English and You

... Langston Hughes is a powerful poem. Hughes is a prolific African-American literary writer from the early 1900's. "Theme for English B" is a poem about a young freshman student asked to write a theme for class. This poem makes a powerful statement. It touches on the racial ... differences of that time. The student wanted to know if the assignment is as simple as the professor says. Below you will see just a few of the things he talks about in the poem. The student writing the theme expresses that even though he is just twenty-two ... follow the same guidelines for life, or do they? He me...

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How much do you use English every day? The English language has become an international language of this century because most people are always using English to communicate with others. Students have an easier time learning a foreign language such as English because at a young age it is easier to learn a new language, so they should start learning English for three years in high school. Therefore, the three ... used mostly to communicate with foreigners. Secondly, a foreign language can be used for students' future careers. Most companies often use English for their businesses because all the...

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... parts of the word and we don't even think about it. Perhaps this bias is because we generally use the word "Man" to refer to any person of either gender. This goes all the way to beyond the Bible, and even more so in ... it. Am I the only one who thinks the Supreme Being should be It? I suggest we fix this problem (and it IS a problem) by simply extending the language. Now ... existing words. New words - Wom, womkind (simply the feminine of man and mankind, pronunciation same as in wombat) Wem (like wom, only plural, pronounced like them) Hir (combination of him and her, pronounced like ...

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... teens who seek social status (Morrow 137). Because kids are the source of new slang, some adults look down on it with the assumption that kids are unintelligent and simply rebelling against established English grammar and diction. However, most of the adults did the same thing when they were children. Adults have been frowning on slang for generations (Crystal 104). Conservatives also look ... other languages, of which Conservatives might also be prejudiced. The dialect that a person uses may make him comfortable, but this is not considered. If a language is not comfortable, why would y...

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... composed of five or more paragraphs. Moreover, a paragraph is composed of six or more sentences. However, how do you connect these paragraphs to make an essay look whole and complete? The answer is transitional sentences. These sentences eliminate the gap between the paragraphs and make it "glide smoothly until the end of the essay. This helps by not confusing the reader. After finishing ... an essay, you may think it is done but it is not. I have also learned that you can not just give in an essay and expect it to be error free. You need to proofread. Proofreading helps me by spotting ...

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... grade. The problem of this fact is that the students would have brief knowledge in the English language in higher classes and lack if interest in learning languages. The solution to this problem as I see it is to make English learning obligatory already in primary school. Not starting English class until the fourth grade could have several consequences. First of all it has a negative ... they grow older. The students understanding level, both in oral and writing, will vary and the new language will not feel natural to communicate in. And because they are not exposed to the English langu...

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... corporate world because you have the communications skills that are needed in that business atmosphere (Schwartz). See the problem that faces most English majors is that they have such a large number of jobs to choose from when they graduate that they are stumped as of where to go. Of course there are the jobs like writing and editing for newspapers and publishing firms, public ... can think according to Ernest Suarez, chairman of the English Dept. at The Catholic University of America. Apparently businesses feel that English majors have the analytical skills they need, and that the res...

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... school last year I learned a lot about responsibility. In Jr. high and middle school you could rely on your teachers, but as a freshman you had to do everything yourself. My freshman year I had mostly higher courses than a lot of the students in my class. While they were taking general English, I was in College English I. Unlike in 7th and 8th grade we didn't have a class trip, but if ... you were in Spanish club or some other type of club you got field trips or summer ... trips. I was in FCCLA and Spanish Club; for FCCLA we went to the chocolate factory in Akron ... ...

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... , one Nation, Beneaf God, indimuhvisible, wiff liberty an' justice fo' all. Does the above seem a mockery of the English language? To countless, Ebonics (the language you see above), this is their normal "English." The United States is very diverse in culture and language. Because of this, many have experienced difficulty in everyday functions that would otherwise be easily managed if they spoke ... proper English. Many people have been stereotyped as hoodlums, boat people, illegal alien freeloaders, educationally deprived, etc. because of the ... language that they use. In many cases, ...

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