Essays on Language and Linguistics

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Technology and Language Development: Perceptions and Experimental Findings

3 pages / 1465 words

This report reviews three research articles analyzing the effects of technology on language development as well as perspectives of students and teachers on technology and the language learning process. The following articles include research in these areas: (1) “Effects of Home and School Computer Use...

Development Second Language Technology in Education

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Roland Barthes and The Role of Myth in Modern Culture

1 page / 527 words

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...

Mythology Semiotics

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My Passion for English Literature

1 page / 587 words

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...

English Language Passion Personal Life

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Language Online by David Barton and Carmen Lee: Impact of The Internet on The Learning of Language

1 page / 471 words

The Internet has transformed our perspective of the world. It has created a vast amount of online tools and sources that are helping people to get all the information they need more quickly and easily. Due to this fact, the number of people learning languages...

Language Linguistics

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Linguistics and Its Main Categories

1 page / 457 words

Introduction to Linguistics Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay As we know, all human beings have different languages and abilities to communicate with each other. They communicate...

Linguistics

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Multilingualism and Identity in Transnational Workplaces in Sweden

4 pages / 1864 words

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...

Language Diversity Multiculturalism Workplace

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Maternal Involvement and Children’s Language Skills

2 pages / 891 words

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...

Children Language Language Diversity Literacy

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Native Tausug Speakers’ Language Anxiety Coping Mechanisms in a Chabacano Speech Community

4 pages / 1964 words

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...

Second Language

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The Impacts of Textism on Students and The English Language

5 pages / 2195 words

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...

English Language Impact of Technology Language

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Understanding Language: Acquisition and Loss

3 pages / 1466 words

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...

Language Linguistics Second Language

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Helping Lower-intermediate Learners with Understanding and Using a Range of Future Forms

5 pages / 2073 words

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 Language Teaching

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English Course – The Most Suitable Choice for Me

2 pages / 858 words

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...

Academic Achievements Academic Interests English Language Language

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My Passion of French Language and Linguistics

2 pages / 713 words

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...

Language Linguistics Second Language Study

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The Concept of Myth in The Roland Barthes' Book "Mythology"

1 page / 475 words

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...

Book Review Mythology Semiotics

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Static Hand Gesture Recognition Paper

1 page / 663 words

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...

Nonverbal Communication Sign Language

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Teaching Vocabulary by Implementing Running Dictation Game

1 page / 428 words

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. Made-to-order essay as fast as you...

English Language Teaching

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How Different Language Forms Create a Feeling of Belonging in a Community

3 pages / 1319 words

Language is an integral part of how people in a community reinforce their solidarity to one other and according to most sociologists, is often the basis of any community. Through the use of language, each member of a community is able to express his or...

Community Language Diversity

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Language and Individual Identity in Society

2 pages / 1131 words

“The Language is the road map of a culture”, which tells us where the people came from and where they are heading. The way an individual speaks, hears, and reads influences society by impacting an individual’s cultural identity. Language is an imperative tool that manages...

Language Diversity Linguistics Literature Review

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Literacy Proficiency of People Through The Prism of Internet Linguistics

1 page / 403 words

Introduction Tia Baheri’s essay, “Your Ability To Can Even: A Defense Of Internet Linguistics,” explores the evolving landscape of language in the digital age. The essay delves into the new grammatical structures and phrases that have become commonplace in everyday communication, particularly through the influence...

Linguistics Literacy