English Speech- Jack Ballard Female rights has been a much criticised and debated social topic in recent history, so much so that many women have been forced to take a stand, to protect their identities and restore equality between the genders. The Handmaids Tale, written by Margaret Atwood, tackles the topic head on, using the character Offred as a martyr to further the cause for women’s individuality. The Handmaids Tale presents the nation of Gilead, a futuristic version of the United States that
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English Speech - Life Misha (I forgot to print it yesterday so I edited it when I got home. It's not exactly how I want it and it might seem a bit random because I need to develop some areas . Also I don't have microsoft word so I have no idea how long this will be as my 'WordPad' doesn't have pages. I've cut it down a little bit so I'm guessing now around a 1 1/2 pages) I thought my topic should be something relatable but also personal, so I decided on life, or my
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Part 1 speech Woody Allen is a prominent director, actor and film writer. He has created many award winning films, known for their excellent story lines, interesting characters and exemption music. The movie that we are providing a comparison on is ‘Midnight in Paris’. This movie is set in Paris. The main character Gil played by Own Wilson, feels like he can’t relate to his current time period. The plot follows his holiday, with his finance Inez played by Rachael McAdams, as he travels back in time
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Self worth is a fundamental aspect to humanity and is an essential determinant of an individual’s personal health and well-being. It is the feeling that you are a capable person who deserves to be treated with respect. Good Morning Miss Gibbs and fellow Old Sports, have you ever defined your worth through others’ approval of your looks and performance? Or have you changed outfits several times because your not satisfied with the way you look? Have you ever let these thoughts and opinion affect you
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Speech Hello fellow co-workers and students, today I will be talking about change in the chosen two texts, the connections between the texts and the readers, the concept of change in the texts and the internal and external factors of change. The texts I will be talking about are the novel After the First Death and Episode 1 and 2 of an Australian drama Seachange. After the first death is about a terrorist gang that hijack a school bus and hold the children hostage. Among the terrorists are sixteen
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My speech about drugs within sport Welcome ladies and gentlemen of the Olympic and anti-doping committees. My name is Ben Lawes and I am here to address the issue of ability enhancing drugs within sport. I’m sure many of you have strong views that possibly contradict each other however I am here to express my opinion towards this topic. What do you think about these drugs and the laws that come with them? Do you think that it is disgraceful and offenders should be punished severely
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English Assessment How have the decisions and perspectives of a main character in your text been influenced by their relationship with another character? Colin Mudford is a 12-year-old Australian boy who lives in Sydney with his mother, father & brother, Luke. At the start of the book, Colin was pretty naïve & impatient, but he gets more wiser towards the end of the book. Colin tries to disregard his feelings, like how he acts as if he does not love Luke, until he finds out that Luke
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A journey is an idea that can vary from one physically voyaging or one experiencing an internal trip. We delve deep into emotions that cause some of the greatest, yet some of the most unbearable times in our lives. Without taking a risk in life, how could one pursue their desires and passions? The protagonists of each text encounter a challenge, changing their view on the world and essentially, they experience a form of self-discovery. “Catcher in The Rye” written by J.D Salinger, is a recount of
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brutality of war to indicates the difficulty of war through the English soldiers and how imagery can be depicted to imagine the image of war. - Why is he using a ‘symbol of sacrifice’ to highlight the losses that the English soldiers feel? Owen is using a symbol of sacrifice to highlight the loss that the English soldiers feel because sacrifice is an evidential and meaningful symbol that strongly highlights the suffering of English soldiers. - Wilfred utilise a range of language feature to further
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How is Edward Scissor hands characterised through Tim Burton’s use of setting and other characters? In the perfect town no one accepts Edward because of his default, would you? In the perfect town no one accepts Edward because of his default, who can blame them? Having a stranger come in to their orderly lives with scissors for hands. Edward Scissor-hands is an innocent outcast in the outskirts of town. The inspiration of Edward comes from Burton’s life experiences being an outcast as a child; Edward
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“Should governments globally be doing more to stop the black market trade of exotic animals?” Right now, I’m sure almost every one of you know that in the picture behind me, it is a Rhino. In fact it is a white rhino. -have cute rhino, this is blah blah blah, next slide this is the after math of what humans are doing - purpose about why you’re talking about this Right now if I sifted through the internet, I would be able to connect myself to a dealer online and buy exotic and wild animals. It is
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When the option to select a speech for analysis was provided, I felt personally honored to analyze the compelling case presented by Chief Tecumseh’s speech to General William Harrison. In his speech, Chief Tecumseh humbly begins his speech through outlining commonalities between two differing audiences who otherwise have nothing in common, his repetitive and at times droning use of
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The interview centres around two adult professional footballers just before the upcoming 2010 world cup in South Africa with Jamie Carragher, at a sports news conference, endeavouring to enlighten the equally amassed journalists and the all-encompassing football-watching public, why after a self-imposed absence of three years away from the England squad he has decided to return and play for his country once more. In addition to David Beckham speaking about his possible fresh innovative role within
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In her speech, "3 Ways to Speak English," Jamila Lyiscott discusses how her personal life has influenced the three different English dialects she has obtained, and why she believes each dialect is equally important. Lyiscott emphasizes that she is "articulate" because of her different dialects, and this is prevalent in a lot of immigrant communities. Many young African and Hispanic children that are brought to the U.S. grow up with a specific dialect of English, and as they mature into adulthood
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Should Australia provide military contributions in the war against ISIS? The knife, scarred with blood, glinting in the sun, pressed firmly under the chin. The orange clothes, unequivocal, unambiguous, unmistakable, against the lifeless desert surroundings. A forced message, first personal for the family of the victim, then an attack on the victim’s country. The gallant, chivalrous face, thankful, that this torture will finally end. The knife cuts viciously, ferocious, the victims face contorting
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Jack the Ripper Speech by Victoria Xu A doctor. An artist. A prince. A family man. Who is the real Jack the Ripper? Elise Kirk and Patrick Prentice's documentary,'Is it Real? Jack the Ripper' explores the identity of the notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper. They present their perspectives about the case through a variety of unique film techniques and examine the suspects, the artist Walter Sickert and the occultist Robert Stephenson. The style of the film is research-based and considers different
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Facilitating the comprehensibility of L2 speech:Teaching English word stress rules to Chinese EFL learners in the IELTS cramming classes 1. Introduction The motivation behind this paper is that oral English has become one of the key obstacles of Chinese Students in learning and teaching activities in the context of higher education in English speaking countries. Both the lecturers and students reflect the difficulties in comprehending the speech of the Chinese students (Yen and Kuzuma, 2009). This is
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explores the implications the English language imposes on its speakers, in particular those who speak a broken English. Tan asserts her findings by discussing her own mother’s speech and how it compares to not only hers but society's. She recognizes that her speech is different from her mother's and notes how she herself often manipulates the english language depending on the audience she is communicating with. While speaking to a literary-based group she uses “a speech filled with carefully wrought
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Speech Perception The first research article, titled ‘Developmental Aspects of Cross-Language Speech Perception’ by Werker, Gilbert, Humphrey and Tees (1981), examines infant and adult abilities to discriminate phonemes across languages. This means that minor acoustic differences in speech sounds should be ignored. The study was built on evidence from previous studies that categorization of speech is a built in ability within humans. This study was the first to include both infants and adults as
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Social Setting Sociolinguistics Amy R. Musser Northwest Missouri State University Summer 2014 Abstract The research of code-switching, changing from language to language in the midst of an utterance (Spolsky, 1998), in the speech communities within our city of St. Joseph was observed to see if there were cultural differences in this sociolinguistic aspect. The setting took place in St. Joseph, MO at the Broadmoor Apartment Complexes, which is located between Business Highway
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articles in the English language are the and a/an, and (in some contexts) some. 'An' and 'a' are modern forms of the Old English 'an', which in Anglian dialects was the number 'one' (compare 'on', in Saxon dialects) and survived into Modern Scots as the number 'ane'. Both 'on' (respelled 'one' by the Normans) and 'an' survived into Modern English, with 'one' used as the number and 'an' ('a', before nouns that begin with a consonant sound) as an indefinite article. Traditionally in English, an article
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“Speech pathologists are specialists who diagnose, treat and provide management services to people of all ages with communication disorders, including speech, language, voice, fluency and literacy difficulties, or people who have physical problems with eating or swallowing.” Curtin University. Speech Pathology uses music and coincides with music therapy in a variety of ways. These range with rhythmic speech training, breath patterning and vocal exercises. This music related training creates better
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College Professors Teaching Standard American English Although non-standard dialects are the result of complex biological and inherent individual qualities, college professors must maintain consistency in their standards, and follow and teach the rules of Standard American English. No matter what dialect students have, teachers should treat all students equally and teach by the Standard American English. However, according to the research, this is only seems necessary when students are communicating
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English is not the official language of the U.S., but some insist that it should be. What are arguments for and against “English-only”? All over the United States, there exist ethnic enclaves. An ethnic enclave is defined as “a neighborhood or larger territory whose population is largely distinguished from the surrounding area and its inhabitants” (Castree, Kitchin, and Rogers). A common characteristic of ethnic enclaves is the prevalence of that ethnic group’s language, often to the exclusion of
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Yes. If children know their first language well, it will help them learn English. When they understand an idea in their first language (such as numbers or colours), they easily pick up the English word that means the same thing. They also know how to use grammar and vocabulary in their first language, so they can quickly work out what is similar or different about the English language. Isn’t it better for parents to speak English instead? No. It’s very important that parents use the language they know
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California, there are 289 Speech Language Pathologists who can speak and treat in more than one language; however, of these, there are only 6 Japanese-speaking SLPs. This is although there are 141,000 Japanese-speaking individuals in California and 46% of them show low sufficient English literacy levels (ASHA, 2017). This was brought to my attention when I encountered a Japanese lady at my church who has aphasia. She had had a stroke and is now able to communicate only in English, despite the fact that
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According to Wahunsenacawh (or rather, Chief Powhatan), the English should behave in a peaceful, collaborative manner with the Powhatans. The speech that Wahunsenacawh gives to John Smith is essentially proposing a peace plea. Wahunsenacawh is aware of the tensions and apparent jealousy that exists between his people and the English. He tries to persuade John Smith to behave in a peaceful and collaborative manner, because he is aware that each group has knowledge and goods to offer that the other
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At its most literal level, Ebonics simply means 'black speech' (a blend of the words ebony 'black' and phonics 'sounds'). The term was created in 1973 by a group of black scholars who disliked the negative connotations of terms like 'Nonstandard Negro English' that had been coined in the 1960s when the first modern large-scale linguistic studies of African American speech-communities began. However, the term Ebonics never caught on among linguists, much less among the general public. That all changed
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is Baldassare Castiglione’s sixteenth-century manual The Courtier, translated into English by Thomas Hoby in 1561. According to this work, the ideal courtier masks his effort and appears to project elegance and natural grace by means of what Castiglione calls sprezzatura, the illusion of effortlessness. Benedick and his companions try to display their polished social graces both in their behavior and in their speech. The play pokes fun at the fanciful language of love that courtiers used. When
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Amy Tan was giving a speech about her book to a large audience, when the realization that her mother was in the audience dawned on her. Amy feels as if her whole talk is wrong as she makes this realization because she was using large and complicated words, words that Amy’s mother may have never heard her say before during such a long speech. As Amy thinks about her and her mother’s English, she relishes the fact that she can switch from one type of English to another. Amy would often use a more broken
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