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    closely compare other languages spoken at Egypt to the Hieroglphics you would understand what it says. Also acording to Ancient Egypt.com, it states that in 1822, after inspecting the Rosetta Stone for a long time, a man named Jean Francois Champollion finally understood how to read and write in Hierogliphics. Champollion was able to read Coptic and Greek.( Coptic is the present language that is spoken in Egypt.) He figured out how to read the seven Demotic signs in Coptic. Those 7 signs are…

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    Rosetta Stone The Rosetta stone is one of the greatest ancient discoveries to ever be found. It has helped humans decipher languages and translate. The stone itself was carved in 196 B.C. and was made for the purpose of translation. When Napoleon, an emperor known for his enlightened view of education, art and culture, invaded Egypt in 1798, he took along a group of scholars and told them to seize all important cultural artifacts for France. Pierre Bouchard, one of Napoleon’s soldiers, was…

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    until roughly 400 AD, when all three scripts began to fall from use in favor of the Coptic alphabet. 3. The Rosetta Stone; written in three scripts because when it was written, there were three scripts being used in Egypt. The first was hieroglyphic which was the script used for important or religious documents. The second was demotic which was the common script of Egypt. The third was Greek which was the language of the rulers of Egypt at that time. The Rosetta Stone was written in all three…

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    The Power of Language in Shakespeare 's Othello In Othello, the contamination of linguistic matter (whether through verbal or human associations, through deliberate perversion, or by senseless mouthing of meaninglessness) ultimately destroys the ordered control of normal behaviour patterns, personal or social (Shaw 306). In one of the finest play written by William Shakespeare, language is not only the medium that conveys the drama but also the action. For example, talking about an event will…

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    Communication between International and American students. Nowadays society is very split, especially in big countries such as America. This diversity based on people’s culture, language, religion, ethnic group or race. Colossal number of different cultures represented in the United States. New York, Chicago, Los Angeles are the cities with the biggest population in America and also cities with the biggest cultural diversity. People from Asia to Europe to Africa to Latin America live there.…

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    In Chapter five, defines phonemic awareness and phonics and how they are important to learning. But then there are certain drawbacks and benefits teaching those areas of reading. Phonics deals with children seeing the phonograms and how it relates to words instead of only the sounds. There are many types of phonics instruction two examples are analytic and synthetic phonics. There are many nationalities that make up the world especially the U.S. which the dominant is English and children who…

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    E) Language Development M. (4 years, 6 months) uses various vocabulary when speaking. Her sentences comprise of at least 4 to 5 words each and combined thought. When retelling a story, she understand sequencing events, but confuses some facts. She understands how to use certain words such as “can” and “will” to ask questions like, “can you come play with me,” or “Will you sit next to me?” If she is curious about something, she begins with “how,” “why,” or “what.” M also understands the…

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    Language has been around for many centuries in human history. Language is the basis for society as it gives human beings a tool to communicate their ideas and beliefs. The sheer effect of a word can implications from declaring a war to a way to profess one’s love; words can alter life. Language is developing social institutions because it provides different people the ability to comprehend the other group, which is crucial for any growth in a country. Without any way to express one’s ideas, one…

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    Inclusive language means speaking in a way that includes and respects everyone, whether that be speaking about their thoughts and feelings, or their experiences. Speaking inclusively is not holding any judgements about a person prior to getting to know them. This is hard to do as many people unconsciously have judgements about people based on their own experiences. It is also easy to unknowingly offend someone by saying something or doing something they do not agree with. The only way…

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    formatted in which it helps plan produce lessons to teach , but more important to help engage students to the lessons. The phonological system of a language includes an inventory of sounds and their features, as well as rules in which specify how sounds interact with each other. Linguistically morphology is the patterns of word formation in a particular language both goes hand in hand in formatting words expression and comprehension. When I was teaching third graders in a European country, I…

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