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Pidgins and Creoles
Pidgins and creoles are basically spoken in third world countries to adapt to the social and political changes of the society where the language is spoken. Pidgins and creoles have taken shape from European languages like Spanish, English and French. Since pidgins are used as the mode of communication between different language speaking groups constituting natives and immigrants or natives and missionaries, there has been no requirement to learn the language correctly. View details
Approaches to Teaching Grammar
To develop successfully the learners need to be satisfied mentally, socially as well as linguistically and I would like to pay equal attention to all of the aspects. The aim of my paper is to design a syllabus, where this institution becomes determined to give purposeful and better education for the learners. The basic aim is to provide a good well-rounded education for its students. In this situation, the aim of language learning is affected by several social and linguistics pressures. Low employment rates are also motivating the learners to learn English as it opens the new horizons. View details
Native English Teachers
English is a global language and it is increasingly being used in various parts of the world as a medium of teaching children in schools and colleges across the world. Though English is accepted as a useful language across the world, there are numerous challenges to both teaching and learning English in regions that have a diverse cultural and linguistic background. Teaching English in different regions of the worlds, and especially in the Middle Eastern and Gulf regions where the socio-cultural differences are prominent from the Western World, is even more difficult. There is therefore a need for both standardization of the English and its teaching methods as well as the inclusion of local and regional nuances in the language while teaching to the natives. View details
Additional Language Learning Program
This paper directly refers to multiculturalism as an agent of interest among students in a certain class. As per mentioned herein, it could be noted that the lessons that are suggested for implementation in this paper are mainly focused in enhancing the respect that students have towards each others culture. There have also been other suggestions addressed to the instructors as to how they are supposed to deliver the lessons for better results for the class. Through the usage and application of the suggested aids and attitudes towards the subject or lesson implementation, it could be noted that the technological innovations would be much helpful in creating an environment that would be susceptible for everyone to understand the main reasons of the lesson implication. View details
Language Changes in Teaching Adult Literacy
There is no longer any doubt that the Internet is here to stay, and every conceivable subject and language can be explored by going online. It is further possible for the immigrant population to belong to a virtual community, using language that didnt exist before the Internet, thereby making them comfortable in this environment. New economic and political conditions have brought about trade partnerships between global companies, but the effort of governments to create a global community has yet to be successful. This does not change the need to try and understand different cultural concepts, however, with evolving language in a changing world altering our lifestyles and creating a need for more understanding, not less. View details
Bullying at Work Place
The employees and the managers undertake bullying in order to hide their inability in effective managing the inadequacy of the tasks performed by the team members. The higher the person bullies the higher the level of inadequacy he shows at his workplace. Today the business missions are comprise of short term goals with a short time span to be achieved in, the work pressure, time constraints and the surge to show high level performance leads to more frustration in case of failure to achieve any goal. The purpose of bullying is to hide inadequacy. Therefore, anyone who chooses to bully is admitting their inadequacy, and the extent to which a person bullies is a measure of their inadequacy. Bullies project their inadequacy on to others. View details
Development of English as a Global Language
The using of language is a social act, language is the means of communication. Social change contributes to a change in status of a language. Medium can become the official language of a country when it is adopted as the mother tongue and used by all government and public institutions. Finally, language gains a ultimate global status as it receives a general role that is recognised around the world. English, however, did not achieve global status by way of one or two variables. Several factors contributed to the process and arrival of English as a global language. These factors are part of a slowly evolving phenomenon that parallel the social changes experienced by numerous cultures over many eras. As with the impact of most, if not all-contributing factors leading to the trend of the globalisation of English, the impact on English has depended upon who has the power over such a factor. So while the anti-prescriptivists say we should leave the language alone, people do have to be accountable for what they do with the language. View details
Yorkshire Dilect and Pronunciation
This ppr prsnts th rsults of rsrch projct tht xmind th Yorkshire dilect in comprison to received pronuncition. Prticulr region of Englnd where this dilect origintes is reviewed in this study in order to note the differences tht people hve in pronuncition. Th rsults indictd tht nrly ll of th socil bond msurs wr invrsly rltd to th frquncy of Yorkshire dilect. multivrit modl tht usd ths socil bond msurs xplind pproximtly on-qurtr of th vrinc in th frquncy of Yorkshire dilect for th studnts in this smpl.The Yorkshire dilect nd ccent refers to the vrieties of English used in the northern English county of Yorkshire. These vrieties of English re non-rhotic nd refer to themselves s Tyke nd re referred to s Yorkshire by other vrieties of English. View details
Judgements about English
The book by Dick Leith, David Graddol and Joan Swann, titled Englsih: History, Diversity and Change, is a wonderful book in a series that provide an in depth studies regarding the history of the language with an analysis of its use in the modern scheme of things. The scope of judgements are on a wide platform apart from the fact that they are a good resource when one looks for literature that provides an appropriate blend of useful advice and he dynamics behind making good use of English but there is more. There may be judgements galore, but the fact remains that the book's colourful, varied contents will no doubt attract students of Linguistics, Literature and everyone interested in the English language. Apart from keeping the jargon to a minimum, the authors have done an excellent job in providing this well researched material and, thus making it accessible and easily understandable for every reader. View details
Language Variety
Funny how we take some things for granted. For instance the language we use is a veritable bundle of mysteries. But how many of us give language more than just cursory thought. Only a few of us realize that its exact origin is hazy at best. And although most of the major languages evolved from a single source, some of them do not even have traces of commonality. This is because all languages are in constant state of flux, and this continuous change is the reason for dialects and even new languages. In monolingual societies people don't have much choice. But in some bilingual and multilingual situations, the language we choose is governed by social and economic factors. The British Empire may have reduced in size, but not so British influence. English has taken roots in so many parts of the world that it has become the most significant language of communication between nations. And, globalization has made this common thread between nations stronger. As a consequence of this, knowledge of English in any of its myriad forms - is often the yardstick by which literacy is measured. It also adds significance to an individuals identity. View details