning.…

The excerpt from "Proceedings of the English Colonie in Virginia," section 2.2, by William Simmonds, demonstrated the down-side of Virginia, an early colony. While in section 2.5, an excerpt from "The Narragansett Act of Submission to Charles I," showed the fear and discomfort the Indians had towards their enemies. This excerpt was somewhat the same, but also different to section 2.2. The first reading, 2.2, was quite challenging and irritating. This part of the excerpt was obvious due to the…

The work Daisy Miller, by Henry James contains many key words that stand out to a reader. Many of these words repeated through out the text, and their meanings can change as a reader continues to read. Some of these words appear as many as 51 times like “American”, or “society” which only appears 12 times. When put together, these key words tend to show the reader what the story or work is truly about. One word that appears more than any other is “young”, which appears 138 times in the text. The…

communication amongst humans. There are over seven thousand languages, however, one-third of them contain a SVO (subject verb object), one-third of them contain VOS (verb object subject), and one-third of them contain a SOV (subject object verb) word order. Regardless of the word order, language contains distinct characteristics that cause them to be referred to as language. These characters are what define language, which is why not all forms of communication is known as language, whereas all…