the National Center for Education Statistics reported that 9.2 percent or 4.4 million of public school students in the United States were English Language Learners‚ or ELLs. While the national average was almost 10 percent‚ the state of California had the highest enrollment‚ at nearly 23 percent (nces.gov). With so many students in US schools for whom English is not their first language‚ it was decided that these students should receive some sort of English language education to facilitate their learning
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Parts of Speech A part of speech (also a word class‚ a lexical class‚ or a lexical category) is a linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items)‚ which is generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question. Common linguistic categories include noun and verb‚ among others. There are open word classes‚ which constantly acquire new members‚ and closed word classes‚ which acquire new members infrequently if at all. Verb – is a word (part
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Why I learn English Learning English is necessary for my future career. Nowadays‚ practically every prestigious and well-plaid job‚ not only working as an English teacher‚ requires proficiency in this language. Those who know English‚ have a big advantage on the labour-market over those who don’t. But it certainly isn’t the only reason why I learn English. I have been interested in studying foreign languages since I went to school‚ and I always knew that my future profession would be
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idioms paly an important role in English language. They represent the national culture and they are the core in language. The fgurative meaning and unity of idiom make the language colourful and vivid. Keywords: Figurative idiom; English language; Unity With the continual development of human society‚ language is developing as a tool which of people using it to express thoughts and communicate with each other. In all the elements of language‚ the change of lexicology is fastest
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WHY DO WE STUDY ENGLISH It is necessary to study at least one foreign language today. That’s why pupils have got such subject as a foreign language at school. The problem of learning foreign languages is very important today. Foreign languages are socially demanded especially at the present time. We know that the progress in science and technology has led to an explosion of knowledge and has contributed to an overflow of information. The total knowledge of mankind is known to double every
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Inglés Como La Lengua Oficial: ¿necesidad o formalidad? English As The Official Language: necessity or formality? America is a nation that‚ from its founding‚ has had a distinguishing quality that no other country in the world shares. This quality has been the willingness to accept people of all different cultures as citizens of the country without forcing them to change who they are. How often have you seen the translations on the backs of shampoo bottles and instruction manuals and become annoyed
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Karczag 2012 Prologue As I mentioned before I wanted to get a comparison between the Hungarian primary schools and the secondary schools regarding how they teach the English language. I chose an ordinary city school to visit in Vac. First of all‚ inasmuch as I am much more interested in teaching grammar school – aged students than children in their early years I was curious about how do the elder students get along with the language learning. Secondly‚ in my future plans I put at a highlighted place
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Chapter 1 Standard English………………………………..……………...4 Chapter 1.1 General Characteristics of the English Language in different Parts of the English-Speaking World………………………………………..5 Chapter 1.2 Lexical Differences of Territorial Variants………………….5 Chapter 2 American English....................................................................6 Chapter 3 Canadian‚ Australian and Indian Variants................................8 Chapter 4 Variants and Dialects of the Armenian Languages…….…...8 4.1
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then later create our assessments. Content standards are directly linked to ELA/ELD standards‚ because without a foundation of the English Language the student cannot be successful. Gottlieb states in Chapter 2 that all students can reinforce academic language functions through standards-reinforced curriculum‚ instruction‚ and assessment. California English Language Development (ELD) standards are designed to reflect what ELs should know‚ set benchmarks at various periods in the year‚ provide foundations
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CeCe Williams English 1010 December 7‚ 2012 The N-Word: From Then to Now Since the times of slavery in America‚ the N-word continues to hold a powerful impact on the way people intentionally and mistakenly use it. Many do not understand the content of the word as it used in several literary works. The N-word creates a setting that conveys the message of how Caucasians have deliberately insulted African-Americans‚ mainly to show that there was no point of respecting them prior or even post-Civil
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