Death Ssentence

Death Sentence

By K S

Is anyone here multi-lingual?

Crazy Quiz TIme

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Do you think our language is worth learning by other people? Why?

Easy questions

really easy​

Two minutes

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What type of publication is more likely to be the source of this article? Why?

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Given that the word sentence has two meanings, why has the writer chosen Death Sentence as the title, do you think?

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Do you think the writer is in favour or against a world language?

How can you tell?

read carefully and answer these easy questions concerning referencing in a written text.

Referencing in Detail

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a. Here is how it happens (Line 3-4)

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b. It had just one speaker left. (lines 8-9)

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c. Of these, about half are going to die out. (lines 32-33).

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d. This means that, on average. (line 34)

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e. No wonder so many are in danger. (line 49)

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f. Surely, you might say, it is simply a symptom. (line 65-66)

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g. It reduces the diversity of our planet. (lines 73-74)

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h. Sometimes it is intellectual. (line 94)

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i. Or so they think. (line 116)

Read in context and decipher these phrases.​

Good luck

the next several questions aren't easy

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a. What does the writer mean by 'caused a stir' in line 17?

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b. Explain in your own words what happens during 'cultural assimilation.'

(lines 50-51)

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c. What point is the writer making when making a comparison between language and animals?(line 71-73)

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d. Why does the writer believe that 'linguistic diversity' (line 84) is important?

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e. What examples does the writer give of what we can learn from a language.

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f. Explain in your own words what Ezra Pound stated. (lines 105-109)

a real story

for real

really real​

Now

let's time travel back to the beginning of it all - late 18th century and the beginning of the 19th ​

I guess we can all tell from the picture what happened.

First

it has provided evidence for some fascinating discoveries in linguistics. ​

Guess where this is???

Despite the tragedy

Slaves on the Hawaiian sugar plantation in the early 20th were not only from Africa.​

yes, there were still slavery during that time.

You might not know

Workers were brought from China, Japan, Korea, Portugal, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.

Probably that's why modern day Hawaiians all have asian look. ​

More importantly, not knowing each other's language due to diverse cultural background, the slaves soon started to develop there own language, natually.​

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We are lucky enough to have obtained some samples from their language. But there are two types. Try and separate them. ​

And now

Let's take a look

1. Me capé buy, ​me check make.

2. Da firs​ japani came run away from japan come

3. Building - high place - wall pat - time - nowtime - an'den - a new tempecha eri time show you.

4. ​One time we go home inna night dis ting stay fly up.

5. One day had pleny of dis mountain fish come down

6. ​Good, dis one. Kau kau any-kin dis one. philipine islan' no good. No mo money.

It's ok if you don't know. I only got to know this in my 30s. So just have fun. (tip: some look cruder than others)

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So, what are the two groups?

2. Da firs​ japani came run away from japan come

4. ​One time we go home inna night dis ting stay fly up.

5. One day had pleny of dis mountain fish come down

​B

1. Me capé buy, ​me check make.

3. Building - high place - wall pat - time - nowtime - an'den - a new tempecha eri time show you.​

6. ​Good, dis one. Kau kau any-kin dis one. philipine islan' no good. No mo money.​

A

Here

Do you see the difference?​

Their offspring raised in a pidgin environment​

creole

First generation speakers

pidgin

The two groups are called

Next, on the book

Multiple Choice

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Something to think about: Some argue that language is the product of social interaction instead of genetic evolution, saying one cannot learn to speak if put in an uncivilised environment (e.g. human raised by wolves). What do you think?

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Coming back to Death Sentence, which discussed the importance of linguistic diversity, apart from cultural assimilation, what are the possible reasons that languages are dying out, do you think?

are several reasons listed, the last couple of which will surprise you.

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Rephrase the underlined part of the problems and wishes in your own words​

Here...

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I wish that my people still spoke my language using its full vocabulary and grammar. It has been severely pidginised already.

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I wish that my people still spoke my language using its full vocabulary and grammar.

Question: Do his people still speak their language in its full vocabulary and grammar?

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I wish people would just stay in my hometown and stop relocating to mega cities where the language is not used at all. Urbanisation is destructive.

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I wish people would just stay in my hometown and stop relocating to mega cities where the language is not used at all.

Question: does the speaker think people will one day stay in their hometown?

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I wish my people could speak my language well enough to train more teachers of it.

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I wish my people could speak my language well enough to train more teachers of it.

Question: does the speaker still believe that it is possible to train people to teach their language?

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When do we use I wish?

I wish I did

I wish I could

I wish he would

(There is no I wish I would)​

​Let's continue with the other problems.

Something we desire but are not, will not or can not come true​

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A huge problem is that my native language doesn't have alphabet. I can't even write it down for future generations of my tribe.

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As a Mohawk speaker I can tell you that my language can hardly be revived because its grammar is too hard and can't be simplified.

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There’s an aphorism that languages are learned best on the pillow but I just can't find anyone to practice my native language on a daily basis.

things in the past we feel regret about?

What about...

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Lots of Asian works regretted going to Hawaii to work on the sugar plantations. They wished they had just stayed in the Philippines even there was no mo money.

Question: What structure expresses regrets?

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When asked in a 2008 interview about his biggest regret as president, George Bush surprisingly listed the Iraq War (2003), stating, "I wish the intelligence had been different, I guess."

Question: which part describes his regret?

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And this guy said that he regretted taking that $7.99.

Rephrase the sentence with 'He wished'

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And Bruce regretted sitting in a house built on a cliff.

So he ...

5 minutes?

Now, it should be easy...

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l.

Tell me what you want about things depicted in the prompt pictures.

You might just get what you want

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Hints: family, siblings, shopping, lifestyle

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Hints: classroom, school, classmates

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Hints: Beijing, city life, your neighbourhood, childhood

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Hints: global issues

other phrases regarding wishes and preferences

Make your choice

Next

Multiple Select

Pick the right one(s)

• It's time to go home

• It's time you go home

• It's time you went home

• It's time going home

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What's the difference between:

a. it's time to go home

b. it's time you went home

Multiple Select

Pick the right one(s)

• I'd rather spend my money on clothes than food.

• i'd rather spending my money on clothes than food

• I'd rather to spend my money on clothes than food.

• I'd rather to spending my money on clothes than food.

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Finish the sentence: I'd rather die than ...

Multiple Select

Pick the right one(s)

• I'd rather Michael leave his bicycle somewhere else every day.

• I'd rather Michael to leave his bicycle somewhere else every day.

• I'd rather Michael left his bicycle somewhere else every day.

• I'd rather Michael had left his bicycle somewhere else every day.

Multiple Select

Pick the right one(s)

• I'd rather she give me some flowers instead of chocolates yesterday

• I'd rather she gave me some flowers instead of chocolates yesterday

• I'd rather she given me some flowers instead of chocolates yesterday

• I'd rather she had given me some flowers instead of chocolates yesterday

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What's the difference:

a. I'd rather she gave me some flowers instead of chocolates every day.

b. I'd rather she had given me some flowers in stead of chocolates yesterday.

Multiple Select

Pick the right one(s)

• It's high time he did his own ironing

• It's high time he had done his own ironing

• it's high time he would do his own ironing

Multiple Select

Pick the right one(s)

• It's about time she takes a more serious attitude to her job.

• It's about time she is taking a more serious attitude to her job.

• It's about time she took a more serious attitude to her job.

something relaxing

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