The purpose of this investigation is to study word formation examples, and to investigate how word formation influences English language in terms of its grammatical categories and words meanings which have been created through the formation of word formation, as well as explaining the process that took place. There are different processes of word formation in the English language: derivation, compounding, borrowing, coinage, affixation, blending, acronyms, clipping, back-formation, free and bound morphemes, and inflection). ... For example: the noun "resurrection" was borrowed from ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In this study, I collected and analyzed 13 articles on the Internet, journals as well as books. ... Then, the study is to determine which culture should be incorporated into English language classrooms. ... Two of them were taken from Journal of Language and Linguistics Studies and Oxford Journal, which are respectively published in Turkey and the United States by professional disciplinary associations. ... Secondly, culture in the aspect of sociology refers to the way of life in the target community, consisting of the structure of different institutions from national health system to the fami...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Most immigrant children arrive in the United States as monolingual speakers of their native language, develop bilingualism as they acquire English, establish English-speaking households, and raise their children as English-speaking monolinguals. ... Although the participants in the study live in the same suburban community, they have different immigration backgrounds (Mexican-born, U.S.... The exposure must involve interaction; a child growing up in an English-speaking household who is exposed to Spanish only through Spanish-language television won't become a Spanish-English bilingual, bu...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes is a powerful poem. ... "Theme for English B" is a poem about a young freshman student asked to write a theme for class. ... He mentions that professor is somewhat freer than he his. ... To him they are all just young men studying English. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

ENGLISH and ENGLISH FIRST, two national groups spearheading this legislation, started small in the mid-1980s. ... English. ... English strongly supports and suggests passing English-only law and sees it as a necessity. ... State declarations of Official English produced a counter-trend: legislative endorsement of English Plus. ... Such laws also interfere with the right of workers to be free of discrimination in workplaces where employers have imposed "speak Engli...

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• Grade Level: High School

Undoubtedly, a good oral English teacher should be a good English speaker. ... Students' Background Conditions By the time they have entered college, Chinese students have already had six years' experience of studying English. However, they have been studying hard preparing for university entrance exams. ... But having got a Bachelor's or even a Master's Degree of Arts after four or seven years' of postgraduate or graduate study of the English language, a Chinese teacher, though a non-native English speaker, should understand how to teach English. ... How Can a Chines...

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• Grade Level: High School

The current English-Only movement advocates that English be the only language used in the United States. ... English that has over 1.7 million members. ... English has effectively lobbied for the passage of English-Only laws in eighteen states since it was founded in 1983. ... Studies show that over 95 percent of first generation Mexican Americans are English proficient and more than 50 percent of second generation Mexican Americans have lost their native tongue entirely. ... It is important for foreigners to stay in touch with their cultures and feel free to speak their native...

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Although I did stay with a family, my rudimentary French skills at the time and my host family's desire to practice their English greatly interfered with my learning of the language. ... What I realized upon my return was that I would need to go back and study abroad in college for a more substantial amount of time in order to accomplish my goal of speaking French with ease and confidence. ... What I mean by this is that I will be out of my comfort zone and free to talk about a broader range of issues including cultural differences, the sharing of new experiences and furthering of educat...

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The Channel Tunnel, also widely known as the Chunnel, is a tunnel located underneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover which links England and France since May 6th, 1994. ... In this case study, this Chunnel is analyzed based on system engineering life cycle model as shown in Figure 1 on how successive the Chunnel project was. ... However this idea was ignored until revived by Thome de Gamond in 1857 and were further researched and studies been conducted by the Channel Tunnel Study Group in 1957. ... Even though with both sides agreeing on the link across the English Channel would b...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Social Structures in Middle English Literature Readers that study English literature are getting a glimpse into the past, one that is often quite different than their own. ... Feudalism In Middle English, the basic government and social structure were based around the feudal system. ... At the bottom of this system were the peasants, some being free others being indentured peasants. The free peasant could own their own business such as a blacksmith, carpenter, or baker. ... This format is based on the oral storytelling that was popular during the Medieval and Middle English periods. ...

• Word Count: 1419
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I also agree that schools should not impose reading assignments on students during their vacation or free time. I think that the key word is "free", in the sense that students should be free to do as they wish during their summer break. ... If the subject of English was in fact eradicated throughout the modern educational system, I think that my overall writing capabilities would be severely handicapped. In the same respect, I do think that it is very important for the subject of English to be integrated and utilized as a tool taught in other subjects; similar to what the author discussed i...

• Word Count: 610
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Two months of up and down on the sea, Moon Lee arrived in American land as a free labor. ... He started working as a bus boy in a restaurant in Chinatown, which didnt pay very well, but offered free meals and a place to sleep. As a new immigrant who doesnt speak a word of English, he worked 10 hours a day, and studied English at night. After 1 years of hard working and studying, Moon was able to speak some English and hence was promoted to be a waiter. ... Moon then remembered he still had a dream to fulfill, he got into San Francisco State University to finish his college education and ear...

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Course Description 1101 ENGL 1101 English Composition I (3-0-3) 3 semester credit hours. ... Clayton State's Emphasis At Clayton State, English 1101 is designed to increase students' ability to construct academic written essays. The course offers instruction in writing processes, collaborative writing strategies, methods of organization, research skills, discourse conventions of Standard Written English, rhetorical strategies, computer-based writing, and the production of expository academic essays. ... These books are used for BOTH English 1101 and 1102 Fall 2013-Summer 2014 so plea...

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• Grade Level: High School

That is what the study is based on. ... Feel free to ask questions 4. ... Whether students feel free to ask questions and interact will be another variable discussed. ... Biology, Chemistry, English, Physics, Math. Biology, Business Studies, Computers, Economics, English, French, Math. ...

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South Asian culture is still full of distinct and undefinable aspects. In the movies and popular literature it is represented as the culture of silence, religion and spirituality. This paper is aimed to discuss the representation of South Asian culture in the movie Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. On the c...

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Basic Education is compulsory for every citizen in the country and it is provided free by the government. ... They are responsible Turkish, English, Turkish Republic and Ataturk's Principles and Reforms, Mathematics and Sciences subject. ... It is compulsory and provided free by the government. ... The education and the schedule are similar with the high school and the most important aspect of these high schools is the education of English as a foreign language. ... Unfortunately the education of second foreign language subject is not as successful as teaching English but the improvements...

• Word Count: 1944
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• Grade Level: High School

LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF THE WORD HEGEMONY The word hegemony has been in the English language for about five hundred years. ... The pronunciation in British English ishɪˈdʒɛməni/ and it differs from American Englishhɪˈɡɛməni/. 2.2. ... POPULARITY OF THE WORD VEX AND ITS USAGE IN MODERN CULTURE As mentioned before in the case study, the noun hegemony is quite old and has been in the English language for quite some time. ... It was found out that the word hegemony came into English from the Greek language. ... Phonetic research shows that the pronunciation of hegemony is different in Br...

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My duty was to study well in school, just like my dad had to work and supported the family and she had to take care of household matters. ... We were told by a substitiute teacher to study the textbook ourselves. ... Eager to be free from my parents' many restrictions, I was excited about the adventure. ... I learned to read and write in English since kindergarten;, however, conversing in English was entirely strange to me. ... That was the first English novel I read. ...

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"Living in America: Challenges Facing New Immigrants and Refugees" by Katherine Garrett and Robin Wood Johnson Foundation is a focus group study that explains the common challenges immigrants encounter when they come to America. ... The research conducted by Katherine Garrett and the Robin Wood Johnson Foundation states, "Language barriers are a fundamental hurdle for immigrants and refugees in this study and appear to stop them from making vital connections in their communities" (286). ... Not knowing how to speak English effectively presents the possibility of making an...

• Word Count: 1530
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I just used to writing anything in my free time as a hobby and thought that it really influenced my language ability. ... Tantowi's English course, he asked me to manage one of his English camps and teach Basic English Grammar in his English course. ... Some that I remember the titles are Grammar for Beginners, Speaking for Beginners, Vocabulary and Expression, English for Kids, Learning English through Singing (Kid Songs in Indonesian that I translated into English), and Commonly Used English Expressions. ... The most difficult translation job that I ever had was translating more than tw...

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- Although it is rather impossible to study everything within a particular genre, it is indeed a logical question. ... Students tend to write what they think is a poem, for instance, a free verse poem. But they do not know that the free verse poem, a sub-genre, is not exactly free. ... I remember my English 11 professor pointing out the difference between Literature with a capital "L,"" and literature with a small "l."" ... Expunging genres in the study of literature is like obliterating the study of biology of taxonomy. ...

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The study by Kenealy (1997) provides one example of successful test of the encoding principle. ... Participants A total of 24 undergraduate year 1 University of Nottingham students took part in the study. ... No participant repeated doing the study. Not all of the participants were native English speakers. ... The experiment used different ethnicity year 1 students, which for certain participants, English is not their first language. ...

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