Essays on English Language

Language and power Starting from the basics the very use of English in the song, has its impact on it’s power and influence. The song is mainly targeted at the problems surrounding the United States of America, and with the US being an English-heavy nation,…

The English language has changed over time, especially since the colonial era. However, its roots in a male dominated society has not changed; the real meanings and origins of words are now taken for granted. Margret Atwood shows in her novel that language promotes power….

The Nature of Movie Teaching English nowadays has become challenging than before. English teacher should always keep searching attractive sources in order to help the learners’ mastery (increase the proficiency) of language skills. English teachers can also use the technology such as computer, video, movie,…

Dialect is a plan of subjective, vocal pictures which permit all people in a given culture, or different people who have taken in the course of action of that culture, to pass on and to impart” (Widdowson 1971, p. 3). On account of the staggering…

Abstract Academic language is known to be more difficult to learn than everyday social English. Students’ mastery of vocabulary is directly connected to their ability to comprehend what they read, and academic literacy is an even stronger indicator of a student’s ability to access higher…

After weeks of dissecting Simon Winchester’s eloquently written tale of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary, I have finally gotten to the end. And I must say it is one of the best novels I have had the chance to read over the past…

Students of English as a second language differentiate according to age, level, aptitudes, individual psychological features, motivation, disabilities and many others. Teachers should take into consideration the fact that they do not just teach a class, they shape different identities, so they have to wave…

The deteriorating English proficiency level among college graduates in the Philippines based on the metrics of the Test of English for International Communication prompted the researcher to conduct this research. In the past two decades there has been a great deal of research into second…

I believe everyone has their own experience of how they have learned or are learning a Language. For me, my mother language is Urdu, which I have learned growing up. Though I moved to America at a young age, my parents made sure I don’t…

Should English be used as a Lingua Franca? Over the years, the adoption of the English language as a medium of communication between individuals who do not have a common native language has dramatically increased. The effect is significantly correlated with increased globalization. Moreover, the…