The chosen language for this paper is French. 1. Information on the language family it belongs to Language families are groups of languages that are related to each other because they come from a common older language. French comes from the Indo-European languages family and is a part of the Romance family along with Italian and Spanish which was spoken a long time ago. 2. Geographic location of the speakers, number of speakers, dialects, etc. French is the first spoken language is various countries such as France, Switzerland, Monaco. It’s also used is parts of Belgium(Brussels), and Canada (Quebec) according to .. French speakers are distributed among all five continents which are Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania and Australasia. …show more content…
The term also refers to the orthographic convention by which the deletion of a vowel is reflected in writing, and indicated with an apostrophe. It is common in French and in some cases is indicated with an apostrophe. Elision of vowel and consonant sounds was also an important phenomenon in the phonetic evolution of French. For example, s following a vowel and preceding another consonant regularly elided, with compensatory lengthening of the vowel. • Latin hospitāle → Old French (h)ostel → Modern French hôtel • Latin spatha → Old French espee → Modern French épée • Latin schola → Old French escole → Modern French école There’s a lot of differences between English and French. Firstly, English speakers who are trying to learn French will have difficulties with and mid-front rounded vowels of French which are tu[ty] and peu[p] because those vowels don’t exist in English. e.g. French has [K],
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This includes the concept of lingua franca, diffusion, and non-material culture. The article references how globalization has a long term effect on the French language in Canada. Globalization is defined as the “shrinking” of the world in terms of communication and interaction, this plays a role in the diffusion of the lingua franca of English. Since English is the lingua franca of the world, the language the used around the world to do business and well as communicate with each other, many people will be learning English for better communication with other parts of the world. This article could also relate to the concept of non-material culture.
-Describe how atypical development may impact on areas of development. The different aspects of children's development are interlinked and co-dependent, so they will each be important to the child's holistic development. Children's overall development and educational needs will be affected by the way in which they develop in key areas. As children grow and pass different milestones or key points, they will gradually become more independent and less reliant on those around them in preparation for the future.
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David Sedaris wrote "Me Talk Pretty One Day", to express his experiences in learning French. Not only has he moved to France and enrolled in school there, but he is also older than most of the students in his class. He expresses his trepidation on the first day of class by referencing Pa Kettle backstage after a fashion show; saying "they were all young, attractive and well dressed. " (Sedaris 1) He continues to go on throughout his essay expressing the difficulties of learning French, living in France and the obstacles he has to overcome to succeed.
In The Family Romance of the French Revolution, Lynn Hunt examines the significance of the family and politics in relation to the French Revolution. Looking at ideas of romance that transferred over into family life, Hunt is able to investigate a shift in ideology that played a part in precipitating the French Revolution. Lynn Hunt attempts to make an intervention in the historical literature of the cultural history of the French Revolution. Lynn Hunt is a historian of the French Revolution and Professor of History at University of California at Los Angeles. More broadly, Hunt is interested in the changing of ideas and political spheres in 18th century Europe.
Songhai (Songhay) people speak Songhay language, which is spoken by 3 million people across present-day Mali, Benin, and Niger. Like many languages, there are assorted dialects in various regions. Some are so dissimilar that they may be virtually unrecognizable when compared to one another. Furthermore, some Songhay people in these countries speak French, because these are French speaking
Languages are complex because they are made up of many components. Some components include the culture, meaning, and interpretation. The way people understand language has to do mostly with their culture and their understanding of what is being said. Also, depending upon where someone is raised, the pronunciation of certain words can be different and therefore it influences the understanding. My goal in this paper is to demonstrate that language and culture are intertwined.
The Iliad by Homer, the Odyssey poem written by Homer and the Prometheus mythology are classical texts that reflect the historical and cultural background of the Greek and Roman literary skills. The Odyssey and the Iliad are Homer’s epic poems that portray Greek and Western culture. The three texts give an insight of the ancient Roman myths, culture and the literature during both the 17th and 18th century. The two texts by Homer and the Prometheus mythology represent a classical period that consisted of the cultural history and the civilization of the Romans and Greece hence known as the Greece-Roman World. Homer’s narratives, the “Iliad” and the “Odyssey”, and Aeschylus mythical story “Prometheus” have cultural and mythological similarities
“You can’t see other people’s point of view when you have only one language,” declared psycholinguist, Frank Smith. Just as it is mentioned in this quote, foreign language is important; therefore, people should learn a foreign language at an early age. When learning a foreign language at an early age, it helps people to concentrate and increase comprehension skills. Also, at a young age, the mind is fresh, so the person can take in more information and can easily master a foreign language. In addition, most secondary schools, universities, and jobs require a foreign language to be known.
The Language Culture and Society programme provides us with strong theoretical and interdisciplinary foundation for the study of a range of educational practices across the human lifespan and in a range of theoretical and methodological perspective is brought to bear on studies that explore the nature of literate practices, democracy and civic engagement and participation in social life. The programme focuses on relationships between education school and the dynamics and changing structures of language, culture, and society. It examines connection between broader, social, cultural, linguistic, historical, aesthetic and political factors in education and the local context in which these issues take place. It has long been recognized that language is an essential and important part of a given culture and that the impact of culture upon a given language is something intrinsic and indispensible. Language is a social phenomenon.