... desire to speak; and in the Greek intellectual tradition Aristotle declared, "Speech is the representation of the experiences of the mind- (On Interpretation). Such an attitude passed into Latin theory and thence into medieval doctrine. Medieval grammarians envisaged three stages in the speaking process: things in the world exhibit properties; these properties are understood by the mind of man ... in writing (e.g., stress differences), this can, at best, only be inferred or reconstructed. Grammatical forms and grammatical structures are part of the communicative apparatus of languages, an...

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... refers to the ability to understand and produce increasingly complex oral and written language. As students progress through school, they encounter far more low frequency words (primarily from Latin or Greek sources), complex syntax (e.g. passives), and abstract expressions that are virtually never heard in every day conversation. Students are required to understand linguistically and conceptually demanding ... requires very different kinds of instruction than those that are successful in teaching discrete language skills. In particular, extensive reading of text is crucial for the expan...

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... , and simultaneously, will naturally learn to use both languages. Children can be expected to go through some periods of mixing the two languages and borrowing vocabulary to express ideas, sometimes within the same sentence. This occurs because vocabulary may exist in one language but not in the other. Or words from one language may convey a message that is not easily translated into ... a significant advantage, but lack of literacy in English represents a crippling, almost fatal disadvantage in our global economy. For this reason, the better public and private schools in Europe, Asia an...

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... , in the armed forces, in police and fire services, on traffic signs, in the official work of the legislative and executive branches, etc. b. Corpus planning refers to changes in structure, vocabulary, spelling, or even adoption of a new script. It is basically concerned with changing the structure of the language – the nature of language itself. It often accompanies status planning. For ... been selected and approved by the speakers of certain hitherto oral languages, it still requires decisions with respect to (i) the choice of a writing system (e.g., should it be Devanagari-based, L...

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