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Thesis: Directness in conversations in american english and vietnamese  A comparative study

Thesis: Directness in conversations in american english and vietnamese A comparative study

... Vietnamese and American English Hinkel (1997) classified many indirectness devices in three groups: rhetorical strategies and markers, lexical and referential markers, and syntactic markers and structures, ... 27 ÔÝÔ P.00 Ầ 33 4.2.3 Reasons and purposes of using directness and 1ndirectness 37 4.3 Conclusion about directness and indirectness in American English and VICINAMESE cee ceceececccceccececccceccecsccsceccecnccececsctscecsceceecscsceceectceectcesctseecscescnseecs ... develop their personality and emotion, spend time more effectively, and improve relationships and confidence Appropriate directness in conversations helps people understand and support each other

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 06:12

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American Values and Beliefs

American Values and Beliefs

... quality and lower its cost We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands ... the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth. Trang 6Time and again, these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a ... technologies and inventions that improve our lives and make our planet cleaner and safer And I want us to push our own human boundaries to reach beyond the divides of race and region, gender and religion

Ngày tải lên: 18/07/2014, 23:01

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báo cáo khoa học: " Use of the evidence base in substance abuse treatment programs for American Indians and Alaska natives: pursuing quality in the crucible of practice and policy" ppsx

báo cáo khoa học: " Use of the evidence base in substance abuse treatment programs for American Indians and Alaska natives: pursuing quality in the crucible of practice and policy" ppsx

... promise for improving treatment for American Indian and Alaska Natives with substance use problems, may conflict with both American Indian and Alaska Native and 12-step healing traditions Discussion: ... per-spectives, input, and governance in order to better understand and address the need to implement more effective services And while the historical, political, cultural, and infra-structural ... substance abuse services for American Indian and Alaska Native communities While there have been some highly successful efforts to meld the traditions of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

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American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun phần 1 potx

American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun phần 1 potx

... in learning new idioms 1 Study the meaning and usage... [12 /30/2007 12 :07 :18 PM] Document Page 1 Section One American Idioms and Phrases Just for Fun 1 About You probably ... exercises or tests for these items They are "just for fun. " These phrases and words are slang or trendy, and most provide some insight into a more current or youthful way of speaking, ... file:///C|/Documents%2 0and% 20Settings/Owner/My%20D ks/nlReader.dll@BookiD=53437&Filename=Page_ix.html (2 of 2) [12 /30/2007 12 :07 :16 PM] Document Page x After every group of ten idioms, and in a longer...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 07:22

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American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun phần 2 ppsx

American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun phần 2 ppsx

... to it, and opens it It was John who answered the door 2 The telephone rings, and someone picks up the receiver After the third ring, Grandmother answered the phone 3 The doorbell is rung, and someone ... someone has become very sad or upset and has begun to cry. Grandmother broke down upon hearing the news of the fire The poor man couldn't control his tears and suddenly broke down 17 To Break ... father. Look at Jim's eyes and nose He's really a chip off the old block 27 A Cock-and-Bull Story Use this expression to say that what someone has said is quite unbelievable and perhaps even a lie.

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 07:22

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American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun phần 3 doc

American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun phần 3 doc

... 59 To Lend a Hand This idiom is a synonym for to help or to aid. You seem busy. Can I lend a hand? Jane was always willing to lend her teachers a hand. file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/My%20 ... means that someone is angry and telling what he or she thinks about a certain matter He won't be asking for money again Grandmother gave him a good piece of her mind and. .. it means that someone ... be great interest and there was some difficulty in losing that interest. He's having a hard time getting over her. They dated for two years. I just can't get over Grandmother's

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American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun phần 4 potx

American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun phần 4 potx

... a drink and often refers to alcoholic beverages Let's stop at this bar and wet our whistles What a hot day I need to wet my whistle Whatever! This is a rather up-to-date expression and is used ... talked his head off Mary was embarrassed Her husband had been talking Mrs Smith's head off To Tick (Someone) Off This expression is very casual and indicates that someone is angry. If you say ... file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/My%20Docu /1-99/nlReader.dll@BookID=53437&FileName=Page_24.html [12/30/2007 12:47:09 PM] Trang 3Page 25 More Phrases Just for Fun Six of One and Half a Dozen

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 07:22

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dumas & choyleva - the american phoenix, and why china and europe will struggle after the coming slump (2011)

dumas & choyleva - the american phoenix, and why china and europe will struggle after the coming slump (2011)

... Jay‘Charles Dumas’ and Diana Choyleva’s reflections that Europe and China will fall from grace and the US will re-attain it are thought-provoking and convincing Readers weaned on Dumas’ brand of hard-hitting ... into debt and why this unsustainable process must end in tears.’ Martin Wolf Trang 4The AmericAn Phoenix And why ChinA And EuropE will strugglE AftEr thE Coming slump Charles Dumas and Diana ... fixed rates have genuinely and willingly given up national autonomy This condition does not and cannot exist between China and the US, and in Europe coordination of policy and behaviour occurs ‘more

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2014, 18:45

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an investigation into starting and closing telephone conversations between friends and relatives in american english and vietnamese = nghiên cứu phần mở đầu và kết thúc cuộc hội thoại qua điện thoại giữa bạn bè

an investigation into starting and closing telephone conversations between friends and relatives in american english and vietnamese = nghiên cứu phần mở đầu và kết thúc cuộc hội thoại qua điện thoại giữa bạn bè

... Openings and Closings between Friends and Relatives in Trang 6American English and Vietnamese” with the attempt to find out the similarities and differences of the telephone conversation openings and ... 1986) and Schegloff and Sacks (1973) The main objective of this study is to find out the similarities and differences in opening and closing telephone conversations in American English and Vietnamese ... and closings in American English and Vietnamese An analysis of the opening and closing sequences of 15 dyads of telephone conversations, which are transcribed from American records and Vietnamese

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:30

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Normalizing unnaturalness  indexing  foreignness  in japanese dubbed versions of american movies and TV dramas

Normalizing unnaturalness indexing foreignness in japanese dubbed versions of american movies and TV dramas

... findings and analysis from a textual analysis of movies and TV dramas and a qualitative analysis of Japanese dubbing in American Trang 17movies and TV dramas Chapter 4 presents findings and analysis ... scripts of American movies and TV dramas 65 3.4.3 Analysis of dubbed-in voice of American movies and TV dramas 81 CHAPTER IV Trang 5Summary In Japanese dubbed versions of foreign movies and TV dramas, ... movies and American TV dramas in terms of the use of feminine sentence-final particles and dubbed-in voices During the second phase, by interviewing audiovisual translators and voice actresses,

Ngày tải lên: 13/10/2015, 15:55

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an investigation on the satisfaction of the learnersí needs in the course american culture and society

an investigation on the satisfaction of the learnersí needs in the course american culture and society

... in the Course American Culture and Society CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 A brief history of the course American Culture and Society at Can Tho University (CTU) American Culture and Society has ... elective course It is clear that American Culture and Society is an indispensable part in English teaching and learning 1.2 Problem statement American Culture and Society is a useful subject in ... Satisfaction of the Learners’ Needs in the Course American Culture and Society likely to study more about American Culture and Society instead of Vietnamese Culture and Society Some of their extracts were:

Ngày tải lên: 27/12/2015, 10:55

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5 3 making connections   american indians and settlers

5 3 making connections american indians and settlers

... people were the American Indians, or Native Americans The settlers and the American Indians had a very complicated relationship Throughout early American history the settlers and American Indians ... they settled a land with its own geography, history, and culture The settlers had to change their way of life to survive in this land There were already people living in this land, and these people ... the colonists and the American Indians In this book you will read about regional differences among colonies, how the colonists got along with the American Indians, and the French and Indian War

Ngày tải lên: 11/02/2017, 14:55

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Some aspects of American culture and society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through a number of selected short literary works

Some aspects of American culture and society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through a number of selected short literary works

... culture and society of the mainstream American in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries such as individualism, American informality, racial discrimination, modern American women, generation gap and ... 17 Such mosaics of American culture and society provides a background for our understandings of the more specific cultural and social aspects of the American in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries ... memory with the sights and the people and in her time, she had learnt to respect their native states and their parents and everything else On the contrary, her children and grand children did not...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 15:01

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Từ điển từ lóng tiếng Anh - Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

Từ điển từ lóng tiếng Anh - Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

... you, me, and the bedpost Go to between you, me, and the lamppost between you, me, and the lamppost and between you, me, and the bedpost phr just between you and me ᮀ Be- tween you, me, and the ... typical in American pronunciations such as [wad#] ‘water’ and [@”naI@led@d] ‘annihilated.’ The transcriptions distinguish between [a] and [O] and between [w] and [W] even though not all Americans ... beeper will go off and get me out of it ᮀ My beeper went off, and I had to leave the meeting beer in to drink beer ᮀ Fred and Tom sat in there watching the game and beering and belching like two...

Ngày tải lên: 30/11/2013, 17:03

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Tài liệu THE OLD MERCHANT MARINE, A CHRONICLE OF AMERICAN SHIPS AND SAILORS pptx

Tài liệu THE OLD MERCHANT MARINE, A CHRONICLE OF AMERICAN SHIPS AND SAILORS pptx

... of them, and what they caught with hook and line, when dried and salted, was readily exchanged for other merchandise in Bermuda, Barbados, and Europe A vessel was a community venture, and the ... globe and comfortably supported six thousand people who dwelt on a sandy island unfit for farming and having no other industries Every Nantucket lad sailed for his "lay" or share of the catch and ... Hampshire, and Massachusetts, to command an armed ship and harry the pirates of the West Indies and Madagascar Strangest of all the sea tales of colonial history is that of Captain Kidd and his...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 01:20

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lang arts american idioms and some phrases just for fun

lang arts american idioms and some phrases just for fun

... Page « Previous Page Go Next » Page iii American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun An ESL Meaning and Usage Workbook —Contains Both Practice Exercises and Tests— by Edward Swick http://netlibrary.com/Reader/EbookPane.aspx ... to it, and opens it It was John who answered the door The telephone rings, and someone picks up the receiver After the third ring, Grandmother answered the phone The doorbell is rung, and someone ... sick 59 To Lend a Hand This idiom is a synonym for to help or to aid You seem busy Can I lend a hand? Jane was always willing to lend her teachers a hand file:///C|/Documents%2 0and% 20Settings/Owner/My%20...

Ngày tải lên: 11/03/2014, 03:29

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AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 - SMART GRID INVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM potx

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 - SMART GRID INVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM potx

... systems, collecting and processing data, analyzing grid and other impacts, and evaluating costs  and benefits. Peer‐to‐peer workshops and information exchanges are central parts of DOE‐OE’s  outreach efforts and they have proven to be effective mechanisms for addressing many of the  ... networks. With participation of the SGIG synchrophasor project teams, NASPI has been able to  expand their efforts with DOE and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to  accelerate development of new technical standards for synchrophasor data, equipment, and communications systems.   ... The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009  Congress enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) to  create new jobs and save existing ones, stimulate economic activity, and invest in long‐term ...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 14:21

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IMMIGRATION: ECONOMIC IMPACT ON AMERICAN WORKERS AND THEIR WAGES pptx

IMMIGRATION: ECONOMIC IMPACT ON AMERICAN WORKERS AND THEIR WAGES pptx

... displace American workers and undermine wage or living standards in our American families I am committed to work for a plan and immigration bill that protects our borders and protects wages and living ... undermine the wages and living standards of American workers And that is the purpose, and that is the intended effect, of this provision It is to protect American workers And finally, I would ... border security and immigration reform, and the laws of this land enforced and the dollars provided to our enforcement community so that they can carry out their job And the American people are...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 10:20

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American Scenes, and Christian Slavery potx

American Scenes, and Christian Slavery potx

... made her appearance, and there my wife was obliged to stand alone in the passage, whilst I followed the waiter through aisles and passages, and turnings and twistings, and ups and downs, to a large ... sprinkled, and young mothers smiled through tears upon their new-born children, and maidens and matrons of that great city sat in their cool verandahs, and talked of love, and household joys, and domestic ... than its thoroughly American character American usages, American influence, American laws, and American religion are there predominant Things were much better for the black and coloured people...

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