English Lan & Lit

Date: 15/10/2016 To: The editor The Daily Mail Northcliffe House 2 Derry Street London Subject: Condemning 'Text speak" eroding school children's language skills. Throughout the article there has been a few good points about children using text speak and how it has an impact on their lives, however, technology has helped us overcome ideas and also share important point or vocabulary that we never new about. Therefore, I disagree that text speak is inadequate to the generation. The new generation is capable of creating a new language that maybe only they can understand and/or most adults. Thus, makes them bilingual. Being bilingual gives you an advantage to be able to learn new words easily, able to manipulate information in new areas or ways, creating new ideas and solution and good listening skills. Therefore, text speak may be the new language that is being created in front of our eyes, where the children are able to share and connect with others. In your ar...

17 May 1990 Dear diary Since this is my first diary entry, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Ray Charles Robinson but i'm known as Ray or Brother Ray. I was born in Wedlock - Albany, Georgia and later moved to Florida to pursue my singing career. I pioneer in soul music such as blues, jazz, rhythm and gospel. Being born in extreme poverty, I have managed to make a name for myself - even though both my parent died, I pushed myself to achieve greater things. During my early age, my brother and I were playing in the backyard. My little brother slipped and fell in a bucket and drowned. I was stunted and didn't know what o do - so i just stood there and watched him die. During my time on the road, I have learnt to chock up my feelings with heroine because I often blamed myself for George's death.  I was able to get off the heroine but of course it wasn't easy for me, but i had my wife support me all the way because I didn't have any immediate family...

Creative Consolidation of Language and Identity  Within in my family, our native tongue is Afrikaans. Generation after generation, the use of the Afrikaans language has changed through variations of spelling, pronunciation and writing styles. English is considered a second language within my family, but I however, consider English as my first language. Some people in my family identify me as an out liar because Afrikaans is not my first language. And also because I moved country, so that will give them an idea that I might or will lose my heritage and what identifies me as a person. When I was still living in South Africa, I took Afrikaans as one of my second languages in school. From past experiences I thought it would be difficult to grasp on because I have only so little sources or background information about the language. Throughout the course, I improved on my pronunciation, which is obviously one of the most important area of a language. I achieved "A's" in the...