Proverbs are a vital form of communication within the Ibo culture. They are sayings that have their roots in folklore and are typically passed down from generations to generations. Proverbs aid the Ibo in defending their thoughts and opinions, however in the hands of Chinua…
Roland Barthes is a French philosopher and semiotician from the 20th century. In his book Mythologies, Barthes tries to explain what a myth is and how it is created, followed by a few articles that contain examples of modern myths. By reading two of these…
The cartoon fantasy gives us an understanding of life from start to finish. We all re-watch our childhood cartoon shows and movies, but do we appreciate its final conclusion where it’s the same happy ending. In Sarah Boxer’s article “Why Are All The Cartoon Mothers…
Introduction Nowadays, English grows as a global language in the world. The language obtains a genuinely global status when it develops a special role that is recognized. Method and procedure Qualitative research is used to interpret the data. Qualitative data take the forms of words…
During face-to-face interactions, interlocutors tend to show that they are interested in and following what is being said through linguistic and/or paralinguistic means. For instance, they usually use certain markers like (Mm, yeah, so, you know, really) and/or gesture, like, for instance; a head nod….
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…
As we know that all human beings have their different language, abilities to communicate with each other. They communicate each other to share their ideas, views, hypotheses, desires and many more other things. And linguistics is the process of studying these all knowledge system in…
Introduction The project explores how social identity of immigrant youth is achieved at workplace interactions. I propose to study workplace activities that are accomplished through interaction. For this project, I would like to focus on two types of interactional activities at workplace: (a) task-based activities…
Introduction Nowadays, many researchers suggest that children who are introduced to literacy in the early age are more likely to develop better language skills, broader vocabulary, and a higher level of abstract thinking in the future. For example, the verbal interaction during reading could be…
Introduction Language Anxiety is always present in every individual who is not a native [speaker] of such a language and definitely, culture, which he or she is going to get into. Anxiety is a general concept, a phenomenon which influences people across the world, regardless…
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…
For as long as I can remember people (well English people at least) have been saying that to me. Pursing their lips and, to my mind, spluttering like fools trying to get me to comprehend the difference. I don’t. It all sounds the same to…
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…
French has always been something I have been interested in since I was a child, because it is a big part of my life as a large number of my family are French. I have always loved France and the French language and find it…
Roland Barthes, French philosopher from the 20TH century, a scholar of Structuralism, Post-Structuralism and Semiotics. He emerged with the idea of the Myth in his book Mythology, and he brings to discuss two examples: The Blue Guide and the ‘French Toys’. First, to analyzed these…
Sign language is basically creating hand gesture to describe the alphabets, number, some special words, names and even sentences to express thoughts of speaker. Gestures are powerful mean of communicating between two deaf humans. This paper basically describes how to recognize alphabetical sign from A…
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…
My choice to study English and creative writing derives from a long-term interest in reading, studying and critically assessing the English language. My ever-growing interest for the subject has led me to delve into a cross section of genres, varying from science fiction novels to…