Questions On The English Language

Language is a major part of everyone’s life. Every country or even a community have their own language or a way of speaking, and these are the things that differentiate people from one another. Jamila Lyiscott speech, “3 Ways of Speaking English” and Suzanne Talhouk speech, “Don’t Kill Your Language” on TED talks, addresses different issues related with language and the way of speaking a particular language. Both of the speeches effectively use rhetorical elements or devices. Both of these people are well-known speakers, so they have some credibility even before they begin speaking. When they do start their speeches, both effectively employ emotional appeal, facts and logic to convey their intended message to the audience.

Language is a beautiful tool that can be used to unify or divide. Language brings people together but it can also tear them apart. In “Mute in an English Only World”, Chang-Rae Lee writes about how his mother was impaired from doing simple tasks such as going to the store alone because she could not speak English. Second, in “Lingua Franchise”, by Charles Foran, he shows how English is unifying people across the globe.

The English language is particularly complex in almost all aspects. Many of the words in the English language have different meanings for the same word. This is not unlike the definition of the different levels of usage. McCrimmon defines the three levels, formal, moderate, and colloquial, by their sentence structure, diction, and tone (McCrimmon 193). ¹ Using McCrimmon’s definitions, authors can determine what type of writing is applicable to each of the three levels. For the formal writings, an adequate example of where readers can find it is in a professional journal, and an appropriate place to find an example of the moderate level is in a weekly news magazine. Also, the best place to look for an example of the colloquial level is in certain sections of the newspaper. All of the levels of usage apply to these different types of writings and assist in defining what each level involves.

In the essay Tan writes about her mother’s English and its influence. Learning a language can be very difficult because not only you have to learn the language, but you also must learn vocabulary and having to cope with a different culture. Tan’s mother is a great illustration of this adjustment to English-based American culture while in some cases proceed to think in Chinese ways. Tan to begin with thought that her mother’s English is “broken”, but she then realized that her mother’s English reflects a blend of diverse societies, and she really benefits from this blend of both Chinese and American societies through her distributed making, appearing to as a one of a kind class of Chinese American composing both in this paper and her other books. when I carefully read through this essay.

1) Display and use cultural diverse equipment and resources within the service like choice of music to play and storybooks to read. 2) Avoid making assumptions or unintentionally creating labels as this will demonstrate to the children that discriminatory and bias comments are acceptable. It is likely to reflect badly on the children, to others and to the wider community . It will not only set a poor example to the children, but more crucially, it will engrave incorrect ways of speaking and behaving in society. 3) Make a conscious effort to use language that is not bias, will not divide students unnecessarily and is inclusive. For example, "Okay everyone..." is less likely to reinforce gender divisions than "Okay, boys and girls..." 4) ) Do not ignore discriminatory behaviour by making it clear that you will not tolerate any offensive, racial, ethnic, religions, sexual jokes, slurs or behaviours. Do not just avoid the problem as your silence may give the impression of tacit approval. However, if you are unable to respond immediately at the time that the incident occurred, instead respond as soon after as possible before the problem becomes

The pre-service teacher believes that Serge was not assessed adequately. The test was not valid for Serge and with invalid information you cannot place a child based on the results. The mother also claimed that Serge was very intelligent at home and she feels that Serge was just having difficulties picking up the language. Even though the school tried their best to assess Serge and place him correctly, the test was not accurate on Serge’s capabilities. Serge was found to have an average range of intelligence after he took a nonverbal test, but when he took the verbal test they found that he had a learning disability. We have to remember that second language learners often do not verbalize a reply. Second language learners go through a “silent” period where they will write

Language is a system of communication used by humans either written or spoken to communicate our thoughts and feelings. Our thoughts and feelings we want to communicate to our loved ones, to our friends, to people we work with or go to school with and even to strangers. Maxine Hong Kingston in her memoir The Woman Warrior explores language and the use of language to express what Kingston finds as several conflicts. The conflict of the immigrant experience and the conflict of having to be a Chinese- American woman along with the expectation of being “silent”. Maxine Hong Kingston provides a remarkable memoir that blends Chinese folktales and personal narratives.

Before I enrolled in English 101 my ability to write specific types of papers (argumentative, rhetoric, narrative, etc) were mediocre at best. However, from reading The Norton Field Guide to Writing and They Say, I Say I gained a deeper understanding on how to better argue a point or write a narrative with a clear theme. Moreover, from my time of being in English 101 I have improved tremendously in the given areas: Rhetoric, Technology, Research, and Collaboration.

NASA galvanized everybody into not using cars anymore because of statistics they released to the public on CO2 emissions, which are ruining our atmosphere. (cumulative)

Throughout my academic carrer, I have had a history of struggling with English classes. I was excited to take English 101 because I believed it would most effectively teach me the basics of successful writing and communication. In high school, I developed mediocre writing skills and struggled with reading comprehension so I knew these topics would pose a problem in any English class I take. Despite the fact that I was in AP Language in high school, I learned very little and did not improve my writing and communication skills as much as I would have liked. In English 101 , I would like to change that and enhance my time management skills, grammar skills, and overall writing ability.

The purpose of doing this confuses me, and appears absolutely counter-productive in teaching people to effectively use language, apparently causing a decrease in the ability to communicate information, as suggested in chapter ‘4.1 the tate era and beyond’ stating success in teaching the English language, during Tate’s reign as a English language official, was restricted by ‘rigid learning activities’ in an attempt to ‘improve’ the English language in the strictest sense (Bernard, p 2- 4). However thanks to Functional grammar, the knowledge provided through the course of the English Language at Sunshine Coast University has been very helpful in differentiating between the interpretation of grammatical aspects, usage of punctuation, and parts of speech, in turn allowing me to improve in assessing my drafts for assessment items, and utilise the correct tense, language, and text structure to formulate coherent sentences and

In the personal essay “My Mothers Tongue” (1990), Amy Tan, widely known author explains her insights on language and culture identity using details and memories from her own life experiences. Tan conceals that the language in which her mother used with her “was the language that helped shape the way [she] saw things, expressed things, made sense of the world” (1208) and in the process it made her who she is today as an author. Tan illuminates the euro centricity of the Master Narrative by retelling stories of her mother being treated poorly because of her “broken” or “limited” English. She recalls many past experiences where her mother suffered from bad service and treatment from restaurants, stockbrokers, and even hospitals. Using examples from her personal life Tan gets her point across about language and culture characteristics in order to show how Chinese culture is affected by the master narrative and also encourages others to include a variety of cultures in order to overcome bias opinions. Tan’s apparent audience can be ranged from the child of an immigrant to a doctor and offers an authentic and rich portrayal of Chinese history through her conflicting experience of her Chinese and American cultures.

Nowadays, the roles of English around the world have changed rapidly. English only served as the first or the second language of certain countries some years ago. Recently, English has a new role as a language which is used as a means of communication between people with different

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Hong Kong is a city located on the southern coast of China with more than 90% of its population being ethnic Chinese. Cantonese, English and Mandarin are three commonly used languages in Hong Kong. With the return of sovereignty from Britain to China, Hong Kong shifts from a British colony into a special administrative region of China. Due to this historical background, Hong Kong has experienced significant changes in social, political and economic aspects over the past few decades. The use of languages in Hong Kong is no exception. These three languages play different roles and serve different functions over time. This paper is designed to give a broad overview on the language used in Hong Kong. It begins with a brief introduction of Hong Kong’s social, economic and political background, then goes on to investigate the changing status and roles of three languages in the government, business and mass media sector and discuss people’s attitudes towards the languages over time. The paper concludes with a summary of the change of language.