The English Language

Throughout my educational years, I had only done writings that involves in small research papers, MLA style essays, and summary essays. However, English 101 has given me a new way to look at my writing skills. Most of the writings I have been doing so far in this course were interpretative essays where we interpreted and reflected on other’s writing and then reflecting back to ours own writing. This class also has given me the opportunity to work with my classmates and a chance to discuss about the writing strategy they made in their papers versus the strategy I made in my papers. In addition, I find the in-class activity to be very useful because it allows me to see other’s perspectives and feedbacks. The in-class activities were class discussions, group works, and conference with the instructor. At the end of the semester, the class objective was to pick out two best interpretative essays that we have been working on with a final reflective essay to include in our final portfolio. So for the rest of this essay, I would like to talk about my two best interpretive essays that I have decided to include in my final portfolio: “Death of a Funeral Business”, and “No Time to think” and “Time Ain’t Money”.

Why do you wish to become staff on the Zonix Network I feel that I would fit in the staff team with my skills and with what I can do. I am very good at SSing and very good at being just overall moderator, So I am very confident that I would fit in the staff team very well.

Explains the lesson, gives examples, vocabulary, great interaction with students, one on one help, they all participate to answer the book pages, motivates students to speak English, corrects students as they speak, clear and sure of the topic, enjoys class.

The United States has many different dialects that are spoken in different areas of the country. The meaning of certain words in the Eastern side of the country have different meanings on the Southerner side of the country. The results of different dialects from different side of the country are all very unique. This reflects how people in communities within different regions have develop their own unique dialect and in many cases have travel far to other regions of the country. Dialect defines where an individual is from and reflects where they were raised as a young person.

According to Wolfram and Estes, linguistics and social factors influence the variety of dialects. Usually dialects developed when people isolate themselves physically and socially (Wolfram & Estes, 1998, p. 25). Apparently, the dialects in the northeast area of United States were established by immigrants that came in form British Isles and settle in that area. Along with the dialect the immigrants brought their customs and culture to the region. The miscommunication and separation among people contributes to dialect divergence (Wolfram & Estes, 1998, p. 28). Having contact with people that speak other languages and communication networks influences the development of new dialects. Sometimes people want to belong to a specific group

The program is for Spanish-speaking immigrants that helps them learn english a lot faster. The program is fast and easy and can be done anywhere youd like.It can be done while your at the grocery store, while cooking and even whne your doing chores.The program goes at your own paste, All you have to do is call the number to start your recorded lessons. After each lesson questions are asked and you respond to them through a text message. Many immigrant people who dont know englsih are trying out this new program. They also find this program very conviienint for their busy day scheduls.

What is the context in which you are providing instruction to the featured student? I’m a teacher at JD Middle School and my teaching area includes grades 6, 7, & 8 located in a low economic impoverished area in the city. My classroom is comprised of five girls and fourteen boys from several different ethnic backgrounds which include 5 African Americans, 8 Hispanics, and 4 Caucasian. Standard 3 The students in this class age range from 11 to 14 years old. My classroom is a specific learning disability classroom (SLD); most of the students have difficulty with processing long term and short term memory. Some students can retain information for a short time but when it comes to processing long term memory the students have a hard time remembering

There are hundreds of dialects in America and they are continuing to grow, in regions such as the north, the south, and the west. Dialects in these regions have been around for years and are relentlessly flourishing. For example, many residents in Ohio speak the Appalachia dialect. (Do You Speak American? Down south, 2005). In this region the Appalachian dialect is becoming a trend and is spreading rapidly. (Do You Speak American? Down south, 2005). In other regions like the west, there are dialects that have had a major influence. For example, Spanglish is a combination of both Spanish and English. (Do You Speak American? Out west, 2005). Due to the growing population of the Latinos in America, they intertwine their native language,

A lot of my dialect ranges from South East, all the way over to Southern California. This is because dialect travels, as people and trends move. With the internet and social media becoming increasingly popular,

There are hundreds of regional dialects within the same language. These dialects reflect the everyday experience of people living in different parts of the country and shape their cultural identity. Someone from Pittsburgh sounds very different than someone from Texas, and if they speak to each other, they will have a good guess as to where the other is from. The type of English spoken in the United States is commonly known as American English (Delaney). Various dialects are the result of historical, geographical, and social factors. There is a considerable range of language diversity within each of the different dialectal speech communities, with individual

In recent times, there are many youths with only a shallow understanding of the nuances of the English language. Words like “cuz” and “gonna” are making appearances in college-level papers in place of real words, and students seem to believe “there” “their” and “they’re” can be used interchangeably. Many people are attributing this decline in grammar skills to recent developments in technology, such as Twitter and texting, as well as a lack of traditional grammar courses. This decline, however, does not indicate that these students have not taken a grammar course before, or that technology is to blame. While it is true that the quality of grammar use has declined over time, there is no evidence linking this to technology, and it has been shown that grammar lessons separate from writing lessons are not beneficial in learning English, and correct grammar usage should be taught alongside writing, not separate from it.

Everyone has a different interpretation of the word, “invention”. However the word is simply defined as; a new device, method of process developed from study and experimentation. An invention is just a mental fabrication; it’s a falsehood (Dictionary.com 2013).1 Although in the essays, “Why I write” by Joan Didion, “Life in a new Language” by Eva Hoffman, and “Basmati Rice: An Essay about Words” by Audrey Thomas, each author has their own view on the English language, how they each began inventing their own writing styles, and also their reasons for why they chose to become writers. These are the three things that make their definitions of invention very particular and their own.

One may ask “Why do we have to attend English classes when we can already speak and write?” Well, the reason is to master the skills of writing a good argument, which we expect to learn in English classes. In our lives, everything we do comes with reasons, so that we can justify our actions. This applies to different genres of literature as well; in the ghost stories genre, authors attempt to scare, teach moral lessons or entertain through their writings. Even each ghost story has its own significant purpose. In the ghost story, “The Open Window”, Saki deliberately replaces ghosts with a human character who manipulates truths in order to prove the ultimate danger of the unpredictability of human behavior.

My whole life I lived in Louisville, Kentucky. So, I never thought about how other people talk. The way we talk here in Louisville is normal to me. The dialect test gave me a new look on things. Do you ever see those little bugs that light up at night ? What do you call those bugs? I call them lightning bugs, but in other states no one would even know what that

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