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    While language deficiency makes some significant points that only specific codes are used by different economical groups, language difference theory raises the point of language variation and the problem is with the way that schools are interacting and valuing the differences among students. It must be noted language difference focus on the difference in a set of language skills held by students of different cultural backgrounds, not a deficient set of language skills as Bernstein had described.

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    The above statement explains that to understand language, one must learn to view language objectively, without any meaning or context added to the language. This would present the reader or audience with nothing but pure language and with no other meaning or slang that would cause some language to mean something else in a different context. For example, if you were to view language as an object without any social context, then the word ‘book’ is simply a book, a collection of pages that tell a story

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    from and which country you are in right now, it is not easy when you are trying to communicate with foreigners in your non-native language. It really isn’t. Although I can speak and write in English pretty well now, I’ve been through so many situations where I did not understand English words at all and I’ve made so many mistakes due to the cultural and language differences. The first time you are exposed to a different culture is the worst. If you have not experienced this before, let me tell you

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    The English language has been influenced eminently by numerous worldwide associations. A few of the groups affiliated with these associations were the Saxons, Angles, Jutes, and the Celts. Due to the groups' influences, changes began to emerge within internal, external, and typological ways of communication. These alterations technically led to the public acknowledgment of dialects. Dialects are regional interpretations of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciations from other regional varieties that

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    speak a different type of English or “Pidgin English” like they defined it. The words and the way they form their sentences is somewhat strange from the standard American English. Since I am around more standard American speakers, I can notice the differences in the way they speak. c. The parent/child relationship is affected by dialectal variation due to age and sometimes regional variation. Each generation has its own sayings they grew up with. Rarely does the sayings stay the same from generation

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    The issue of language difference may play a role in understanding between the child and the teachers, and other children. The issue extends beyond the spoken language to include approaches in a school setting. Perhaps the aggressive behavior, as well as withdrawal from group participation, is a result of inadequacies in the ability to understand between the native and non-native child. Alex has a completely different cultural background from that of other children. The methods of command and even

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    Summary The main aim of this report is to highlight differences between two languages based on the program developed for both the languages. A reader-writer program was created in two languages, i.e. JAVA and PYTHON. The program creates 4 threads each of which performs 5 read/write operations to the shared location. These threads simulate a coin flip. If the coin flip results in Heads (H) - Reading from the shared location is performed and if the coin flip results in Tails (T) – Writing to the shared

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    1. Explain the difference between contextualized and decontextualized language? Provide specific examples of both. Contextualized language is used when talking about things that are in the here and now by infants and toddlers as well children in their preschool years. Contextualized language depends on situational cues, background knowledge of both parties, gestures, and intonation. • An example of a child using contextualized language is a child telling a parent “Daddy, give me that” while

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    think a lot of people often think about do animals know humans’ language? I want to discuss about Do animals have ability to learn language and what is the difference between human language and animal language. Animal might not be able to speak a real language, but they can use certain way to communicate with each other. Language communication can be divided into two forms, which is verbal and nonverbal. Most of animals use body languages to communicate. There are many ways to communicate in nonverbal

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    Since, the second language is an additional language after we acquire the first language, the L2 learning process can be influenced by the L1 learning process This essay will demonstrate the similarities and differences in L1 and L2 acquisition by discussing various theories. Then, draw a conclusion based on the evidence provided and my own experience. First Language Acquisition 'First Language Acquisition' or also known as the 'Child Language Acquisition' is a process whereby children from infancy

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