Essays on Language Diversity

Does everyone consider English as a single language? There are inferences that English is a single language, but in reality, people develop diverse versions of English as their mother tongue such that it is very uncommon to discover two people that speak the same English…

Nowadays, it is a well-known fact that the English language is the of our times but many do indeed believe that this will change. It is impossible to be able to maintain such an undeniably strong and, most importantly, global position for such a long…

Introduction According to PingWu, Garza, and Guzman, worldwide students, mainly from Asia, consider pursuing their education at thousands of institutions among all 50 United States; these students play a crucial role in the variety and globalization of their classes and communities, as they incorporate distinctive points of view within…

English Should Be the Official Language of the United States, but Bilingualism Should Be Encouraged Many people believe that English should be the official language of the United States, but others may argue that having English-only laws would be unfair and unconstitutional. The people who…

I want to study this topic because I find it quite interesting. I’ve seen people troubled to speak with somebody foreign or unable to talk their language in tv, movies, and reality however I never knew that it was known as a language barrier, even…

Linguistically, kinships are intrinsically relational, as a kinship expression relates an individual to another. The phrase “my father is sick” contains a referent and an anchor, being “my father” and “I” respectively. While this phrase contains an explicit anchor as the morpheme “my” anchors the…

In the poem “Bilingual Sestina,” Julia Alvarez expresses her feelings for both the Spanish and English languages. Language is not just a part of people’s culture but a reflection of their identity as well. So, what occurs when two languages come together? It is easy…

Language skills are an interdependence of receptive skills, which are listening and reading along with the productive skills of speaking and writing. However, some authors (like Boris Naimushin) see translation as being the fifth skill. Traditionally there has been a focus on grammar through repetition…

 When a person is asked about identity, the most common response that you will get is a name, but an individual’s identity is so much more complex than that. Norton (1997) defined identity as “how people understand their relationship to the outside world, how that…

Azuike (1992) “has an expand efficient guide on the best way to dissect style both semantically and abstractly. He watches that diverse stylisticians devise their own particular techniques for examination; consequently, there might be numerous methodology of investigation. Perusing and getting a handle on the…

The medium of instruction is that the language being employed within the field of teaching and it should or might not be the “official” language of that country. in line with UNESCO or The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, it considers that “providing…

In Richard Rodriguez’s essay “Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood,” Rodriguez contrasts his relationship with language as a child and as a man. Rodriguez details his progression from a timid boy knowing almost entirely Spanish, to an adult who speaks solely English with confidence. Beginning…

Code switching is a prevalent phenomenon that frequently involves bilingual speakers. Words from two languages are used within a single discourse when code-switching bilinguals. Code-switching has been differentiated from code mixing in some research code mixing is described as a practice of mixing languages in…

The International Phonetic Alphabet also known as the (IPA) was created in the 19th century. The IPA was created to help with the pronunciation of different languages. For example, one of the goals of the International Phonetic Alphabet was to provide a unique symbol for…

The discussions in this section are taken from the ideas of authors of books, journals and other reference materials that deal with code- switching as a language teaching strategy anchored on the grammar- translation method. Based on the extended body of research on code- switching,…