By Accents, Literature

Dear everybody: I have a very sticky rpoblem and I need your help.I am a student in the department of English Literature. My native tongue has always been Arabic. I, everyday in the college, learn new words and vocabs. The problem is, I CANNOT REMEMBER ALL OF THEM. I mean, after I learnt them...

It's an interesting subject. July Lai reminds me of the proud of some Vietnamese literature teachers who were highly appreciated by the vietnamese ex- patriotes. Almost Vietnamese parents in USA would like to have their children followed the bilingual program education as they have attended when...

<<We don't really regard Indian-English as being a proper dialect of English, merely English spoken with an Indian accent, and grammatically influenced by the persons native tongue.Standard and non-standard dialects>> A standard dialect (also known as a standardized dialect or...

hi..............everybody...from all nations religons and cultures i am from Saudi Arabia. i live in Dammam.I have a bachelor degree in English literature. My accent is little bit American,of course my language is Arabic.

Englishuser wrote: A non-native speaker who has immersed himself or herself with highbrow literature written in a foreign language could very well have a more vivid vocabulary and a better knowledge of the grammar of the language than the average native speaker. At least as far as the 'standard...

Grammar Geek wrote:Not that this is on topic, but I'm intrigued. A posting outside a building is called a label in BrE? What is a sign?Well, GG, it's in NnsE - Non-native speaker's English! In other words, using label is a sign that you're not a native speaker. Nice you consider my English...

Patricklui wrote: Hello I am new to here. My mother tongue is Cantonese and I like to polish my English. It's known that English has two different versions : spoken and written. I have been learning English since I was a child and my written English is not too bad because this is what I have...

I like your poem very much, especially the image of " Since my eyes decided to take a walk along the street, I can't hardly concentrate...". It reminds me a famous reading of our romantic poet in the revolution of poem in my country with the sentence that I've learnt by heart:" Some kinds of...

Both have the primary accent on the first syllable and a secondary accent on the last syllable. / \ literacy: LIT er a cy / \ literature: LIT er a ture CJ

I always have problems with literacy- literature. My firs language is spanish. Where do I put the accents on li or te? Thank so much for your help