Word Processing Technology and the Process of Writing Word processors have been in use in our country and across the globe for quite some time. Elementary school students, High school Students, as well as College and University students all use them everyday to produce written texts from many different genres. Pens and paper have been forgotten. Has the formal process of writing also been forgotten? Have word processors changed the way people write – permanently (I misspelled that word and fixed
If you were to ask some high school students, “Have you ever looked up a sports score or checked your Twitter feed in class on your phone or computer?” what do you think their answer would be? The answers from most, if not all, of the students would be “yes”. Technology use has drastically increased over the past few years, and this dramatic increase is having its effects on classrooms. With online textbooks, homework, and lectures, it is inevitable for it to have an effect. Technology is rising
Ralph Gorin built the first spell checker. Today, spell check is very important and is used every day in Microsoft word and in search engines. In this paper I will discuss how spell check works. [1] 2. Origin In 1961, Les Earnest led the research on this budding technology. Earnest saw it essential to include ten thousand acceptable words in the first spell checker. [2] A graduate student taught by Les Earnest named Ralph Gorin created the first true spelling checker program written as an application
It is rather astonishing to me how in all the conversations and debates about the decline of education in the United States we have ignored the most fundamental of its causes. Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the children our educational system was designed to teach. Students today have not just changed drastically from those of the past. This change goes beyond the different clothes, styles, and slang being used today youngsters. I see that a really big discontinuity
Brave New World - Technology Technology, what is it? It’s usually something new, and better than the old idea. Technology started with cars, stoves, TV, radios, etc. Cars takes somebody from one place to another, faster than walking, running, or biking and one could go places without getting tired. Stoves allowed one to conveniently be able to turn on and off heat to a cooking utensil with less clean up. The biggest contributor to making our lives easier would be computers, which has come a long
was elated to read Patrick Hartwell’s essay that contests that teaching grammar has a negligible effect on the development of a student writer (183). Clearly, there are different types of grammar, which Hartwell distinguishes in his essay. Borrowing from Francis’ “The Three Meanings of Grammar,” and his lengthy definition of grammar in three parts, Hartwell extends to the five categories of grammar. In dissecting grammar, Hartwell divides and conquers the argument that formal grammatical training
nowadays which are so much focused on grammar, the needs and interests of learners in learning grammar are very high. Also, there are so many different kinds of learners coming to language centers in Viet Nam to study English for their own purposes. Many of them could take their time to study English intensively while many others take it extensively. They only come to the English classes two or three evenings a week. However, their needs of learning grammar to pass the tests of National Certificates
Natural Language Processing There have been high hopes for Natural Language Processing. Natural Language Processing, also known simply as NLP, is part of the broader field of Artificial Intelligence, the effort towards making machines think. Computers may appear intelligent as they crunch numbers and process information with blazing speed. In truth, computers are nothing but dumb slaves who only understand on or off and are limited to exact instructions. But since the invention of the computer
For centuries, American literature has served as indication on the power of words to articulate encouragement for change by creating a call to action. Indeed, literature “the art that expresses life in words” (Tanvir, Para. 4) has the ability to transform the comprehensive human race. Consequently, literature serves as a record of all the dreams that made such change a possibility throughout history. Each successive era, literature begins and ends with great writers communicating their own message
A. Introduction It is not uncommon to say that grammar instruction plays an important role in language teaching. Regarding the status and importance of grammar teaching, a variety of opinions have been made. Batstone (1994) states that “language without grammar would be chaotic: countless words without the indispensable guidelines for how they can be ordered and modified” (p. 4). More vividly, Wang (2010) makes two similes. She compares grammar to the frame of a house, which is a decisive factor
use of language may be taken for granted. In my view, Wittgenstein does not take the notions of use of language and grammar and its misuse for granted. For Wittgenstein grammar underdetermines what it is to use or misuse language. I argue that an ethical critique is implicit in Wittgenstein's objections to any attempt to speak a priori about language and thought. Distrust of grammar is the first requisite of philosophizing. Notebooks, p. 106. The purpose of my talk this afternoon is to make clear
The words of a particular class can have two or more forms in different grammatical circumstances because of the existence of a grammatical category. Grammatical categories are an essential part of traditional grammar especially of the classical languages. As English is modelled on the grammar of Latin, it follows the system of Latin. The most common grammatical categories in English are gender, number, person, tense, mood, voice and case. The grammatical category applying to the English nouns is
that can be used to communicate attitudes or other shades of meaning, are all essential components of the non-verbal aspects of communication. I think that good grammar and communication skills are important. People use both of these on an everyday basis to communicate. Some of the most important reasons for knowing and using good grammar is knowing how to communicate in written texts such as emails, post, and notes. We communicate through written words in our everyday life. We use the written word
Linguistic style is the way people express their mean and to understand the words of others, and it is influenced by many elements, such as experiences in childhood, cultural background, and position in the workplaces. The central idea of this article is that different linguistic styles of people not only cause different results for men and women in workplaces, but also lead people to misunderstand others in communication. In childhood, boys are encouraged to get higher positions in the group, for
“Broken” English, people see it as something that is limit’s people because of the incorrect grammar spoken and a burden to carry. Amy Tan thinks otherwise because it’s how she communicates with her mother and how she understands the world she lives in. Tan goes on talking about “the power of language” and goes to a point where her mother “broken” language can affect the effectiveness of what she’s trying to convey, negatively; then explain how math is a top choice for non-English speakers, not an
working in a professional atmosphere I feel that good grammar is the key to professional communication. When you are in the presence of colleagues you should speak intelligently and use proper grammar at all times. Slang is not meant for the professional work place and it also shows laziness and that you lack intelligence. Some Human resources recruiters will not hire those who display poor grammar because; it shows through your work. Having good grammar is imperative to all professional careers so it
Innate/Nativist Theories -Theorists such as Noam Chomsky believe that humans have a natural and universal ability to acquire language. The theory of universal grammar refers to young children knowing syntactic structure without learning it, therefore the ability to acquire grammar and language unconsciously. Furthermore, diversity is apparent primarily in specific phonological, semantic, syntactic and pragmatic features of multiple languages. However, children from different language contexts achieve
signify certain meanings and to understand or interpret the sounds produced by others”. Thus, linguistic knowledge includes - on the one hand - linguistic competences such as phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and lexicon which are linked by grammar; and - on the other hand - it also includes linguistic performance which means the ability of producing meaningful, comprehend sentences. (Fromkin and Rodman, 1998) First let me introduce what terms the linguistic competence exactly covers. Phonology
Although I am not the best writer, I have come a long way and improved immensely from my first essay “Where is the Line Drawn?” at the beginning of the semester to my last essay “Differences” towards the end of the semester. If it was possible I would have loved to compare my very first essay from semester 1 to my last essay in semester 2 to show the extraordinary change and my writing journey. Throughout the entire 2nd semester I have acquired some new writing, reading and analytical skills. Some
Sociolinguistics – How language is influenced by social and cultural factor Sociolinguistics is the internal examination of how language works. It investigates the individual and social variations in the flow or development of language. A language reflects a nation’s characteristic and contains historical and cultural backgrounds of the nation. Every nation has its own way of living their life. They have their own rules and regulations, which are handed down from generation to generation. Every nation