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| | English language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | George Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language" gives a thorough treatment of this feature of English. | | | English as a Global Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | | | English as a lingua franca for Europe is a new variant of the English language created to become the common language in Europe, spoken in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language
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| | OHCHR: English (English) - Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| | The English language which spread to the world created many of its variants, the most prominent of which is American English. | | | The American English writing system is said to owe much to Noah Webster's "An American Dictionary of the English Language" which was completed in 1828. | | | English was much influenced by French during this time. |
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http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm
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| | English to go - English lessons, Learn English, Teach English, Lesson plans, ESL resources, ESL reading |
| | The site quickly became a full time occupation and since then more english language school, lesson plans, english grammar, and more people from around the world have become involved. | | | English-To-Go supplies English language training materials english lesson, english lessons, free english lesson, to teachers in over 110 countries. | | | english as a foreign language, teaching english as a second language, english as a second language, To communicate in the global economy it is not enough to know English alone. |
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http://www.english-to-go.com
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| | Dr. Ammerlaan: Australian English: white and ATSI |
| | Aboriginal English is spoken throughout Australia, as either a first or second language by the great majority of Aboriginal people. | | | These dialects serve as a marker of Aboriginal identity and for many, Aboriginal English is their first and only language. | | | English was the language of the colonizing settlers and its use was frequently insisted upon. |
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http://www.ammerlaan.demon.nl/TALK.HTM
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| | Poetry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which relies mainly upon oral or pictorial representations) in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. | | | The increased emphasis on the aesthetics of language and the deliberate use of features such as repetition, meter and rhyme, are what are commonly used to distinguish poetry from prose, but debates over such distinctions still persist, while the issue is confounded by such forms as prose poetry and poetic prose. | | | Prose poetry combines the characteristics of poetry with the superficial appearance of prose. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry
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| | Internet Resources in writing for use in English/Language Arts classes |
| | English/Language Arts Education (from the Michigan Teacher Network) - This section contains descriptions of over 850 Web sites on English/Language Arts Education. | | | Children's Literature and Language Arts Resources - This page focuses on children's literature in education. | | | Teachers, library media professionals, parents and students will find information on children's literature and associated language arts here. |
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http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang.htm
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| | Illinois Learning Standards for English Language Arts |
| | The parts of English language arts are closely interconnected. | | | English language arts includes reading, writing, speaking, listening and the study of literature. | | | Communication is the essence of English language arts, and communication surrounds us today in many forms. |
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http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/ela/standards.htm
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| | Ockhams Razor - 5/05/2002: Its the spelling thats stupid - not me |
| | English has to be learnt as two languages, the spoken and the written; you cant learn one from the other. | | | But present English spelling represents other aspects of the English language as well, such as units of meaning and grammar, and these features may be worth keeping, simply clean them up to be more consistent. | | | Most people hardly even notice when useless letters are dropped, which shows the letters really are useless, and many poor readers and English-language learners are helped when the briar-patch is thinned out. |
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http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/stories/s547135.htm
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| | Open Directory - Arts: Education: Language Arts |
| | The English Association - Association for teachers of English literature and language at all levels from primary to post-graduate, and for all those with an interest in the English language and its literatures. | | | Language Arts - High School - Mini-lessons for high school (9-12). | | | Schools of California Online Resources for Education: Language Arts - S.C.O.R.E. for language arts includes the cyberguides: web- based units of study which are centered on a piece of children's literature. |
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http://dmoz.org/Arts/Education/Language_Arts
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| | 19 TAC Chapter 110 |
| | Implementation of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading, Other High School English Language Arts and Reading Courses. | | | Implementation of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading, Middle School. | | | Implementation of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading, High School. |
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http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter110
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| | English poetry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The oldest poetry written in the area currently known as England was composed in Old English, a precursor to the English language that is not something a typical modern English-speaker could be expected to be able to read. | | | English Poets- Poems and biographies of English poets. | | | This poem marks the introduction into an English context of the classical pastoral, a mode of poetry that assumes an aristocratic audience with a certain kind of attitude to the land and peasants. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_poetry
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| | Safety Abroad Handbook -- How to Get There... and Back |
| | Creole is a form of Pidgin English that had expanded to become the main language of the members of a community and, unlike Pidgin, can be used to express the whole range of human experiences. | | | This mixing eventually formed modern day Australian English, which is taught in classrooms the world over and now highly regarded as its own proper and distinct form of the English language. | | | Learning Australian English will open up a whole new English-speaking world, as you will be able to communicate and work with English speakers in the U.K., the United States, South Africa, and dozens of other countries where English is an official or second language. |
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http://www.lmu.edu/globaled/australia/advantagesabroadlangstudy.html
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| | Common Errors in English |
| | The fact is that the world is full of teachers, employers, and other authorities who may penalize you for your nonstandard use of the English language. | | | Speakers of other languages tend to make some specific errors that are uncommon among native speakers, so you may also want to consult sites dealing specifically with English as a second language (see http://www.cln.org/subjects/esl_cur.html and http://esl.about.com/education/adulted/esl/). | | | The errors others make in English differ according to the characteristics of their first languages. |
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http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors
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| | Democratic Underground Forums - English as the national language. |
| | English, on the other hand, is really hard for those who haven't been immersed in it since childhood because of the blending of languages that cause the rules to change and exceptions to the rules all the way. | | | The overwhelming majority of people for whom English is a second language do in fact learn at least enough English to get by without requiring others to learn their language in order to communicate with them. | | | A foreign born child who does not quickly pick up English will likely be limited for the rest of his or her life. |
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/duforum/DCForumID60/29944.html
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| | French language - Biocrawler definition:French language - Biocrawler |
| | About 12% of the world's Francophones are Canadian, and French is one of Canada's two official languages, with English; various provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms deal with the right of Canadians to access services in English and French all across Canada. | | | For the period up to around 1300, some linguists refer to the oïl languages collectively as Old French (ancien français). | | | The earliest extant text in French is the Oath of Strasbourg from 842; Old French became a literary language with the chansons de geste that told tales of the paladins of Charlemagne and the heroes of the Crusades. |
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http://www.biocrawler.com/biowiki/French_language
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| | ANU - Australian National Dictionary Centre - ANDC |
| | The chapters focus on various aspects of Queensland, starting with the contributions Queensland Aboriginal languages have made to Australian English, moving to the outback, to lifestyle, to work, to politics and perceptions, and ending with the voice of the language of one of Queensland's indigenous peoples. | | | Aboriginal English is the first and most significant dialect of Australian English. | | | It includes an introduction to the nature of Aboriginal languages, short sketches of the languages from which the words were taken, and a chapter on the history of the words after they were taken into English. |
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http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/pubs/lexmono.php
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| | Aboriginal English |
| | Aboriginal English is important to Aboriginal identity, both in terms of self-identity and the identification of other Aboriginal people, particularly in parts of Australia where the traditional languages and cultural practices no longer survive, or are no longer strong. | | | Aboriginal English is probably the first language of the majority of Aboriginal people in Australia, who make up approximately 2% of the total population of the country. | | | That is, Aboriginal people in areas where there was no pidgin language made English into an Aboriginal English by bringing into it accents, words, grammar and ways of speaking from their Aboriginal languages and those of their parents. |
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http://www.une.edu.au/langnet/aboriginal.htm
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| | 4.7.1 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ENGLISH |
| | Hudson, J. 'Why English should be taught as a second language in Aboriginal schools in the Kimberleys', pp.99-106 in | | | Eagleson, R.D. 'English and the urban Aboriginal', pp.535-544 in | | | Kaldor, S. 'Notes on the language problems of Western Australian Aboriginal children and on the requirements for the treatment of such problems', submission to the Royal Commission, Report of Royal Commission into Aboriginal Affairs, WA Government, Perth. |
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http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/WA/4_7_1.htm
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| | Language and Communication: Videotapes in the Media Resources Center, UC Berkeley |
| | English is now the dominant language spoken by over a billion people with nearly as many speaking English as a second language as there are native speakers. | | | Focuses on the emergence of the English nation in the 1500's during the reigns of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and James I. Describes the spread of its language into the New World and examines the lifestyle of the colonists who came to the United States in the 1600's. | | | Discusses the development of Cockney English and its influence on Australian and New Zealand English. |
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http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/language.html
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| | English Books > Language > Australian Aboriginal language |
| | English Books > Language > Australian Aboriginal language | | | English Language Arts Handbook: Classroom Strategies For Teachers | | | Esl: Creating A Quality English As A Second Language Program: A Guide For Churches |
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http://www.netstoreusa.com/books/index/bkbld142E.shtml
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| | English and American Literature and Language |
| | Interests: English Language Lyric Poetry; Writing of Poetry; Art and Literature. | | | The writing sample must be an example of critical writing (rather than creative writing) on a subject directly related to English and American literature and language. | | | Other languages may be acceptable if deemed relevant and appropriate to the students program of study.) Should the student opt for two modern languages, an additional requirement of one term of History and Structure of the Language or one term of Old English must be fulfilled. |
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http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/programs/degree/english.html
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Crazy English |
| | Lederer "adroitly mixes instruction with hilarity by showing that English, though the richest and most widely used of all the world's languages, is 'crazy.' The text is a dazzling collection of anagrams, alliterations, idioms, illogical spelling rules and larky oxymora," wrote PW. | | | Lederer writes an easy to read (pardon the expression) light hearted look at some of the eccentricities of the English language. | | | English is the most widely spoken language in the history of our planet, used in some way by at least one out of every seven human beings around the globe. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671023233?v=glance
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| | Poetry in English |
| | These pages here are just some of the poetry I have written in English, while my native language is Icelandic. | | | Itsaso is a beautiful and wonderful Spanish girl I met the summer of 2004 and who has been an endless inspiration for me in the writing of love poetry and who has me wanting to write more in Spanish after introducing me to some of the most beautiful poetry in that beautiful language. | | | She is an avid fan of poetry and truly a Muse to behold and cherish. |
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http://www.islandia.is/~gusti/page58.html
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| | Encyclopedia: Old English poetry |
| | Six centuries of the best poetry in the English language constitute the 883 poems of this unsurpassed anthology. | | | Old English poetry was meant to be declaimed aloud before an audience, the poet, or Scop, being both a creative and a performing artist. | | | Another striking feature of Old English poetry was the use of many metaphors or kennings for common subjects: The sea could be referred to as the 'whale's way', 'gannet's bath', 'swan's riding' and so on. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Old-English-poetry
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| | English Language Arts |
| | IOP English Language Arts Grade 8 and 9, 1992 | | | Senior High School English Language Arts Guide to Implementation, 2003 | | | Teaching English Language Arts to Francophone Program Students (Grades 3 to 9) |
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http://www.education.gov.ab.ca/k_12/curriculum/bySubject/english
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| | Kids Online Resources - Language Arts, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling , Online Stories |
| | English Grammar 101 - Free English grammar tutorials for language arts classes, alternative education settings, home schooling, adult study, and ESL courses. | | | Louisiana Dept. of Education - Division of Student Standards and Assessments LEAP 21 Tutoring Lessons - 4th Grade English Language Arts | | | The Write Site - An interactive language arts and journalism project for middle schools developed by ThinkTVNetwork, Dayton, Ohio. |
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http://www.kidsolr.com/language_arts
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| | Encyclopedia: Old English |
| | Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language which was spoken in England around the year 1000. | | | Old English was not static, its usage covered a period of some 700 years or so – from the Anglo-Saxon migrations into England around the mid-fifth century to some time after the Norman invasion of 1066, when the language underwent a major and dramatic transition. | | | Unlike modern English, Old English is a language rich with morphological diversity and is pronounced essentially as it is spelt. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Old-English
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| | Ethnologue: Australia |
| | All are bilingual in English or various Aboriginal languages except perhaps preschool children. | | | Most are bilingual in other Aboriginal languages, English, or Kriol. | | | 170,000 or about 1% of the population is of Aboriginal descent, of whom 47,000 have some knowledge of an Aboriginal language. |
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http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/ethno/Ausi.html
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| | NSW Dept of Aboriginal Affairs: Land and Culture: Fact Sheet |
| | Today, Aboriginal English is the first language of many Aboriginal children in NSW and is a recognised form of communication in NSW public schools (NSW Office of the Board of Studies 1998). | | | Language goes to the very core of one's identity and Aboriginal languages contain embedded in them much of the culture, social values and world view of its speakers (Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs 1992). | | | Because there were so many languages and dialects, Aboriginal people were linguistic experts.They were often multilingual and individuals could speak the language of their mother, father and spouse which were frequently different. |
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http://www.daa.nsw.gov.au/landandculture/langfacts.html
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| | English Language Arts |
| | English language arts are the vehicles of communication by which we live, work, share, and build ideas and understandings of the present, reflect on the past, and imagine the future. | | | Welcome to the MDE English Language Arts web page. | | | Through the English language arts, we learn to appreciate, integrate, and apply what is learned for real purposes in our homes, schools, communities, and workplaces. |
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http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-28753_28758---,00.html
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Topic: English language