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…

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,…

Language plays an important role in shaping our personality. Language helps us to express ourselves in the way we are. It shaped how you communicate, thoughts, feelings. Language is also very important in developing the culture of the society. Because of language, we know how…

There is a need to start with an explanation of the term sex and the term gender since there is a difference between these two. The term sex is a reference to biological characteristics, such as genetic differences and genitalia. To be more precise, it…

Language is intricately bound up with culture. It is an expressive product of culture that performs diverse functions to facilitate communicative interaction. Idiomatic expressions functions as one of these communicative interactions. This essay investigates one such idiom in its distinct cultural identity. This is done…

Sign Language is a language in which we make use of hand movement and gestures to communicate with people who are mainly deaf and dumb. This paper proposes a system to recognise the hand gestures using a Deep Learning Algorithm, Convolution Neural Network (CNN) to…

My favourite character in the Chinese language is “聽” (tīng), the word for “listen”. The “耳” (êr) on the left is the character for “ear”, which, of course, is used to listen to others, whilst the “王” (wáng) below represents “king”, implying that respect should…

Language accusation is the method by which people procure the capacity to see and comprehend language. Dialect procurement includes structures, rules and representation. The capacity to effectively utilize dialect requires one to secure a run of devices counting phonology, morphology, language structure, semantics, and a…

The challenges in bridging the gap of student alienation in school settings has been a hot topic in the media in recent years. Alienation can be defined as “a decreasing sense of belonging in terms of learning, teachers and classmates at school” (Hascher & Hadjar,…

All languages change over time, and the Vietnamese language is no different. Languages is always changing, evolving, and adapting to the demand of its user. Naturally, almost all Vietnamese language changes originate from young generation via social life daily like their working environment, social media…

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…