Gem” by Alice Pung. She is good author. This book she talk about her life that why was her family move from Chinese Cambodia to Australia, what happened in her life, what are they doing in this new country. Through Alice, I can understand something, it not easy for us to know in future. However I know that she always change in her life over time like Alice is more Australia than Chinese Cambodian. Alice improves her English in high school, she start to lose her ability to communicate with her mother
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1. Why do linguists study languages, and what is lost when a language dies? Figure out possible ways the human mind can make sense of the world around it. Some unique way of seeing the world could be lost. 2. What areas do Gregory and David choose when they are looking for languages to research? Areas most in need and areas with history of colonization. India, Bolivia, and Siberia are some examples. 3. Who typically stops speaking the indigenous language, and why do you think
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assignments and review them over and over again so they would be the best of my ability. Back then I never really understood why they would make me do all of this, but now that I am a bit older and understand how important these traits are, I understand why they did this. I’ll never forget my English teacher my junior year of high school, Mr. Stanizzi. He was the most inspirational teacher I have ever had in my life. He genuinely loved his job and made English class fun, and fascinating. By this time
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CHAPTER I CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK 1.1 The problem and its importance Education is the means of learning and for which the society can develop and sustain the people that live in it. In schools and high schools, students must read for any subject, so the reading must be a skill with which they can study properly. However, lately, the students are having reading problems what affects them in the grades and scores. The root of the problem is that the students do not like to read or because they do not
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settling their colonies in the thirteen colonies. In 1670, the English started involving in fur trade in Upper Canada and established the Hudson’s Bay Company but in 1682, the French attacked the Hudson’s Bay Company and took control of it until 1714. In the Treaty of Utrecht, the British took over of Acadia and Acadians were asked to take oath of allegiance to English king but they refused to sign the unconditional oath of allegiance to the English king. By 1755, the British decided
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It makes man who he is and what he will become. Chomsky in Banjo (1971) summed up the attributes of language thus: 'When we study-human language, we are approaching what some may call 'the human essence1 the distinctive qualities of mind that are so far as we know, unique to man" Any impairment of language in an individual renders him an idiot and for a people, the death of their language causes them to cease from existing. Adeiyongo in Orkar (2006:1)
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descendants come from. It is extremely important to know where I come from and who my people are, as one day I will marry and settle down with my own family. I would like very much to be able to tell them about our families’ history and from where they come from. Most important is not letting my families’ history die with my elders. The only way I know of doing this is to research, talk, and spend more time with them and let them tell me everything they know so that I can research further and find
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A twenty-first century kid would have trouble understand this phrase because it is one that is no longer used. It also originated from Ireland and back when this was a prevalent phrase we were still a considerably new and cutoff country from the English
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must be able to develop skills to become more open in all four modes. Using the learning styles enables you to also explore career paths one may wish to take. Again, one does not have to match a certain learning style to a career path because it is important to have a range of diverse learning styles when entering a workplace. One must learn to adapt to different styles since it benefits not only your education, but improves your skills with other people. As a result of reading this article, I intend
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instead of Political as his underlying reasoning for the general collapse and degradation of modern English writing? I believe he could have based on four reasons. First, here are simpler reasons than those perceived by Orwell as responsible for the ugliness as he describes in “Politics and the English Language.” (1-2) Secondly, there is other, more pedestrian reasoning than the four mentioned in Orwell’s “Why I Write,” (2-3) which are: sheer egoism, aesthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and Political
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