Essays on Language Learning Page 9

Each of us imprints our own mark into the world, and no one is quite like us. In the poem, “Thumbprint” by Eve Merriam, she discusses the theme of how each of us is unique, and that no one will ever be exactly like us. She uses alliteration and metaphors to demonstrate her theme. I…

About 250 million years ago, Pang?a the supercontinent was split up and eventually settled on the current continental configuration. As civilization flourished, the inhabitants developed their own language and culture on each continent. However, trading and getting along with the neighboring communities forced many groups to learn more than their mother tongue. This pragmatic use…

Abstract             Pennycook (1994) views the international spreading of English as neutral, natural, and beneficial. The EIL discourse is connected with numerous cultural issues. The implementation of the EIL model in Asian countries reveals the major controversies and benefits of positioning the English language as natural and neutral. The EIL discourse as natural, neutral, and…

This notion may be strengthened by the present use of must have rather than the past. Form: Students may incorrectly replace the past participle with the base form of the verb (she must have go out). Must have becomes contracted in spoken form, becoming / mast VA /. If the As don’t recognize this contraction,…

Jennifer Price’s critical essay, “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History,” discusses the irony and negative attitude towards the popularity of the iconic plastic flamingo in 1950s American culture. Price showcases this irony by highlighting how Americans destroy the lives of the flamingo and replace it with a loud, lifeless souvenir from Florida. She achieves…

David Eggers, in Zeitoun, shows a story of a Muslim American family living through many challenges. After 9/11 Muslim families, like the Zeitouns, face many problems living in America. Eggers wants to inform other Americans on the situation of Muslim living in the United States, present day. People who are uneducated about the Muslim religion…

  Objective·         To plan and write a short essay under pressure (a specific time period)·         To practice writing in parallel sentence structures FocusPlanning and Composing in a Timed Situation Procedure: Step 1:              Attached please find a copy of the Spring 2007 English 104 final examination.  Follow the directions carefully.   You will spend 90 minutes on this assignment.  Step 2.            …

The names are common language phenomenon, not only because it is a kind of identification code between people to distinguish each other, but also because it is a national historical and cultural information carrier. It conveys a language of a nation, as well as history, geography, religion, custom, social status and other aspects of information….

“The Letter” is a short Anglo/Welsh prose written by R. Gerallt Jones, era 1950’s. The story is set on a train travelling to the protagonist’s, Johnny, first experience of boarding school, and the emotions and changes he has to deal with whilst growing up and leaving home. Johnny is a young, naive Welsh boy, bought…

There are a multitude of nationalities in the classroom including students from China, Syria, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, and Pakistan. The ages of the students ranged greatly from the 17 to 72 years old. Though certainly not always true, find that the older students are more often in the classroom because they want to be there…