from the Umuofians to study in England. Nonetheless, when he returned to Nigeria, he is trapped between his tradition and western culture. In the book, Achebe emphasizes a theme of colonial mindset through the refutation of Nigerian culture, through English and through the divinization of Europeans. Achebe highlights the presence of a colonial mindset by showing how colonialism affected Nigerian customs. For instance, Joseph told Obi, “no decent restaurant served Nigerian food”
Speaking in English? Do you feel nervous when speaking in English to others? You are not alone. Confidence, also known as self-confidence is the trust or faith you have in yourself and your abilities. But when it comes to speaking in English, some people feel nervous and lack confidence. Well, we are here to solve your purpose. LinguaSoft EduTech has taken a lead step in helping individuals and learners develop their English skills and confidence. If the process of learning English is intimidating
country, not being fluent in English can be a huge barrier to being able to accomplish what one wants, and being successful in the educational system. Therefore, the people who control the education system have set specific standards in order to teach students who are learning the English language. Initiatives have been made in order to promote the development of the English Language and standards that keep up with the subjects that the other students who speak English are learning and are being tested
research problem is based on the question: how does the Spanish language interfere in the English written production done by students in the course Written Communication III at the Paraiso Campus of the University of Costa Rica? From the foregoing, it is intended to assess and get results on the possible consequences of using structures of the Spanish language in the English written production and how the interference of the native language affects either positively or negatively on the student writing
Introduction Indian English literature associates to that body of work by writers from India, who write in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one of the various regional and indigenous languages of India. In Indian English writings Kashi Prasad is known to be the first Indian poet writing in English. Sochee Chunder Dutt was the first writer of fiction. In the beginning, thematic base was politics and can be seen in the Raja Ram Mohan Roy. And later he had dedicated
Italian groups and native English groups that even the really experienced Native Italian speakers of English who have spoken English for a long time are still capable of pronouncing some of the English consonants inaccurately. “The study revealed that some of the NI subgroups produced word-initial tokens
Adult 3 was the only adult who answered correctly on all of the internet slang words. In comparison, adult 4 and 6 only received one correct answer. Judging by the result in table 2, adult 3 spends a generous amount of time interacting with the english language compared to adults 4 and 6, which can explain why adult 3 obtained more correct answers. Even though all three adults spend equally amount of time on social media they still got different results on the internet slang words. This may be
chapters on the fundamentals of Mandarin Chinese, the most widely spoken language in the world. It is written to address the needs of travellers, entrepreneurs, and students who want to have a good grasp of the language in no time at all. This book is designed for beginners and intermediate learners of Chinese who prefer to learn at their own pace and convenience. It aims to provide self-learners an excellent foundation of the language by imparting essential grammar features, pronunciation, vocabulary
background knowledge of the topic, the situation or context, the type of text, and the language. This background knowledge activates a set of expectations that help the listener interpret what is heard and anticipate what will come next. Top-down strategies include: 1. Listening for the main idea. 2. Predicting. 3. Drawing inferences. 4. Summarizing. • Bottom-up strategies are text based; the listener relies on the language in the message,
In 2017, it is estimated that there are more than 7,000 living languages in the world and along with that number, above ten thousand of dialects are already being spoken (Simons & Fennig, 2017). Language of a community is usually united yet including in itself the diversity feature. Its diversity can be witnessed through the variation of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation from place to place within a language-area. This essay will attemp to answer the question of how dialectalization happens.