Language Essays

Religious language has been argued about by many philosophers to whether or not the ways in which we speak about religion are relevant or meaningful. This issue of religious language looks at the way we talk about God, debate ideas and communicate our theist or atheist ideologies. For some, religious …

The best moment in my life was my childhood. When I was nine I used to visit my grandma every Sunday afternoons. There I played with my cousins until we got tired. Our favourite games were: hide and seek and tag. After , all my family used to eat out, …

The majority of Japanese immigrants began arriving in the United States toward the middle part of the 19th Century. These first Japanese immigrants passed down many characteristics of historic Japanese culture to subsequent generations, and these characteristics still abide in the Japanese American psyche (Easton & Ellington, 2010). Today, Japanese …

Communication is an essential part of our day to day lives. We use it in almost everything we do. Although effective communication does not guarantee success, its absence usually assures problems. In the U.S. language barriers can create many problems for non-English speaking immigrants that might include, but are certainly …

A. Collocation The problems non-native speakers may have with English vocabulary use – in particular with the appropriate combinations of words. This is an aspect of language called collocation. An example of collocation that many learners of English may be familiar with is the different adjectives that are used to …

Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP), is a high quality instruction model, that guides teachers of English Language Learners (ELL) in providing well planed lessons, to enable students to be successful in second language acquisition. The SIOP is research-based, and field-tested as well as being closely aligned to ELL and State …

Language is a tool everybody uses everywhere and all the time. Whether verbal or non-verbal, it helps each and every one person to communicate. Although, language is most likely used to help convey different message, the use of language in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is how the audience gets a …

Gro’gragort! – enemy! Broshowshki? – where is he? Ossoona – eye of the Prophet She’nskro – energy blade Weui’a – Banshee fighter Shushua – plasma rifle Ququa – plasma pistol Skreeu – beam rifle Jijikree – needler Kukra – fuel rod gun Shriku – plasma grenade Sking – energy shields …

Scott sat looking out the window, watching a group of boys playing baseball in the school yard. Poor kids, he thought, they are the real losers in all of this. He looked down at a copy of 500 English Sentences and the endorsement letter on his desk. He glanced at …

On the next page is a typical text that you might get students to read in class. It contains some useful language. Look at the items from the text in the box below. Choose two of the grammar structures and two of the items of lexis and for each of …