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The English language derived from a family of languages called Indo-European and is spoken by approximately three billion people.

From an advanced class on the history of the English language, this analyzes the textual history of "The Land of Cockayne."

Understanding and using English grammar depends solely on a person's ability to memorize its rules. Comma usage is entirely rule-based. If you can memorize these rules and remember them when you're writing, you'll have mastered comma usage.

Learning a second, or subsequent language is to be admired in any language. English is particularly difficult as it is not printed the way that it is spoken. Students of all ages have different reasons for wanting to learn English; here's how to help.

An analysis of web sites that offer free Elementary English as a Second Lanugage (ESL) lesson plans. Sites are ranked by quality, quantity, and usefulness of lesson plans and activities.

An analysis of web sites that offer free High School English as a Second Language (ESL) lesson plans. Sites are ranked by quality, quantity, and usefulness of lesson plans and activities.

No author, student, or writer can do without this short list of books that will at least illuminate some of the gray areas of the English lanugage and provide fun, easy to read guidelines for writing well.

This paper explores whether grammar is socially constructed or absolute truth. However, this analysis of grammar is just a tool to ask larger questions about the nature of truth, cultural influence and individuality.

What with all the rules and exceptions to the rules they are obliged to memorize in English courses from first grade through college, students often fail to learn one fundamental rule of grammar: You can usually hear the difference.

This paper describes how the arrival of the English language in New Zealand changed the status of Maori, the native language. There are details as to what role the Maori language played in shaping the New Zealand English dialect in the beginning and now.

English is the most dominant language today in the world. Being good at it means understanding more and more of the world. This article is about my experiences with English as a language.

There are four major parts to every language system: lexicon, grammar, semantics, and phonology. When linguists study a language they are most concerned with these four systems.

An examination of the English language controversy, with opinions from both English Only advocates and bilingual educators

Many people ignore the rules of English grammar in their writing. When a sentence is not properly punctuated, the reader may become confused, or not receive the impression the writer intended.

In English grammar, it's far more common to capitalize a word which should not be capitalized, than to fail to capitalize a word which should be capitalized.

Teaching English language learners can be challenging, problems seem to arise from all directions. The following are ideas and techniques to spice up your ESL classroom and make lessons more interesting and effective.

In English grammar, you must follow some very strict verb conjugation rules. There are many common mistakes which most writers make, which could be easily avoided.

Learning Bengali through English language has urged the people to know other languages alongside the mother tongue on the occasion of the Valentine's Day.

A critical analysis of George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language".

English Grammar 101 was designed for those who want to do just that, who homeschool their children or for teachers to use as part of their classroom lessons or as part of an online English course.

Today, there are approximately 95,000 Koreans staying in the Philippines to study English. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Korean arrival to this archipelago is increasing by 5% each month.

There are lots of jobs out there for people with English degrees. Here are a few great options for recent English graduates.

This is a paper focusing on the historical aspects of English linguistics that led to the development of what is now known as Modern English. It covers the topics of Old, Middle, Early English, Late English, and their gradual development.

this is a research paper about the effects of implementing english speaking zones at UE manila

Facts from notable sources about English being used as a global language as well as my views after taking a TEFL course. TEFL has taught me people around the world need to communicate more easily and TEFL can help evolve this phenomenon of language.

Grammar. Students hate it, and teachers have to teach it. Isn't there a better way than simply cramming it down students throats claiming it is, like broccoli, something that is "good for them"?

Stop relying on your word processor to check your grammar. You should already know how the basics of grammar, but this will refresh your memory.

I've seen a lot of post from Chinese, and Korean who would like to learn English well and don't know how.

The influence of Greek on the English language has been strong and widespread. Together with Latin, Greek helped shape the morphological character of the English vocabulary.

The English laguage is one of the most difficult languages to master.

How else do you explain the spelling of grammar and the pronunciation of colonel?

As a tutor at my university's writing center, I have found that most of my students are non-native English speakers and writers.

If your child struggles to read, they may be helped by the return of a classic grammar or reading textbook. And thanks to one frustrated mother, those textbooks have made a comeback.

Free online language translation websites continue to get more sophisticated, providing free translation to and from English and other popular languages.

Understanding punctuation rules can make writing in the English language easier.

An English grammar lesson plan for middle or high school students that teaches the use of commas with coordinating conjunctions. Sample questions and sentences for overhead transparency or worksheets and possible follow-up activities are included.

Kids today are not receiving the same grammar education that students got decades ago. Is this a symptom of something deeper?

Exceptional writing shows an exploration of conceptual ideas, which the writer finds interesting and/or provocative. The writer appears to be engaged in the process and is willing to take risks and reshape conventional ideas.

Dashes and parenthesis are opposite sides of the same coin. Both separate text from the main part of a sentence, but what they do with that text is different.

This covers the use of quotation marks for direct quotes and includes the correct use of other punctuation used with quotation marks.

A primer on the proper uses of semicolons and colons. This covers the basic uses of these badly misunderstood punctuation marks and makes using them correctly easy.

The Economic and Social Research Council of the UK has announced that it is spearheading an investigation into the growing phenomenon of transnational English language television stations, such as Iran's Press TV and China's CCTV.

Here, I offer analysis of George Orwell's 1984, cross-referencing Orwell's essay, Politics and the English Language.

The far left has decided to become the absolute moderators on the English language - and as a result, we've entered into a frightening age of Orwellian Newspeak, where classic words have lost their meaning, and new words must meet strict political criteria.

Because of our fast pace consumer society, descriptive words in the English language are disappearing.

This artcile describes ten steps that can increase the education level of English language learners.

A discussion on Community Colleges and their efforts to help (ELLs) English Language Learners

The Bible has enriched the English language in many ways. One example is the addition to the language of two words that denote large beasts: behemoth and leviathan.

Certain words and phrases in the English language are commonly mispronounced or misspelled. The reader is reminded to avoid mistakes that are heard almost every day.

If you have mastered the English language then you must be a total genius as it is one of the hardest languages to learn.