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Entry 11- Yule

Chapter 18 Language has many variations, especially in the spoken way, and it is possible to find different varieties inside the countries; the study of this is called linguistic geography.  The standard language is “ ideal” variety of one language since it does not have an specific region and it is associated with administrative, commercial and educational purposes. The vocavulary, spelling and grammar tend to the ideal form used in written language. Teachers teach this “ kind” of English, as if it was neutral.   Although, we try to speak this English, all of us have our own accent which could be subtle  or less noticiable . Accent is the aspect of the pronpunciationthat identifies where an individual speaker is from ( region or social). Whereas, dialect describes features of grammar and vocavulary and pronounciation as well. There are some regional dialects that have stereotyped pronounciation asssociated with them. The region has a significant importance since the sp
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Entry 6 well written paragraph

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https://youtu.be/cCuExRE6N-4 There ara certain cultures, such as chinesse, in which the essays are longer than others such as the English culture. the main characteristcs are: to begin with, the   TOPIC SENTENCE :  clarified the subject                                        what we are going to talk about in the following paragraphs                                          opening sentence should be an interesting topic to catch the attention     NOT be detailed, breve, clear and presice . The topic sentence lead the reader to into the points that the writer is going to make , to clear up the idea.   After it , comes the BODY : this is the heart of the essay which  supports the topic with arguments . It gives more information and the order will vary according to two different criteria; a) i mportance : standing out arguments  b) chronology : order of the events.  :    Finally, the CLOSING SENTENCE:  this sentence re-state the topic and add something else. The main
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Entry 14 Final relection

The portfolio is a good tool to have a record about what we have been doing during the whole year. It is useful because we are “obliged” to read and do a revision of the texts in order  to upload them. Another advantage of the blog is that I had to put up with technology; it was a  challange to become acquainted  with it.  As it is all recorded in the blog then, I believe that it would be easier to study from there. The summaries are already done; what it is left is the hardest part: studying it.   What I like most were the videos. They  clarified  what the thesis statement is about. I liked the videos of David Crystal, they were very interesting and clear. He explained in a simple way what happens with language, how culture may influece on it.  I liked those videos that showed people speaking the same language ( English) in  different ways. It shows us , as future teachers, that those people could be comprehensible although their pronounciation was not perfect at all. So, the re
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