Essays on English Language

What appeals to me most about English is not only the chance to increase my literary knowledge but also how writers can express their opinions and emotions in words that can influence and inspire, just like the work of a good teacher can inspire and...

English is known as the international language nowadays. It is the language which is used in many countries. It is widely used in Education, Business, Movies, and even in Sports. In this assignment, we will define the importance of English as International and Foreign language...

In the essay “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, Tan claims the concept that we tend to speak totally different languages to speak with one another which our intelligence is judged by the approach we tend to speak. As a fictional author, Tan is astonished by...

I’ve learned many things through the course of this class. I’ve learned how to write a good essay and how to get batter at some essays I’ve already written in the past. I’ve learned how to locate my resources to find each mistake in my...

Introduction In this era of globalization, English has been considered to be the third liaison language after mother tongue and the area studied for students in Indonesia. As Fromklin says, “English has been called’ the lingua franca of the world”. With the changing times, the...

Poetry is one of the most important and powerful forms of writing because it takes the English language, a language we believe we know, and transforms it. Suddenly the words do not sound the same or mean the same. The pattern of the sentences sounds...

“If you want to be an American, speak American. If you don’t like it, go back to Mexico where you belong” Those were the words of an Anglo teacher, to young American scholar of cultural theory, Gloria Anzaldua when caught speaking Spanish in class. Gloria,...

While language is used to communicate information in a direct manner, the style of language usage also provides information about the person that is speaking or writing and their relationship with the intended audience. Amy Tan discusses the different styles of English that she grew...

While African American Vernacular English, also known by the modern denomination of Ebonics (and numerous other name variations it has gathered along time) is widely spread among the people of color living inside American borders in present times, the nature of this characteristic pattern of...

Cajun Vernacular English is a dialect with a rich history, found in southern Louisiana. It is heavily influenced by the French language, as its original speakers were French settlers. This group originally comes from Vendee, a region of western France. Settlers from this region traveled...

As the years go by, and with the advancement of communication technology, globalisation is becoming more and more of a reality. People are no longer separated by geographical or cultural barriers, and the use of English (the universal language) is widely encouraged across the globe....

In today’s Korean society, there have been a lot of controversies regarding the influence of the English language on the Korean language. There has been a lot of contact between the two languages as it embraces Englishsized Korean and deal with bilingual creativity involving Korean-English...

There is a lot more to language than spoken words. The words that are said or written can easily make a break a relationship, job or friendship. Often times we believe that putting things out on the table and speaking about our feelings when we...

They say that those who live by the gun usually are destined to die by the same implement. However, it has never been said that those who live by the book die by the book. It is almost an accepted fact that books are always...

In English language there are eight parts of speech and they are: Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The parts of speech show the function of a word in context of its meaning and grammar in the sentence. Any word can perform...

Globalized language is an international language, many people learn as a second language, the most popular is English. The wide range of English vocabulary units comes from Germany, Latin, France and other European countries. The main source of most of this word borrowing is French...

Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s A Grain of Wheat is a Kenyan novel written in English, a language traditionally associated with colonialism and oppression in Africa. Despite the fact that the novel is written in English, Ngugi still uses language to speak to the novel’s theme of...

What exactly is word stress and how it influences the way we speak and the listener’s understanding of our utterances is considered in this study? Word stress is also called word accent. It is the stress distributed over syllables in a word. Stressed or accented...

In the story entitled “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, she explains about the knowledge and awareness of the social and cultural differences in “broken English” linked to Standard English. She loves writing and she wants to share about how language can influence her life until...

Everyone who speaks the English language, does not speak it the same way. It is rare to find people that speak English the exact same way word for word, because there are so many ways to speak English. Amy Tan uses a name to describe...

I distinctly remember a day ten years ago, when I got into a fight with my sister and instead of being grounded, my mother decided to take away my books – I couldn’t have imagined a worse punishment. For most of my childhood, I was...

Technologies like mobile phones and internet has altered the lives of people and English language. Due to the invention of these technologies the way and style of communication is also changed. Now people are able to use rapid means of communication in the form of...

Introduction My recent teaching experience has shown that there is an over use of ‘will’ by Moroccan and Chinese learners to discuss their future plans, and this is probably due to the interference of English as a foreign language with their mother tongue. An obvious...

English is my life, always has been and always will be because there is something about the English language that speaks to my soul. My love affair with English dates back over 15 years, with my first experiences of reading. I feel like I am...

Running Dictation is a game of dictation method that can be used for teaching English within any level such as speaking, writing, reading, listening. Yet, here it’s used by the writer as game for helping teacher in teaching vocabulary. By the reason the writer wants...

Several studies have been carried out by English language scholars on the dwindling performance of Nigerian students and graduates in their communicative and linguistic competence. The abysmally poor performance of Nigerian students in English has been proved empirically through data collected from examining bodies such...

The literary is a work-weave of language. It is only the precise nature of the weave that turns a text into a literary work or work of imagination (Abad xiv). Abad stated that it is the literary critic’s job of work, often rife with ambiguities;...

What are idioms? Idioms are commonly used expressions by native speakers of English to make the language to be so fluent. How can you use idioms to learn English? It’s very important to know the most common idioms because you can’t miss them in conversations....

Argument Essay: Option One (Classical) Throughout the history of America, the United States has been one of the most developed countries in the international community. Success through economics and diplomacy has improved America as a political entity and a social one. However, it is very...

The main reason I chose this text is because I believe there are enough materials for me to talk about in this paper. As said by Brook (2012), Translation has always been the texts themselves as well as the issues from translating it to a...