Essays on Language Learning Page 18

RevolutionAs a prolific historian and scholar of 17th century England, Christopher Hill has taken a unique historical perspective on the Civil War and its manifestations. He perceives the revolution as being a bourgeois insurrection . He also believes that this is the reason for the shaping of England since that time. In 1913 R. G…

The Great Debaters is an extraordinary movie that was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. The movie fixates on four African American students on the debate team in Wiley College. Throughout the movie we encounter the students debate different colleges, and at the same time we see their individual lives, and how it affected their…

Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (lah vwah ZYAY) was a renowned French scientist and influential government official. He gained recognition as the father of modern chemistry due to his theories on combustion, innovation in element classification, and authorship of the first modern chemistry textbook. Lavoisier made significant contributions to the field of chemistry and is famously quoted for…

Significance See also: English-speaking world and Anglosphere Modern English, sometimes described as the first global lingua franca,[19][20] is the dominant language or in some instances even the required international language of communications, science, information technology, business, seafaring,[21] aviation,[22] entertainment, radio and diplomacy.[23] Its spread beyond the British Isles began with the growth of the British…

Florence Kelley, a social worker and reformer, delivers a successful speech on the importance of child labor laws at the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention in Philadelphia on July 22, 1905. As a fellow suffragette, Kelley employs rhetorical strategies like appealing to guilt, using rhetorical questions, and utilizing imagery to emphasize the urgency of…

The positives and negatives of Fame encompass drugs, alcohol, money, family, supporters, and an incredible journey. Asturias portrays these advantages and disadvantages as a group of teenagers experiences various stages in their pursuit of fame. Similar themes are also present in my TOYOCS of “Billionaire” by Travie Mccoy and “Almost Famous” by Cameron Crowe. The…

The study of individual differences in second language acquisition has achieved considerable efforts over the last years. Those researches had focused on four areas of individual differences: learning style, motivation, anxiety and learning strategies. Nevertheless, the aptitude factor had less attention. Second language aptitude was the subject of no much research during the 1950s and…

Political euphemism is a tool for political leaders to control information transmission. Based on some examples, this paper begins with a summary of three features which distinguish political euphemism from others. Then, it discusses its two social functions based on Austin’s Speech Act Theory: 1. as political leaders’ tool, political euphemism plays the role of…

How far was German militarism the most important cause of war in 1914? Explain your answer. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June 1914 is seen as the spark which triggered the First World War. However, the fuse was clearly laid prior to this event and there are many complex causes that…

Literature and Film: Utilizing the Male Gaze in Analyzing Anthony Minghella’s “The English Patient” As author Barbara Tepa Lupack (1999, 1) contends, Hollywood has historically turned to literature for its story ideas. And women’s fiction has not disappointed, providing some of the most interesting, as well as some of the best, sources for Hollywood fare. Fiction…