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Obstacles to Correct Pronunciation for Japanese Learners of English

with a fixed pronunciation. For instance, the letter "a" in English can be pronounced many different ways, such as in the words "a...

My Teaching Job in Burma

was I really going to be able to make it here for six months? I felt bad thinking this way - this was my parents home once, after ...

Langston Hughes, Identification with America

This essay analyzes two poems by Hughes, "Theme for English B" and "Let America Be America Again." The writer asserts that "Theme"...

United Kingdom Commercial Agents Regulations 1993 and Their Impact

the extent of, the authority delegated by him, bound by the acts of his agent" (Ivamy, 2000; 12). The first definition is clear,...

Christian Dogma in Beowulf

one true God. As this suggests, biblical allusions are plentiful in the Old English epic, particularly in regards to the Old Test...

'The Bait' by John Donne

lover on the edge of being lost. Donne promises that lover that if she abides with the callers wished she will be rewarded with g...

Scotland, England, and Lease Renewal

this examination the English law surrounding the renewal of leases will be consider fist and then an examination of Scottish law w...

Press Freedom and Libel

they protested against the Iraq war at the beginning of 2003, when Iraqis did not have that right. However, common sense would dic...

Experience and Ideas According to John Locke

(Locke: The Origin of Ideas, 2003). Locke, unlike many of his peers, denied that certain knowledge was innate for human...

English Literature and Virtue

when the Beowulf poet writes "Fate always goes as it must" (43) and "Fate often saves an undoomed man when his courage is good" (...

Threepeat and the Oxford English Dictionary

it is to be presumed. And, in the end, if the goal of the creators of the dictionary is to present an accurate picture and depicti...

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice According to Dorothy Van Ghent

surface is quietly polite and cheerful as convention calls for, yet below the surface she is seething. She hates the fact that the...

English Literature and Love from the Romantic to Victorian Eras

on earth by making the life of such as me bitter and black with sorrow; and then it is a fine thing, when you have had enough of t...

Nineteenth Century Surveyor and Contemporary Map Inventor William Smith

rocks carefully and diligently (University of California/Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology). While examining the rocks, Smith had ...

Literature Review on LEP

phonics are not the only answer to the problem of developing reading proficiency, particularly in regards to leaning a second lang...

Case Study on CIF Contract and International Contract Requirements

also be seen as the natural forum. Where there is a dispute jurisdiction will become an important issue. Even where this is stat...

Different English Law Areas and Court Jurisdiction

laid down by legislation only. Land law appears complex in the way it is put together and the number of different courts or tribun...

Contract Law Case and the Internet

not on receipt. Looking at the level of the income we need to look at the exchange rate at the end of February, as the payment for...

Differing Views on Native American Distinctions

the historical record to present well-documented evidence that Native Americans did indeed have not only an opinion but an express...

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and How Satire is Used

be a way of discreetly getting his message across while solidifying his professional literary reputation.5 His greatest satirical...

Narrative Voice in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

and understood in many different ways. We are not only given one perspective but two that work together in different and powerful ...

The Culture of the Beowulf Poem

faith primarily in their thane and in "wyrd," which is a pagan reference to fate or destiny, according to Abrams, et al (1968). ...

Minority Students and Higher Accountability In Standardized Reading Tests

doing things that are developmentally inappropriate with students because they are trying to get through a certain amount of mater...

Oxford English Dictionary Should Include the 'Wigger' Word

"N" word, which incidentally does appear in the dictionary. To an extent, there is a mystique about urban culture and a true emb...

English Law Regarding Contract Law

If this were an acceptance this would have to be an "unqualified expression of assent to the terms proposed by the offerer" (McKen...

Voices of the Self A Study of Language Competence by Keith Gilyard

dialect and Black English depending on the social situation. Because the authors mother patterned this, by the time Gilyard was ol...

A History of the Dictionary

in that language, and the world was well on its way toward the development of dictionaries as we know them today. In 1603, Robert...

England's Common Law, Tudor Developments, and Magna Carta's Impact

different legal systems in operation (Barker and Padfield, 1996). Therefore, law at this stage was fragmented and diverse. ...

Tracing Proprietary Claims on Sham Trusts under Common Law and Equity Law

this is an approach which is particularly applicable to chattels which are easier to identify as specific items (Martin and Turne...

Appealing Against an Unfair Statute or Unfair Implementation of a Statute

This 9 page paper looks at a fictitious statute which has been applied unfairly by a commission set up under the act. The writer c...