Analysis of "Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation" Speech

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The Day of Infamy On the seventh of December, 1941, the lives of many people drastically changed. In that particular afternoon, all American radio broadcasts were interrupted with important news. Pearl Harbor had been attacked by an unforeseen Japanese air raid. The results of the attack were devastating and, according to the National WWII Museum, "killed 2,403 U.S. personnel, including 68 civilians, and destroyed or ...

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Developing Education in Latin American Countries

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Increasing the quality of Education in Latin American Countries José Luis Llumiquinga Molina Abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyze the ways in which Latin American countries can improve their education. Latin American countries have always been classified as underdeveloped and poor, and one of the causes for which they have been classified as poor and underdeveloped is because of the low level ...

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Modeling CALL programs in EFL Flipped Classrooms

15 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Modeling CALL programs in EFL Flipped Classrooms to Enhance Achievement and Language Learning Attitude Abstract Computer software has been widely used for teaching English language in flipped classrooms. The present study supplied a practical example of integrating Computer-Assisted language Learning (CALL) programs in English courses to flip the teaching process. The kind of CALL integration addressed in this study has allowed much more flexibility in delivering ...

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Creativity and Innovation to Further Developing Countries

15 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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The keyword to be an successful country is develop two important abilities that will help you think in a different and intelligent way to develop your ideas and your beliefs. The purpose of this research is to develop the creativity and innovation in developing countries by increasing the systems education in three different ways. Furthermore, this paper discuss about the importance of develop creativity and ...

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Cognitive Approaches to Language and Grammar

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1. Introduction of This Section Cognitive grammar is a cognitive approach to language developed by Ronald Langacker, which considers the basic units of language to be symbols or conventional pairings of a semantic structure with a phonological label. Grammar consists of constraints on how these units can be combined to generate larger phrases which are also a pairing of semantics and phonology. The semantic aspects are ...

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Analysis of Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo (Dee) in Everyday Use

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Where Must One Fit Analysis of Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo (Dee) in "Everyday Use" What made the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 70s such a powerful force, and why did it start in the first place? Author Russell Rickford explains in "We Are an African People: Independent Education, Black Power, and the Radical Imagination," what Pan-Africanism means. The definition consists of "rethinking African-American identity ...

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"Manhunt" by Simon Armitage

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Creative writing task: "Manhunt" by Simon Armitage I was on my third tour of duty in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The aim was to liberate the area from the Taliban but it was harder than we expected. It wasn't like this fighting proper soldier, they would pop up anywhere and shoots at us plus the local people didn't trust us so they wouldn't help us at ...

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Introversion and Creativity

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Introversion- The Stairway to the Horizon of Creativity In the essay "The Rise of the New Groupthink" (Published on January 13, 2012), Susan Cain raises the awareness that the rise of group working is gradually replacing independent working even though it is very important in everyone's life. By which, lead us to a world where group brainstorming sessions are now the new trend and private ...

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Pride of the Anthropocentric World vs. the Theocentric World

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Verna Drieas Throughout The Iliad and the Tanakh, pride becomes an apparent theme, which frames characters and their worldview of humanity as a whole. Within the Tanakh, the Jews look down upon pride or admiring oneself, because they associate all their gain  to God. Yet, pride for the Greeks was about more than just one thinking highly of themselves, it was about being respected and ...

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Standard English Dialect Vs. Non Standard Dialect

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Standard English Dialect Vs. Non Standard Dialect for English Language Learners The United States is a culturally diverse nation. It is a country comprised of not only people of different ethnic backgrounds, but also with distinct dialects that are socially and ethnically related varieties of the same language. For example, there are those who speak English of upper-middle class New Yorkers and that of lower-class ...

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Boeing Capital Company Analysis

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Introduction The importance that is associated with air travel cannot be undermined in any manner since provides a fast means of traveling and ensuring that business is conducted in an efficient manner by availing people where they are needed to be within a very short time. Additionally, it creates diversity by taking people to different places where they can interact with individuals from various cultures ...

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Millennium Schools in Ecuador: Role to Improving Creativity

14 Aug 2017 01 Sep 2017

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Are Millennium Schools a Solution to Improve Creativity Education in Ecuador? Abstract In this research paper we will talk about the millennium schools in Ecuador and its role to improve creativity in the country's school. The goal is to show what the millennium schools are and explain why the government invests so much in these schools that they can not improve the creativity of education. ...

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Class on Genres in Literature

14 Aug 2017 01 Sep 2017

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CAMBRIDGE LESSON 6 Focus of the lesson: Writing in different genres and registers Write in different voices and viewpoints Improve style and accuracy This session will help you develop essential writing skills for the written section of your paper where you are expected to write creatively GENRE To be clear about the type of writing you are aiming for, you need to identify and ...

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Books vs Films: Comparison

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Nowadays, most of people in the United State of America either read a book or watch a movie at their free time, for entertainment purposes. Printed books and movies have some similarities and differences. Some people argue that books are better than movies and visa versa. However, this is a controversial issue that has been discussed a lot recently. In this article, I will compare ...

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Searle's Speech Acts - An Analysis

14 Aug 2017 01 Sep 2017

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Discuss Searle's Speech Acts (include Felicity Conditions and Performatives) Searle took a philosophy of language approach to speech acts in an attempt "to give philosophically illumination description of general features of language" He aimed to answer various question in his approach; What is the difference between saying something and meaning it? How does the hearer understand what is meant? (Searle,1969). The term "speech acts" is ...

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Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville: An Analysis

14 Aug 2017 01 Sep 2017

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"Bartleby the Scrivener" was written by Herman Melville in 1853. The book is about a scrivener named Bartleby, and he continuously answers people's questions with "I would prefer not to" (Melville 9). In this short story, Melville is asking his readers what makes people stand out from the crowd, and what makes us individual, independent, and unique? Independence and individuality definitely both have a big ...

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Case Study: An English Language Learner

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Introduction Second Language Acquisition (SLA) or L2 (language 2) acquisition refers to the process by which a person learns a second language, in addition to their first language (L1). Although it is referred to as SLA, it applies not only to the acquisition of a second language but a third and fourth also, covering any other language apart from the first (Stefánsson, 2013). The ...

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Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl: Analysis

14 Aug 2017 01 Sep 2017

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Lamb to the Slaughter is a wound, holding story of Mary Maloney, who kills her own particular spouse by hitting him with a solidified leg of lamb and after that concealing her wrongdoing and discarding the proof by encouraging the lamb to the policemen who come to examine the murder. This sharp story is created down to the littlest detail; each word and expression suggests ...

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Terror Management Account of Conspicuous Consumption

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Abstract The motivation behind this part is to clarify the mental underpinnings of the obvious utilization from the viewpoint of dread administration hypothesis. Our fundamental proposal is that prominent utilization is an immediate consequence of the extraordinary human consciousness of mortality and the quest for self-esteem and passing amazing quality that this mindfulness causes. In spite of the fact that it is anything but difficult ...

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Techniques to Develop Creativity

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Abstract. Creativity is the ability which has the human being to create something out of other ideas that are new and interesting but unfortunately in the actual education system not are implemented, so the present article explain about some things that have to change in the education system to increase the creativity in the students, the creativity can be learned, practiced, and developed by the ...

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Are Metropolis and 1984 Cautionary Tales?

14 Aug 2017 01 Sep 2017

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Both Metropolis and 1984 can be viewed as cautionary tales. The concerns communicated within the texts directly align with the concerns of their respective authors and their contexts. Discuss this statement. Texts are fundamentally expressions of the composer's contextual concerns, where differing perspectives upon similar issues provide insight into the values prevalent in the composer's time. Fritz Lang's expressionist film Metropolis (1927) and George Orwell's ...

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Frederick Douglass' "Escape from Slavery"

14 Aug 2017 01 Sep 2017

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Option #1: Writing Summaries: Frederick Douglass' "Escape from Slavery" September 3, 1838 Frederick Bailey started risky journey of his life. 20 years old slave made an escape from his master in Baltimore, and with new found freedom came a new name that was Frederick Douglass. During his journey to freedom Douglass was able to avoid slave capturers from Maryland a slave state at the time, ...

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Can Poor Students be Creative with Limited Resources?

11 Aug 2017 01 Sep 2017

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Can poor students be creative and successful on limited financial resources? Author: Ernesto Mateo Quizhpe M.   Abstract When you read this draft notice content about how the need influences for the development of creativity, even of intelligence. Do the students are capable of performing technology in a very creative way? Do you need to have the money or the support of materials? The reason ...

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History of the English Language Development

11 Aug 2017 01 Sep 2017

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What differs us humans from animals is the fact that humans have abilities to manipulate things that happen in daily life. Humans are able to think whether a certain action can cause good or harm to themselves or people around them. Another essential difference that distinguishes humans and animals is the language used in communication. It is language, other than anything else that differs humankinds ...

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Textual Comparison on Blog and Journal Summary

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In the following I will be reporting on two texts containing a similar research different in terms of presentation: one is a blog and the other is a journal summary. Of importance however, is not their text presentation mode but on how their respective writers made their lexicogrammatical choices. I chose to work with the following features: noun group composition and lexical density. Lexical density ...

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The Epic of Beowulf

11 Aug 2017 01 Sep 2017

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Fighting his enemies alone, when his sword fails he resorts to his fists. When his adversary had no armor, he strips himself of his own armor to even the odds. Some see this as arrogance or overconfidence, but his achievements do not lie. Beowulf is deserving of his title as an epic hero for saving Heorot from Grendel, slaying Grendel's mother the she-wolf, and when ...

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Can Language Learning Applications Help Improve English?

11 Aug 2017 01 Sep 2017

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CAN LANGUAGE-LEARNING APPLICATIONS HELP TO IMPROVE PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL? ABSTRACT In today's globalized world, knowing another language opens the door to a vast number of opportunities no matter nationality. This study focuses on language-learning applications since they are an innovative way to learn another language. The investigation needed for this study was done online using Google Scholar and the following sources: ...

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Non-standard English: Usage and attitudes

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Introduction Spoken language is a powerful method of communication that conveys more than intended referential information. Depending on the listener's attitude, a speaker's accent or dialect may imply a number of characteristics such as social class and professionalism. Examples of non-standard linguistic features are discussed under Task 1; followed by summaries of two studies under Task 2, which focus on attitudes towards West Indian Patois ...

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Advantages and Disadvantages of the Internet

23 Mar 2015 01 Sep 2017

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Keywords: advantages of internet, disadvantages of internet The Internet has revolutionised the human life as it has entered in every home, business, school, and Government office throughout the world today. Globalization owes much to the Internet; for it has reduces the distances because of its swift communication system. It is evident from the history of scientific inventions that the Internet is incomparable to other inventions of science ...

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Chronemics and Proxemics

23 Mar 2015 01 Sep 2017

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We are living in an era where communication is crucial. We are communicating in order to achieve something, to express our feelings or to sort out some problems; we communicate to get someone to do something, to behave in a certain way. We can do all these things saying nothing at all. Our body does all the talking. At this conclusion got Albert Mehrabian whose research material ...

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Speech Act Theory

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Keywords: speech act theory explained, speech act theory analysis Introduction Speech act theory is a technical term in linguistics and the philosophy of language. The contemporary use of the term goes back to J. L. Austin's doctrine of locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts. It is developed by the great philosopher J.L Austin in the 1930s and set forth in a series of lectures, which he gave at ...

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English Is a Funny Language Essay

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During the mid-400s the country that we now call England was part of the Roman Empire. It was a land full of temporary settlers and immigrants. Among those residing in England were a group of Germanic settlers, made up of Jutes, Angles and Saxons. These settlers immigrated to England from various parts of mainland North Western Europe and with them they brought a language that provided the ...

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Factors Affecting Reading Habits

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Keywords: reading habits factors, factors impacting reading Reading is a process of decoding, understanding and interoperating information from pictures, signs, codes and written letters Leedy, 1956; Smith and Robinson, 1980; Devarajan, 1989; and Irwin 1998. Reading has numerous benefits that improve a person's language acquisition, cultural enrichment, critical thinking and social skills. However, literature has shown that young adults in Malaysia seem to have poor reading habits. ...

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How to Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking

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Introduction Majority of people get performance anxiety when they need to make a speech in front of the audiences. According to Lake (2015), seventy-five percent of the population suffers from the fear of public speaking. Over time, people will try to avoid participating in any speeches as they feel nervous while speaking. In fact, there are few ways to overcome the fear of public ...

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Reverend John Hale in The Crucible

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Reverend Hale, The Mentor The Character, Reverend Hale, is introduced into The Crucible as a very faithful and respected man. Swiftly being pulled into the ever broadening chaos that ensued in Salem. As days passed Hale is transformed from the man who will extract the witches to the man who will try to save Proctor's life. Hale being both a mentor for the village and ...

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The Concept of a Wrong Language

14 Aug 2017

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Language and Society QXL-1113 Task 1 The figure tells me that there are a higher percentage of lower working class men using negative concord (75%) compared to women to that of lower working class women at 50%. In general, women of all classes use negative concord less compared to men of all classes. It appears that the isn't a percentage change of such ...

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Comparing Owen and Women Writers' Poems

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Owen was an English poet whose work was characterised by his anger at the cruelty and waste of war, which he experienced during service on the Western Front. Edited by Sassoon and published in 1920, Owen's single volume of poems contain some of the most poignant English poetry of World War One, including 'Dulce et Decorum Est' and 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'. One way Owen ...

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The Importance of Narrative Analysis in a "Fake News" World

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Heroes, Villains, and Strangers: The Importance of Narrative Analysis in a "Fake News" World In "When Narrative Matters More Than Fact," Ashley Lamb-Sinclair argues that "Facts [ ] mean very little to people caught up in storylines." When it comes to creating ideologies and perceptions about the world, narrative is more powerful than facts and figures. Human beings tend to believe ideas that arise out ...

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Gender Differences in Politeness

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Keywords: politeness and gender, gender and language politeness From my experience and observation in teaching English in a great number of mixed-gender classes, there is a big gap in the way men and women use a certain language. For example, when both male and female students are asked to discuss one particular topic, men interrupt women more often than women do. The differences lead me to the ...

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Chinese and Western Culture

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  I am going to start a series of discussions on cultural differences between Chinese and Western culture. Please keep in mind that I am not saying that "all Chinese are like this" or "all Westerners are like this"; I am talking only in generalities, referring to broad patterns. Obviously, there are many differences in specific individuals; and particularly as the rapid pace of development and change ...

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Difficulties Listeners Face Processing a Foreign Language

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Keywords: listening second language, second language listening theory INTRODUCTION Recently, listening has gained more and more attention in foreign language learning. In learning a foreign language, it is suggested that the most important step should begin with an effort to listen. (Rubin & Thompson, 1994) Listening provides input for learners to make learning occur and listening exercises draw learners' attention to new forms in language, such as ...

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Indonesian Ideology

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Keywords: indonesia ideology, country ideology IDEOLOGY OF INDONESIA CHAPTER 1 Ideology of Indonesia I. Introduction Ideology An ideology is a set of aims and ideas that directs one's goals, expectations, and actions. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things, as in common sense and several philosophical tendencies, or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class ...

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My First Driving Experience

23 Mar 2015 18 Jul 2017

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My First Driving Test Some people think that their lives are hard and full of disappointment; well I am one of those people. I am a hard worker, but no matter what I do, I still face problems. It is as if my life is an ocean of endless problems and disappointments; however one of the disappointments I have faced happens to be the most interesting part ...

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Should I Study Abroad?

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Keywords: studying abroad essay, study abroad advantages Every year thousands and thousands of people leave the comforts of their homes to learn English in countries such as the United States, Canada, England, and Australia. Why do they do it? Many feel that by studying a language in a country where it is spoken, they will be able to learn it more quickly. Others feel that studying abroad ...

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Communicative Functions of Sentences

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(Timothy. Shopen 2007) stated that, there are at least four senses in which one can talk about clause or sentence types in a language. One way is in terms of the distinction between declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences. A second sense of clause type is represented by the distinction between main clause and subordinate clause, and among different types of subordinate clauses. Issues related to this ...

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English Language and Cultural Homogenization

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Keywords: english language and culture, english language globalization Abstract In this paper, I will look at the subject matter of English language and the relative importance it stages in the sphere of globalization and cultural homogenization. The usage of English language has intensified the ongoing process of the modern communicative world amidst the impact of socio-cultural globalization. Its competency in the global scenario is highly sought in ...

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Personal Pronouns in Academic Writing

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Keywords: personal pronouns research Introduction This paper review on the works of previous studies regarding the usage of personal pronouns in research articles (RA). The review will look at the usage of personal pronouns in written corpora in different aspects; first looking at the use of personal pronouns as a whole in the world of academic writing and the differences in usage of personal pronouns among the ...

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Twelfth Night Essay

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Keywords: twelfth night conclusion, twelfth night themes The Different Types of Love Presented in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night True love is sincere based on actions and sacrificial services to make the other happy. It is always quiet and in disguise. It's based on inner qualities and driven by reason, principles of trust and commitment. True love is centered on pleasing the other and is more permanent; growing ...

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Components of Interpersonal Communication

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Keywords: component of interpersonal communication 1. Rationale Communication refers to the process of exchanging verbal as well as non verbal messages. It is a continuous process, whose pre-requisite is a message. The message must be conveyed via some medium to the recipient. It is also important that the message be understood by the recipient in the way the sender intended, within the time frame. Therefore communication is ...

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English as a Universal Language

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Keywords: universal language, importance of universal language Language is an important tool of understanding and communicating between any members of a community in all fields of life. For the process of communications and understanding to go smoothly, one must know and be aware of signs, symbols and meanings associated with each language, as well as the cultural side behind each symbol and sign. Learning a foreign language ...

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Effect of English Language in the World

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Keywords: impact of english language in our society, english marketing At the present time communication and traffic are growing, and globalisation has linked the world more closely together. The world becomes smaller and smaller every day; technology is constantly updated, business contacts and information sharing speed is also accelerating. This project investigates English as an international language and evaluates its effect on international business and marketing. This ...

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Teaching Conditional Sentences

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The Teaching of Conditional Sentences Part 1: Evaluation of the Textbook Treatment of Conditional Sentences I. Introduction: Definition of Conditional Sentences In grammar, conditional sentences refer to the discussion of factual implications or imaginary or hypothetical situations and their results. They express something that must happen or be true if another thing is to happen or be true (Hornby, 2000; Swan, 1996). Generally, conditional sentences consist of ...

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First Language Acquisition Theories

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Keywords: theory of first language acquisition Imagine a blank template, a white sheet of paper, thats how human being starts off. From a crying baby in a cradle, to babbling, to simple single words, slowly progressing into two-words, then finally a complete sentence, ever wonder how one acquires the ability to produce the language? Linguists throughout the ages have tried to find out how does one ACQUIRE ...

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Comparative Analysis Essay on Two Articles

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Keywords: comparative language analysis articles, article comparison Introduction Here the selected two articles are Article 1: "Basics about Employee Motivation" written by Carter McNamara, Article2: "Employee Motivation" by Dr. Robert E. Wubbolding. As the assignment is to do a comparative analysis between two articles on a related topic, the selection was done on topic of employee motivation which is an essential topic in effective business administration. In ...

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How to Give a Good Presentation

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Keywords: oral communication skills, oral presentation example INTRODUCTION Oral presentation is a short talk where you show your knowledge on a particular subject and deliver an address to an audience. It is also the process of speaking to a group a people. Oral presentation skills can be learnt by anyone and these skills can help you deeply if you wish to perform well in the future. Most ...

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How Vowel Sounds are Produced

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Speech sounds of English are 44 sounds. These sounds can be divided into two groups: Consonants (24) and vowels (20). The consonants are also divided into two categories: voiceless and voiced sounds. The voiceless are nine: k, p, t, f, h, s, ɵ, tʃ, and ʃ. The voiced are fifteen: b, d, g, w*, j*, n, m, Å‹, z, dÊ’, Ê’, °, l, r, and v. The ...

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Global Warming Annotated Bibliography

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Keywords: global warming literature review, global warming reading Our planet has been around for a very long time and has had several changes to its climate. Most of these changes have been caused by humans, and the effects have gotten worse and worse as the population on the planet has been increasing. This source is a scholarly source. It is a decent sized book that has many ...

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Impact of Texting on Language

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Keywords: texting language skills, texting negative impact The English language as you may know is evolving since the beginning, one read of Beowulf or The Canterbury Tales is enough to be reminded of how far removed we are from the language of our ancestors. Texting is the next step in evolution of English language so we should be cautious about it. There are two main arguments about ...

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Communication in a Global Village

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Keywords: global village research, enhancing communication Internet has changed this world into the Global village. Communication is the only way to survive. There are several ways and channels to communicate each other. Nowadays, we are communicating with each other through different mediums like text messages, voice and video calls etc. Chatting is one of them. Understanding the moods each other can be a strong tool for better ...

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Importance of Teaching Listening Skills

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Keywords: listening skills approaches Listening comprehension is an important language skill to develop. Language learners want to understand target language (L2) speakers and they want to be able to access the rich variety of aural and visual L2 texts available via network-based multimedia. Furthermore, listening comprehension is at the heart of L2 learning and the development of L2 listening skills has demonstrated a beneficial impact on the ...

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Factors that Influence Communication

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Keywords: communication influences, communication barriers There are many ways of communicating and the way we communicate is key factor of what we really are trying to put across. Factors that may influence our communication are; eye contact, body language (i.e. posture), tone of voice, gesture, and facial expression. Here are examples of how each of those would influence the way we communicate. Eye contact allows us to ...

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Syntactic Errors in Writing

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Keywords: syntactic errors, syntactic errors in english Introduction When the British colonised the then Malaya, English was used in the colonial administration. English was the national language in Malaya and it was used as medium of instruction in English schools. When Malaya gained independence in 1957, the role of English as the official language dropped and Bahasa Melayu replaced English as the national language and medium of ...

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Importance of Communication in Daily Life

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"To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others." - Anthony Robbins Communication Is Integral To Human Life Communication is deeply intertwined with the human existence. It is an integral part of it. One cannot think of human life without communication. Can you imagine what would ...

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Aspects of English Language

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The language is the collection of symbols and rules for combining the symbols, which can express and infinite variety of messages. In the definition, language separate to three criteria. First is language is symbolic which known as the use of symbols such in spoken or written words to express ideas to the world. The second is language is generative which define as the capability to produce many ...

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Importance f Pronunciation

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Keywords: pronunciation second language learning According to the Oxford Dictionary pronounce is defined as 'make the sound of (a word or part of a word) in the correct or a particular way'. 'The way in which a word is pronounced is known as pronunciation'. Pronunciation can be defined as a way in which a language is spoken, especially the way in which it is generally accepted or ...

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Critical Period for Language Acquisition Chomsky

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Keywords: chomsky critical period, critical period chomsky Chomsky claimed that there was a critical period for language learning which was first proposed by Eric Lenneberg. He claimed, as Cook Newson (1996:301) explain, that there is a critical period during which the human mind is able to learn language; before or after this period language cannot be acquired in a natural fashion. Although the rare cases of feral ...

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Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis

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The chapter is a theoretical examination of the discipline of contrastive analysis. Its main aim is to provide a literature review of contrastive analysis. In pursuit of this aim, the chapter first sheds the light on the history of the discipline of contrastive analysis by providing a definition and a sketch of its origin. Then, an account of the stages involved in the comparison and contrastive process ...

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Michael Jordan Vs Kobe Bryant

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Keywords: jordan and bryant, kobe analysis Compare and Contrast of Michael Jordan/Kobe Bryant Everyone always argues about who's the best NBA player between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. Both of these superstars are fascinating and exciting players to watch on the basketball court. Taking a closer look at the comparison of Jordan and Bryant requires more than just fans bias and common assumptions. Most longtime fans would ...

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History of Communicative Language Teaching

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Keywords: communicative language teaching history Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is a method of teaching second and foreign language. This method highlights 'interaction' as both the technique and objective for learning a language. In addition, it is known as the communicative approach to teaching foreign language or simply put, the communicative approach. CLT was said to have originated from Britian during the 1960s. I served as a replacement ...

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Creating a Personal Development Plan

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Personal development plan can be defined as the development of the skill of a person which is very much important for personal career and also professional career of that person. This plan also indicates to the advancement of the personality of individual person. It helps a person to make him capable and confident in his profession. The development of a person's characteristics and professional development is considered ...

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Listening Skills in Communication

23 Mar 2015 03 Jul 2017

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Keywords: listening skills benefit, listening and communication Communication is the key to personal, financial, and entrepreneurial success. Seminars constantly tout the importance and crucial role of effective communication, especially in order to succeed at business. However, one aspect of communication skills that is often overlooked is the effective use of non-verbal communication. Non-verbal communication can be summed up as all the other parts of language that give ...

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Language Learning Autobiography Example

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Keywords: language biography essay Write a detailed account of your experience of learning English so far. Start by saying what your native language is and what other languages you know. State the order in which you learned these languages and how well you know each of them. Describe when and where you started learning English, express your feelings about learning English at each stage and provide details ...

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Causes and Effects of Sea Pollution

23 Mar 2015 03 Jul 2017

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Keywords: sea pollution essay, effect of sea pollution Nowadays, the sea pollution becomes a serious problem for the whole world. When technology in this world grows to be more advance, the sea pollution will become more serious. “Pollution is the introduction of pollutants into the environment to such a point that its effects become harmful to human health, other living organisms, or the environment.”(Pollution 2007) Sea pollution ...

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Teenage Sleep Deprivation Impact

23 Mar 2015 30 Jun 2017

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Keywords: adolescent sleep deprivation, sleep deprivation effects Don't you just hate it when you're in the middle of teaching your class to look over and see about half of your students' heads down, drooling away during precious learning time? As a student I've wondered what goes on in students' minds that barely receive sleep. Sleep deprivation is a common problem for teenage students ranging from the ages ...

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Is Language Innate or Learned?

23 Mar 2015 30 Jun 2017

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Keywords: skinner language theory, chomsky language theory How do we learn language? Is it an innate ability or do we have to learn language? Can we find an absolute definition for language? These questions has been asked and investigated by many psychologists, but to date I have not been able to find any concrete evidence put forward to support any of the findings. Using the language acquisition ...

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Dulce Et Decorum Est Commentary

23 Mar 2015 29 Jun 2017

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Keywords: dulce et decorum est wilfred owen wilfred owen analysis Dulce et decorum est is a famous anti-war poet written by Wilfred Owen in 1917, during the WWI. It portrays war as a brutal and dehumanizing experience by utilizing a number of horrific, gruesome imageries effectively. This poem is based on a quotation from a Latin poem, "Dulce et decorum est - pro patria mori", which means ...

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Pre Listening Stage English Listening Teaching

23 Mar 2015 28 Jun 2017

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Keywords: pre listening activities, pre listening introduction Language can be recognized as a media of communication, rather than the simple complex of sound, vocabulary and grammar. English language teaching (ELT), therefore, has long been conducted through reading, listening as receptive skills and speaking, writing as productive skills in communication. Among all the factors, listening is an essential section of language competence and it indicates the comprehending of ...

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Different Translation Theories

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Keywords: literary translation theory, translation english types Translation is to render the meaning of a text into another language in the way that the author intended the text. The translation cannot simply reproduce, or be, the original. The first business of the translator is to translate. There is a body of knowledge about translation which, if applied to solving translation problems, can contribute to a translator's training. ...

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Motivation n Second Language Learning

23 Mar 2015 27 Jun 2017

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Keywords: resultative motivation, motivation in l learning It is natural that students achieve differently in the same class, learning from the same teacher. How students learn and why they achieve differently has been a field of interest among many scholars, especially in the field of second language (L2) learning. Many studies have been conducted about the different factors that affect learner variables, both cognitively and affectively. On ...

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Katharina Reiss Text Typology

23 Mar 2015 27 Jun 2017

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Keywords: reiss translation theory, reiss text typology Reiss' translation-oriented text-typology provides a systematic approach to translation. More interestingly, it approaches translation at the text level. This essay will examine Reiss' typology with focus on "Parting the Waters", published in National Geographic, a monthly magazine that borders on science, geography, history and culture. REISS' TEXT-TYPOLOGY Reiss sees translation as an act of communication whereby the translator acts as ...

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Advantages of Time Management

23 Mar 2015 27 Jun 2017

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Keywords: developing time management, time management skills What you accomplish during a 24-hour period depends on your own motivation, your energy, your skills and abilities, and other resources. Since there are always demands on your time, it may be helpful to think about what you will do with your time and to consider some strategies for more effective time management. Time management is not a way to ...

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Problems n Listening for TESL Students

23 Mar 2015 27 Jun 2017

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Keywords: listening tesl, tesl listening skills Listening comprehension test is a part of the examination for the course English Proficiency for Teachers which every TESL students need to be enrolled in as well as to get a credit in as to be TESL graduate students. TESL students who are the English teachers to be in future need to have good listening skills in English in order to ...

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Gender Differences in Advertising Language

23 Mar 2015 14 Jun 2017

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Keywords: advertising language and gender, gender in advertising In this modern life, advertisements appear widely not only in shops and stores, in leaflets and brochures, on newspapers and magazines but also on high-tech media like radios, televisions and the Internet. They appear in different forms: texts, images, audio files or an integrated form of all: video/animated files. However different they are, they are designed with only one ...

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Learning To Love Yourself

23 Mar 2015 13 Jun 2017

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Keywords: love yourself essay, loving yourself essay Loving yourself is a solution to many problems. But how to do that? Worry not! Do you know the secret to success, satisfaction and a happy life? Self-love is the secret to all this! It is the best gift you can give yourself. People who love themselves life a satisfied and happy life. Have you heard people say you can't ...

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Needs Analysis in Syllabus Design

23 Mar 2015 13 Jun 2017

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Keywords: tesol syllabus design, needs analysis tesol, syllabus design tesol Thank you for choosing our Language centre as one of your prospective providers. In this envelop you will find what you have requested from us. An essay with the explanation of 'Needs Analysis' and 'Syllabus design in TESOL', and a description and rationale of the syllabus items for the two weeks course. We hope that you will ...

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Food Additives and Unhealthiness

23 Mar 2015 13 Jun 2017

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Keywords: food additives risk, food additives danger, avoiding food additives What is a food additive? As stated by the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21-Food and Drugs, Food additives includes all substances not exempted by section 201(s) of the act, the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly, either in their becoming a component of food or otherwise ...

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Approaches to Teaching Listening Skills

23 Mar 2015 12 Jun 2017

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Among the other four skills, listening is the one that has been most forgotten and neglected in second language classrooms. So teachers don't pay much attention to this skill and teach it carelessly. In the field of language teaching and learning proficiency has tended to be viewed as the ability of speaking and writing in language in question. Listening and reading skills are in the second position. ...

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How to Have Effective Communitcation

23 Mar 2015 12 Jun 2017

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Keywords: written communication skills, effective communication skills Let's throw some light upon what Communication is all about: According to Allen, - "Communication is the sum of all the things, one person does when he wants to create understanding in the mind of others. It is the bridge of meaning. It involves a systematic and continuous process of telling, listening and understanding." IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION: Effective communication ...

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The Benefits of Studying Abroad

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Keywords: studying abroad essay, study abroad experience, study abroad reflection Knowledge can be gained in many ways. One of the ways is to study abroad. Studying abroad gives students an experience of a life time for students to gain such invaluable experience. It is an excellent opportunity to come into close contact with a distinct culture in their day-to-day life and return home with plenty of cherished ...

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William Carlos Williams Poetry Analysis

23 Mar 2015 08 Jun 2017

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Keywords: jamcloset definition, jamcloses, jamcloset analysis William Carlos Williams was a grasping poet of the 20th century. Most of Williams' work is centered on his personal life and the things that happened in it. Williams was born on September 17, 1883. He wrote his poetry from his late teens until his death on March 4, 1963 at the age of 79. Williams has a substantial number of ...

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Advantages of Learning English

23 Mar 2015 08 Jun 2017

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Keywords: functional english skills In present, English has become an international language and the most spoken language in the world, with Chinese and French coming in a close second and third, which is use by dominant people in the world and use to make a bridge between people from other country who want to communicate each others. Moreover, english is already accepted as a foreign language. "There ...

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Types Of Tree Diagrams

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Total quality management is the philosophy of management for continuous improvement in term of quality in the process and the products. To implement the total quality management, it have several tool that can be used by the person who want to implement the total quality management. One of the tool is tree diagram. The definition of tree diagram is the graphical or diagram tool that systematically break ...

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Writing a Business Letter

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Keywords: english business letter, business letter correspondence Abstract: Stylistics is a systematic and marginal subject which studies the characters of literature, innate character and its discipline. English business letter is a specific type of writing ,and it is a comprehensive subject that combines English writing and international business practice, the main function of it is transmit information. This article is going to apply the theories of stylistic ...

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Lexical and Structural Ambiguity Examples

23 Mar 2015 07 Jun 2017

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Language is the most important thing in our life. People communicate with others by using language. Without language we cannot communicate with other people properly. Even deaf or dump people can communicate with others by using their special language or sign language. People talk, share their thought, feeling and emotion through language either spoken or written. In the world, there are many different languages in different countries. ...

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History Of The Compound Interest

23 Mar 2015 07 Jun 2017

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Keywords: compound interest history, compound interest formula The history of compound interest goes back thousands of years, at least to Babylon, the traditional for Israel. What compounding means is the adding of accumulated interest back to the principal so that interest is earned on interest from that moment on (Wickipedia; the peoples dictionary). This is far different than simple interest, which means that the principle remains separate ...

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Cottage and Small Scale Industries Analysis

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Keywords: small scale industry analysis, cottage industry analysis, cottage industry pestel PESTLE ANALYSIS OF COTTAGE AND SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES PREFACE AS MBA Degree requires equal attention practical as well as theoretical aspect of the business, various problems are to be dealt with in these courses, that is why research programs are there to give deep as well as through knowledge of the subjects. I have attempted to ...

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Top Down Listening Activities

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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Keywords: top down listening, teaching listening skills Listening skill is a part of learning English language you must practice for improving your listening over time. The teaching listening skill is the most difficult. because the students are acquired every time and lots of practice. It is not learning in my class. What is the best Strategies for learning Listening skills. There are many activities of listening for ...

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Gender Differences In Politeness

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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Keywords: manners gender differences, gender differences communication, politeness gender differences Nowadays the difference between men's and women's use of language is one of the most important research subjects among sociolinguistic scholars as a result of its importance in communication. Understanding the different communication patterns which women and men typically use assists interlocutors to reach to better understanding and finally to achieve effective communication. Numerous studies have been ...

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Consequences Of Cheating In Exams

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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Keywords: effects of cheating in exams, cheating in exams essay, consequences of cheating In todays age when you look at the word Cheating, you may find many different definitions or meanings. Whether you cheat at work; known as fraud, cheat at home; known as dishonesty, or at school, this act of conduct can lead to many consequences made by ones choice. Cheating is defined in the dictionary ...

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Developing Speaking Skills in School

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: speaking skills essay, developing speaking skills The ability to speak a language is synonymous with knowing that language because speaking is the most basic ways of human communication. Bailey and Savage (1994) said that speaking in second language has often been viewed as that most demanding of the four skills. Speaking skill is the second skill: (1) listening (2) speaking (3) reading (4) writing. Speaking conveys ...

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