English Language

English is a West Germanic language first spoken in early medieval England, which eventually became the leading language of international discourse in the 21st century. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the area of Great Britain that later took their name, England. Both names derive from Anglia, a peninsula on the Baltic Sea. English is most closely related to Frisian and Low Saxon, while its vocabulary has been significantly influenced by other Germanic languages, particularly Old Norse (a North Germanic language), as well as Latin and French.English has developed over the …

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NSP: New Society Publishers · 10 September 2024 English

The essential bestselling guide to designing and leading useful and effective group conversations, now completely revised and updated Integrating over 60 years of research and development, this essential guide to …

our lives: “I never realized how harsh the English language is or how judgemental and argumentative we


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English

In What Ukrainian Elections Taught Me about Democracy long-time election observer Jane Cooper recounts her experience monitoring a municipal election in Kirovohrad in 2015. Offering a framework for exploring what …

original manuscripts but may consider the English-language translation of works that have already appeared mostly managing cadet training and teaching English-language courses. Oksana also turns out to be an active


Fraser Institute · 29 August 2024 English

The British Columbia government has changed provincewide student testing in high schools so dramatically that it no longer produces quality provincewide student assessment data. Three significant changes have been introduced …

literacy assessment results with the 2015/16 English/ Language Arts exams, proficiency on the 2021/22 grade 2.0 percentage points versus the 2015/16 English/Language Arts exams. Eight in 10 grade 12 students


UAP: University of Alberta Press · 22 August 2024 English

Of Canoes and Crocodiles is a story of adventure in the remote and threatened landscapes of Papua New Guinea. In 2018, Tony Robinson-Smith and his wife Nadya Ladouceur bought dugout …

cans of Sprite on the shelves, we meet an English language teacher called Ruth. She tells us that some


CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 15 August 2024 English

​This document summarizes the basic concepts, underlying methodologies, strengths and limitations of the data available for personal support workers in Alberta.

languages), were counted as 1 language. English language proficiency is a requirement for employment


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English

The Poetics of Translation challenges our pragmatic understanding of translation through the discipline’s use in contemporary innovative writing practices, highlighting translation’s ability to create meaning, celebrate uncertainty, and interpret rather …

Costa) and numerous editions exist in the English language alone. Even while publishing work in his own


CARDUS: Centre for Cultural Renewal · 24 June 2024 English

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applications. It also offers testing services for English language learners. The school is less than three years


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 June 2024 English

Complemented by over 150 rarely seen illustrations, Needle Work moves from coast to coast and across more than one hundred years to provide a key chapter in the history of …

has identified, “culture” had entered the English language as a noun of process that referred to the


CHB: Coach House Books · 11 June 2024 English

steal, but also form a balanced, if chaotic, collectivity.  Yesterdays is one of the great lost English-language novels of the previous century—perhaps ahead of its own time upon its initial release, but sure


UCP: University of Calgary Press · 23 May 2024 English

Psychologists face ethical and cultural intricacies in their work on a daily basis. Psychology graduate training and continuing education programs often focus mainly on common ethical issues and mainstream psychological …

the Code. The authors explore the impact of English-language proficiency, historical trauma, and different


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