non-English usage

“Wicce” simply refers to “a male or female seer or person who can find out information by using majick.” (1) In addition, both “Wyeh” in Saxon and “Wicce” in Old English means “to bend, turn or shape.”(1) And finally, the Germanic root “wit” means

The first study was in Radiotown where respondents who were in their mid forties to late fifties demonstrate media access usage patterns in their daily lives. This is how the researcher receives qualitative data. All respondents were enrolled in first, sixth, or tenth grade in Quesnel schools from the 1950s-1970s. The percentage of male participants was 80%. The second

“phonics” in reference to “black sounds.” Dr. Robert Williams, as well as numerous African-American social scientists had previously discussed the psychological development of black children and ultimately were largely displeased with the term Black English and began to ponder on the alternatives, in which he subsequently found significance with the term Ebonics. He states that Ebonics must “define what people speak and to give clear definition to the language.” With the knowledge that ebony meant black

help teachers accomplish the task of content evaluation during final exams. English learners are the first to acknowledge that they face a lot of challenges and many of them are due to the inability of language teachers to comprehend their cultural and unique difficulties that arise from the very different approaches in teaching that western educators employ. Article One: Do decision rules matter? A descriptive study of English language proficiency assessment

really mean, 'You wouldn't think I had an accent if you knew who I was and knew where I'd been.'”, it means the speaker wants to claim he or she is not alien so that people can easily get along well with. For the question about is there a type of English that we seem to recognize as “accentless”, the answer is no. According to the paragraph 2, the author firstly claims “everyone has an accent” arguing the accent is depending on the background and local issues which implies different people surely

American educational systems. There are differences in approach between the two systems that create a discrepancy in the effectiveness of the education. The American system bases the need for dual language learning on need of students to learn English and the advantages of a second language for well-off students and usually ends by late elementary school. European schools base their entire school system on dual language for all students from primary through secondary school. With the stated goal

the findings of the Australian Communications & Media Authority report (ACMA, 2015) show that the groups which are consistently identified as being on the information poor side of the digital divide include: new migrants and refugees; people from non-English speaking backgrounds; older Australians, particularly women; people of low socio-economic status; people in regional, rural and remote areas; Indigenous communities; and people with disabilities. In addition, Atkinson (2004) speculates on the idea

question In society today, the descriptivist approach to language is more widely used and accepted while the prescriptivism view is in decline. Outline / main points of your argument 1 Descriptive and prescriptive language defined 2 Relevance and usage of grammar previously learnt 3 Evolving language styles and examples Body paragraph 1 Topic sentence Descriptivists and prescriptivists have differing views of how language should be spoken. Supporting points (include paraphrases and/or quotes with

In today’s society, the most precarious problem a student can encounter is losing his or her cell phone. With that in mind, students may not have their priorities straight if they deem updating a twitter status and chatting with friends more important than their grades. Simply looking around a high school classroom, over half of the students will probably be sleeping, on their phones, doodling, or just not paying any attention. While statistically it may appear that test scores are improving, the

The grammar debate has been around for decades. In the article of ‘Enhancing Competency in English’, Shah has explained about the advantages and disadvantages of both covert approach and overt approach in a very precise and thorough way. On the other hand, Wilson, in ‘Testing the Covert Method of Grammar Teaching’, advocated the usage of covert approach in teaching grammar by conducting a survey on learners’ interest. In ‘To Grammar or Not to Grammar’, Weaver, McNally and Moerman have discussed