Turkish language

In the article Vanishing Voices, the author explores the significance of languages to cultures. This correlation is best exemplified in uncovering the history of Ancient Egypt through translating the scripts of the Rosetta Stone. The tablet that taught the world so much about the “Land of the Pharaohs” now is safely secured in England. Despite of a growing national movement to return antiquities to the culture of origin, England must ask themselves before granting repatriation of the Stone,…

being able to use two languages effectively in four skills such as reading, writing, speaking and listening. Because of the demanding of English language in almost every aspect of life since English language is one of the global languages, there are a lot of people who are willing to learn English as a second language to improve their life. However, learning second language is not limited to English only, but also there are different languages that can be learned as second language. For example,…

people communicate the way they believe they do, and compare their perceptions to reality. The following is derived from my data and observations. In order to understand their language ideologies, I, as the researcher, needed to interview my subjects prior to our discursive event. I asked many questions regarding their language habits and ideologies, and not only recorded their answers, but how they communicated…

For instance, defy your growth mindset to learn a new language. Additionally, I speak more than three languages; the fourth one is Turkish. To illustrate this, I watch shows that speak different languages. This means that the more you watch shows or listen to stuff, the more you would learn. This means that I like to learn new languages I spend most of my time watching shows just to learn. For example, I watch Turkish shows and I have learned so many things. By listening to what they…

English has come a long way. At today, it is at the peak level of it has ever reached before. Speaking English, became a positive label for people. Every person is trying to learn English as a second language. Even some families are trying to make their children native English speaker even while they are still living in their home countries. Moreover, almost every country’s school syllabus has an English course, even at kindergarten schools, they teach English. All these are facts comes from the…

Maintaining Spanish as a Heritage Language in Australia Stephanie Natolo, Griffith University, Australia Abstract: Heritage language maintenance in Australia faces great challenges. In Australia, English is the dominant official language de facto, whilst Spanish is a community language. Spanish is primarily learnt and used in the home with parents and other family members, however, English holds power via hegemonic means, and is used in a multiplicity of domains. This paper presents an…

Throughout most of this class this semester, the idea of what makes an Islamic movement authentically “Islamic” appears to be explicit, hardline doctrinal ties to the establishment of some sort of Islamic polity. As Ali Rahnema mentions in the introduction of the Pioneers of the Islamic Revival: “Islamic Revivalism …is characterized by a renewed interest in Islam as an endogenous ideology with redeeming powers. For the born-again Muslim the Qur’an and the Tradition of the Prophet provide…

it can be explained that the ethnic group has to have its specific identity that is normally founded on a common race, geographical region, and even religion among others. This paper focuses on the Kurdish-Turkish identity as well as the politics and conflicts related to the Kurdish-Turkish relationship. The Kurds who are reported to be over 35 million and commonly discussed as a nation that does not have any state (McDowall, 1997). As explained by McDowall, the homeland of the Kurds happens…

men, women and their children have increasingly traversed over the Turkish, Lebanese and Jordanian borders. However, this flow of human misery has increased significantly because of the intensified battles being waged by ISIS in many areas of the Middle East. Intense hostilities in Kobani/Ayn al-Arab, near the Turkish border, compelled more than 200,000 Syrian nationals to enter into Suruc, Turkey, and 150,000 arrived at that Turkish camp in the space of only three days. Thus, presently, more…

insular and counter-intuitive in trying to promote the spread of Zamenhof’s work, the UEA prove much the opposite. In the years 1948 and 1966, two petitions were sent to the UN to have Esperanto’s existence and practicality as a solution to their language problems pointed out to them. In 1948, the…