british and american english vocabulary exercises

... hations Literary and colloquial vocabulary seem to be gradually merging, i.e., there are more and more instances of Americanisms in Britain and of Briticisms in America On the othier hand, slang expressions ... number of the “new forms” the British people do not seem to realize that many lexical items they use in everyday conversation are of American origin Today the English vocabulary is developing in ... Great Britain Due to an extensive exchange of films and books as well as the spread of radio and television, a number of originally American words and expressions also began to be used in Britain

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... The British alternative and the American form is all morning; AE and BE: It’s been cloudy all morning; BE: It’s been cloudy all the morning Telling time When telling time the Americans and the British ... pronouns one and he and the antecedent one applies to cognates of ene and he — reflexive and possesive pronouns himself, oneself, his and one’s For example: AE: One always fools himself and his listeners ... volume, our considerations do not extend beyond the limits of the previously defined Standard British and Standard American Thus the comparison of grammar presented below will be rendered with the

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... of British and American English London: Oxford University Press 1972 Lioyd D J., and H R Warfel, American English in tts Cul- tural Setting New York: Alfred A Knopf 1956 Marckwardt A H., American ... 9BIBLIOGRAPHY Alexander L G., Fluency in English, New Concept English, London: Longman 1967 Brook G L., English Dialects Cambridge: W Heffer and Sons Ltd 1963 Bronstein A J., The pronunciation of American ... situation in which Americans and Englishmen would have to use dictionaries in order to understand one another will never ensue. Trang 6NOTES 1 In A H Marckwardt’s, American, English., p 49 Accor-

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... Trang 139 British and American English Write down the British or American words for the following: Trang 24 () Bits and pieces 2 write the number of each drawing ... wench eating sandwiches ( ) 4 February 18th at Grove Road, Bristol, to Mr and Mrs Andrew Burgess, a 5 The dog was seen swimming around unable to get out of the water The police were old and they asked ... and also write down which word should have been used instead (See example) 1 Lost: black and white kitchen, four months old, Farm Road area KITTEN ‹ 2 Police say the car was later found abandoned

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 12:20

... Trang 1British English American Englishaccommodation accommodations action replay instant replay agony aunt advice ... holidaymaker vacationer in hospital in the hospital Trang 6housing estate housing developmenthundreds and thousands sprinkles (for ice cream) ice lolly Popsicle (trademark) icing sugar confectioners’ sugar ... skipping rope jump rope skirting board baseboard sleeping partner silent partner snakes and ladders chutes and ladders soya/soya bean soy/soybean Trang 11spring onion green onionStanley knife utility

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2015, 22:31

... importance of Vocabulary in Language Learning 1.2 Understanding Vocabulary 1.2.1 Definition of Vocabulary 1.2.2 Active and Passive Vocabulary 1.2.3 Words and their meanings ... learning and teaching English, especially in teaching and learning English vocabulary in Vietnam Scope of the Study In this study, the author wants to mention the way of learning English vocabulary ... of learning and teaching English vocabulary at Cua Lo high school in particular and at Vietnamese high schools in general? • How can the quality of teaching and learning English vocabulary be

Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 10:08

... 2010 in both American and British Online Newspaper Discourse. In other words, a discourse-analytical approach that is interdisciplinary and encompasses the linguistic, conceptual and socio-cultural ... ‘The Daily Telegraph‘ 1.4.1 The Corpus Even though British and American broadsheets are seen as “the fourth estate”, where the newspaper owners and advertisers are, in principle, free from government ... total of 250 news stories EACH taken from FOUR established British and American national broadsheets sourced from Factiva. From the British perspective, 250 articles were collected from the Guardian

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22

... 24filtered culturally and contribute inadvertently to a “collective bias in understanding the world” The distribution of conceptual metaphors across the selected subset of American and British broadsheets ... sovereignty and security and foreign policy discourse” (p.416) Thus, it can be seen that Chilton adopts the strong view of CMT that metaphor undergirds human cognition and communication and is a ... in politics and the media: 1 Coercion through the use of resources to influence and dictate agendas with the threat of force 2 The legitimisation and delegitimisation of in-groups and out-groups

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22

... analysis and evaluation of the associated British and American metaphors in this thesis 3.5.4.2 A holistic diagrammatic depiction: The interaction of metaphor categories for ‘Substances and materials: ... and DISEASE influence and constrain the public’s political imagination by imposing these relevant concepts onto social and political realities This underscores the importance of identifying and ... media and politics These include the CONTAINER schema (in reference to defending and shielding from negative external forces), the PATH/JOURNEY schema (in reference to the concept of a mission and

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22

... Oil Spill and the relevant entities encapsulated within the narrative (such as BP itself, the British and American Governments, the spilt oil as an entity, the notions of POLITICS and INTERNATIONAL ... and explicate the use of the proposed IICM for an in-depth metaphorical analysis of the BP oil spill in British and American newspapers This will be accomplished through the use of WMatrix and ... on integrated online concordancing platforms like WMatrix (and its corresponding USAS and “broad-sweep” functions) and Sketch Engine (and the resulting word sketches) reduces the reliance on researcher

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22

... selected British and American broadsheets This is significant as the evaluations and metaphors generated in these popular mainstream broadsheets aid the reader in organising the events and the ... BP are portrayed as having a “stranglehold on American policies and behaviour”, resulting in the “choking” of the American working peoples’ social and economic futures The lexical item - “stranglehold” ... “corrupt” and “unholy alliance” in the Macmillan and Collins Dictionary where the concept of dishonest, illegal, and immoral activities take precedence in the pursuit of money, power and other

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22

... nationalistic elements in the British corpora are brought to the fore in the activated mental model where British interests (British investments, a British-based company and British pride) are portrayed ... strongly favours British and American interests in general, while overlooking the losses of the real victims Text 5.3 highlights BP’s status as a CORE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN ECONOMY ... scenario has potentially created a distorted view of the socio-political and economic repercussions to both British and American societies by negating the option of a compromise or middle ground

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22

... Table 6.5 – An aggregate overview of Metaphors Types and Token Distribution in British and American Broadsheets (NYT, WP, G, TT: Substances and Materials: Liquid_“Oil” Broadsheet Metaphor Types ... strict criteria and in accordance to a predetermined timeframe. It is important to note that the analysis is streamlined into two broad evaluative categories across both American and British media ... environmental and corporate equivalent of the “9/11” attacks in 2001. b. The persistent parallels drawn between Obama’s handling of the BP Oil Spill and the Bush Administration’s handling of “Hurricane

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22

... Oil Spill e.g the current British and American metaphorical representations of BP is of significance in accounting for BP’s prospects and long-term survival in the US and beyond (as lawsuits are ... explicit and intense metaphorical framings of the scale of the disaster and on the ideological adherence to notions of justice and ecological sustainability (MORAL-ACCOUNTING METAPHOR/ CRIME AND PUNISHMENT ... the liberal broadsheets in both the Britain and America (the NYT-corpus and Trang 5the G-corpus) frame the conflict in predominantly antagonistic and nationalistic terms These liberal broadsheets

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22

... learning English vocabulary 20 Table 3: Difficulties in learning English vocabulary 21 Table 4: Source(s) students use to learn vocabulary 21 Table 5: Things students do when learning English vocabulary ... in teaching and learning English Khuong Thuong secondary school are facing in teaching and learning English vocabulary _ Finding out cause of difficulties in teaching and learning vocabulary ... learning English vocabulary, 50% are not much interested in and about 12% are uninterested in learning English vocabulary Table 3 What difficulties do you have when you learn English vocabulary?

Ngày tải lên: 24/06/2016, 21:29

... kinds of English Trang 2Soda PopSoft Drink Trang 3British AmericanTrang 4American Trang 5American Trang 6American Trang 7American Trang 8American Trang 9American Trang 10American Trang 11American ... Trang 12American Trang 13American Trang 14American Trang 15American Trang 16American Trang 17Fairy Floss/ Candy Floss Cotton Candy American Trang 18American Trang 19American Trang 20American ... 21American Trang 22Money American Trang 23(Gasoline) American Trang 24American Trang 25Toilet American Trang 26American Trang 27American Trang 28American Trang 29American Trang 30Pack of American

Ngày tải lên: 30/11/2016, 06:09

... Truck British Boot American Trunk British Football American Soccer British Spanner American Wrench British American Pharmacy Drug Store British Allowance American Pocket Money British Petrol American ... (Gasoline) British Bonnet American Hood British Toilet Loo/ WC American Bathroom British Rubber American Eraser British Flat American Apartment British Mate American Friend British Holiday American ... kinds of English Soda Soft Drink Pop Fizzy Drink British Trousers American Pants British Lift American Elevator British American Autumn Fall British American Biscuits Cookies British Lorry American

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2016, 14:56

... around the world know and understand each other English is one of the languages that have rich vocabulary, so students and people who use it not encounter difficulties Vocabulary is one of the ... Improving vocabulary by reading: This method helps learners practise and expand their vocabulary, because “practice makes perfect” and the more learners read, the more words they will see, and the ... understand and remember the words quickly For example: (APPENDIX 4) Providing synonyms and antonyms Students can explore and recall the words they have learned before by giving the synonyms and

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2017, 15:44

... teaching and learning English vocabulary for students in grades 10” II The objectives of the topic To draw on a number of methods to help students in Grade 10 Englishvocabulary effectively and to ... with the development of society and the need to reach out to theworld, the English teaching methods and course content is constantly beingrenewed and improved The English mateiral for grade 10 ... them a certain number of skills inunderstanding and remembering vocabulary III The object of the topic High school students in grades 10 Lam Kinh and English textbooks grade 10 IV The research

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2017, 10:39

... reliable and valid Trang 103.2 SAMPLING The samples are from the political speeches of British Prime Ministers (British corpus) with 204,310 words at 50.09% and American Presidents (American ... distribution of processes in the British an American political speeches Among the topics in political speeches delivered by the British and American politicians, wars, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction ... 49.91% delivered from 1976 to 2011 and between 1981 and 2009 respectively 3.3 DATA COLLECTION A large number of speeches delivered by the American Presidents and the British Prime Ministers have

Ngày tải lên: 06/12/2018, 11:19