Knowing common language is essential for communicating effectively with others. A group of people living in one place or community often speak in one language to ensure that these individuals are able to understand each other. Some countries have become distinct from other countries due to the unique language that is commonly used by its inhabitants. Some nations’ states have declared a national language in their constitution and there are others that did not‚ especially those countries that have
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w w w e tr .X m eP e ap UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education .c rs om 0500/22 FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH Paper 2 Reading Passages (Extended) Additional Materials: * 6 1 2 9 3 6 9 5 7 9 * October/November 2011 2 hours Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and
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socioeconomic status‚ which in the business industry is crucial. Variations in language therefore cause many social attitudes to arise and be utilised to discriminate others just on the way we speak which is what is occurring in the business world at the moment. Firms tend to hire people who speak in the same expected manner since ‘it is all about hiring ‘people like us’’‚ which further outlines one of the functions of language to separate ‘us’ from ‘them’ COURSE RELEVANCE: #accents #social attitudes
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History of Thailand Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for coming. I’m very happy that you have come here today. Today‚ I would like to talk to you about the subject is “ History of Thailand ” Founded in the thirteenth century‚ the Kingdom of Thailand was known until 1939 as Siam referred to as Siamese‚ the people of Thailand are now called "Thai"‚ which itself mean ’Free’‚ Thailand being "The Land of The Free." If we trace the origins of the Thai we find their ancestors were a people
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My experience of learning to Read and Write in Thai as arterial language and English as lingua franca Atthaporn Youngyoo 55074327 Weekend Program Naresuan University MY EXPERIENCE OF LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE IN THAI AS ARTERIAL LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH AS LINGUA FRANCA True confession “15 pages for you to write about your experience of learning second language” I never thought it would end up like this. At first I thought “May be‚ Dr.Pongsakorn just kidding and may be
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Having my son is the greatest blessing I have ever received. Nothing could give me more joy I would feel when I became a mom. From the moment he placed in my armies‚ I knew that I put my feet in a new world. It was as if I am now in a secret world full of questions‚ wonders‚ and things that only other parents can understands. The world was not looked the same as it was before. Things that were once important seem meaningless‚ and hours of free time soon shrink in to seconds. I experienced new pleasures
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(Tablet PCs in school) 4 Overview of the research project 5 Research Questions 5 Research Method 5 Pilot Test Run 6 References List 8 Introduction This Research Project is to help me gain real appreciation for research through my experience. It is designed to let student to select an interested topic for a research project. The topic I am chosen is “Tablet PC becomes Common Uses in Our Present Life”. In now days compare tablet pc to ordinary computers‚ tablets by design are comparatively
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"...then try and transfer it across” this language is shaped and selected for the sport as “Transfer it across” wouldn’t normally be associated with a football. In addition football comes with its own lexicon‚ like other sports it includes its own unique terminology. For example Gray comments “you don’t usually take out a striker out of the penalty for a free-kick round...” The terminology used is here is “penalty” “striker” and “free-kick” the language is specifically selected for football therefore
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English as an Additional Language (EAL) refers to pupils who speak another language at home and that this other language is their most prominent language‚ in other words their mother tongue is not English. Children with EAL should not be confused with children who are bi-lingual or children who grew up or spent time in another country but still had English as a first language. The educational system in the United Kingdom has always had to cope with the difficulties and challenges that arise in the
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Sharon Goodman (1996) She states that we are living in a time of increased in-formalisation. Informal language used to be reserved for close personal relationships but this isn’t the simplicity anymore. Norman Fairclough agrees and calls it conversationalised language. David Crystal (2001) In his book on language and the internet Crystal refers to dialogic e-messaging which refers to immediate communication rather than traditional letters. This has changed
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