The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

The word success to me means that there’s an accomplishment of an aim or purpose. Success is things you achieve that you want. In order for me to do that, I do all my homework and study for tests and achieve my goals. When I do that action, it has now been considered successful. When people enjoy their work, and if it gives them an opportunity to spend time with their family and have a balanced life, they’d consider themselves successful because it happens and it works. Success is when you succeed in life. According to me when you have set some goals for yourself or you have aimed for something and worked really hard on it and had finally achieved it. It is success. Success to me is achieving all my goals and aspirations I set forth out to complete. This is a triumph because it leads you somewhere to something that’s considered good. The stuff I can’t do, I defeat them to achieve my goal and it becomes a victory. The quote ‘’ no matter who are you, your progress and success in life will depend, more than any other factor, on how you invest the twenty- four hours you’re blessed with each day.’’ This quote by Tommy Newberry means that it doesn’t matter who you are but the work you put in will factor out everything and show you what you did and will bless your day. We all want to do a task that takes us somewhere and makes us successful. We all have dreams to accomplish. We all want to travel a lot, have a luxurious house, and we all went perfect relationships. In order for us…

The word success to me means that there’s an accomplishment of an aim or purpose. Success is things you achieve that you want. In order for me to do that, I do all my assignments and study for tests and achieve my goals. When I do that action, it has now been considered successful. When people enjoy their work, and if it gives them an opportunity to spend time with their family and have a balanced life, they’d consider themselves successful because it happens and it works. Success is when you…

through 250 years or Slavery, 90 years or Jim Crow, and 60 years of Segregation, we still are going through the same struggles in modern time. This systematic oppression of African Americans has been here far too long and it has been embedded into the American Culture. We are strong people born from super humans who survived the horrors or The Middle Passage to the pain of Chattel Slavery. We come from the backs of giants in every field of academia. Unfortunately, all of our history has become…

Leslie Marmon Silko and Joy Harjo are both female Native American writers. Each of the authors’ works contain reoccurring themes, but their styles of writing differ greatly. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a dream as “joy, pleasure, gladness; mirth, rejoicing, jubilation; an instance of this,” (Oxford English Dictionary). For Harjo, the dream world is very real and she even experiences living in it. Joy Harjo is a poet, while Leslie Marmon Silko writes mainly short stories. Harjo’s…

A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread” (David Crystal). This quote from David Crystal expresses how much is English dominant and it could to the term Linguistic Imperialism. At first I would like to define, what linguistic imperialism means and how it is explained, then I would like to define some other important terms connected with linguistic imperialism. Linguistic imperialism, sometimes called language imperialism, can be…

Autopsy. Think of the word autopsy. What does it conjure up in your mind? Corpses? A coroner? Dissection? Finality? Now think of the word window. What denotations or connotations does that hold? Visibility? Discovery? Light slanting in from outside? Does the word window remind you of the word autopsy? No? It should. These two words are etymologically related, as both ultimately derive from the Indo-European root okw- which means “to see” ("The American Heritage Dictionary Indo-European Roots…

The State of Florida mandates that all students in grades 3-10 take the English Language Arts and grades 3-8 take the Mathematics portion of the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) and students in certain classes must take End-of-Course (EOC) Assessments. In order to identify and address ELL students’ needs the State of Florida implemented ACCESS for ELLs 2.0. “ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 is a large-scale test of English language proficiency based on the WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards…

well- known, was a derivation from the Greek composite verb “dia-’’ and infinitive “speriein”, meaning “to scatter’’ or “to spread” or “to disperse” diasporas and home lands are produced and constructed through narrative. The relationship between diasporic and home lands helps us understand “Not only how Diasporas regard themselves, but how homelands come to be created and defined.” The relationship between home lands and diasporic has always been an area of great attention homelands and…

English is one of the most widely spoken languages, along with Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese and French, respectively. There is no doubt that it has found its way into numerous countries. However, there is a difference between etymological mingling and lingual domination. I strongly disagree with the notion that everyone, in every country, should learn English. This suggestion seems almost barbaric and hateful. Globalizing English would demolish not only the history and culture of other…

With every language that dies we lose the appreciation for history and diversity which vital to individual and society; the understanding of human’s identity, the expression of communities’ humor, love and life; and most importantly, an enormous cultural heritage that men are responsible for. Saving a language from dying out is saving the knowledge of history and language appreciation and essential to individuals and society. Through understanding the values and benefits of language, people is…