English Communication Problems in the Philippines and the Consciousness of Today's Youth

In “Politics and the English Language” Orwell takes an aggressive and critical tone. For example, Orwell states that the English dialect has turned into something “…ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts” (“Politics” 463). This is his main argument in this particular work. It highlights the way he perceives the state of the English language at that time, and the ways in which it is being destroyed by the mere aspects that are supposed to protect and uphold it. Evidently, Orwell takes this unique approach in a bid to ensure that the world understands his concerns where linguistic preservation is concerned, along with the elements that interfere with their use.

Orwell, George. “Politics and the English Language” The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction. Eds. Linda H. Peterson. et al. 12th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2008. 828-834. Print.

“The History of the English Language”. http://www.uni-due.de/SHE/. Univ. of Duisburg Essen. April 2013. Web 4 Oct. 2013.

4) Inductive Reasoning- Reasoning in which ideas come at the end. Global commentary and periodic sentences are inductive.

Directions: Identify whether each group of words is a PH (phrase) or a CL (clause).

In more modern times the interaction of English speakers with other languages, through first colonialism, and later the emergence of English as a global language has enriched the vocabulary (‘pyjama’) and led to the evolution of different versions of English around the world, for example the hybrid ‘Singlish’ that has emerged in Singapore.

Anaphora which is the usage of a pronoun or a like word rather than recapping a word used previously,

The alleged price fixer felt that the reporter's stories about the trial were the product of a vindictive and nasty mind. The price fixer explained his own behaviour [BLANK] and that of the reporter [BLANK]. A) situationally; dispositionally B) dispositionally, dispositionally C) desperately, consistently D) situationally; situationally E) dispositionally; situationally 16) " I don't really like you very much, and this causes me to overlook a number of your good qualities.' This is an example of A) the halo effect. B) implicit personality theory. C) stereotyping. D) central tendency. E) harshness.

The English language, although used by almost all across the United Kingdom, has been mutated and altered in so many ways that sometimes we cannot even understand it ourselves.

h) attributively and predicatively. i) nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. j) their semantic and grammatical properties. V Fill in the blanks 1-10 with the appropriate term a-j: a) adjectives b) nouns c) verbs d) adverbs e) pronouns f) conjunctions g) determiners h) prepositions i) numerals j)

[ ] The gustar verb charts serve as a reference for the students, including the focus learner. Initially it is

A determiner that introduces a noun phrase and implies that the thing mentioned has already been mentioned.

The Language Wars have been waged in the realm of English Literature, Language and Linguistics for years. Both sides of the argument are staunch believers in their position, but are more than willing to concede points to the other sides’ favour. In Bryan A. Garner’s essay, “Making Peace in the Language Wars”, he describes himself as a ‘descriptive prescriber’ (Garner, Making Peace in the Language Wars 2008, 270), and offers a truce that fulfils both sides of the argument as the crux of his essay. While the separate sides of the argument are relatively easy to define, it seems that no one sticks to them religiously, and the argument is between individuals fighting over individual points. The two sides are that of the descriptivist and that

It is not uncommon to say that grammar instruction plays an important role in language teaching. Regarding the status and importance of grammar teaching, a variety of opinions have been made. Batstone (1994) states that “language without grammar would be chaotic: countless words without the indispensable guidelines for how they can be ordered and modified” (p. 4). More vividly, Wang (2010) makes two similes. She compares grammar to the frame of a house, which is a decisive factor to ensure the solidness of it. Additionally, she regards grammar as a walking stick, whose function is to help and support students to learn English. Thus, the nature of grammar instruction manifests its own significance as it helps students

As of the year 2000 consensus of Ethnologue, it has an estimated 16 million speakers in the Philippines and in