Sometimes the term mother tongue or mother language is used for the language that a person learnt as a child at home usually from their parents. Children growing up in bilingual homes can, according to this definition, have more than one mother tongue or native language.
The origin of the term "mother tongue" harks back to the notion that linguistic skills of a child are honed by the mother and therefore the language spoken by the mother would be the primary language that the child would learn.Sometimes the term native language is used to indicate a language that a person is as proficient in as a native individual of that language's "base country", or as proficient as the average person who speaks no other language but that language.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
" Equal Rights Equal Oppurtunity "
Well, first you might want to consider whether or not it is true that all people deserve equal opportunities, rights, and respect." For instance, does a murderer continue to have a right to liberty, or is society justified in taking that right away by throwing the murderer in jail. If you believe that the latter is true, then you do not believe that all people deserve equal rights. Likewise, unless you believe that an industrialist who sets up his own company that provides employment for over a hundred workers is just as admirable as a homeless person who has destroyed his mind with drugs, then you do not believe that all people deserve equal respect, either. So, you might begin by attacking the question and showing a capacity for critical thought when given a manifestly foolish prompt.
Next, you might want to start thinking about how you want to define your key terms (always a good way to begin an essay like this). So, what do you think the word "opportunity" means? "Rights?" "Respect?" Most importantly, what do you think the word "equal" means? Once you have come up with your own definitions of these terms, think also about how other people might define them. Then think about how these different definitions might affect both how true people think the proposition is, and how it might affect their support for it. By that point, you should be getting an idea of the various arguments that one can make for or against the idea that all people deserve equal opportunities, etc. Then you would start the rest of your essay by explaining why the arguments you agree with are right, and why the ones you disagree with are wrong.
Next, you might want to start thinking about how you want to define your key terms (always a good way to begin an essay like this). So, what do you think the word "opportunity" means? "Rights?" "Respect?" Most importantly, what do you think the word "equal" means? Once you have come up with your own definitions of these terms, think also about how other people might define them. Then think about how these different definitions might affect both how true people think the proposition is, and how it might affect their support for it. By that point, you should be getting an idea of the various arguments that one can make for or against the idea that all people deserve equal opportunities, etc. Then you would start the rest of your essay by explaining why the arguments you agree with are right, and why the ones you disagree with are wrong.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
" Responding to CLIMATE CHANGE "
Natural Resources Canada generates and publicizes science data and information aimed at an improved assessment of the sensitivity and response of Canada's landmass and coastal areas to the effects of a changing climate.
Anadarko is a partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Natural Gas STAR Program and a member of the American Petroleum Institute's Climate Challenge Program and Canada's Climate Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry, Inc. As such, the company supports ongoing scientific research on this debate while implementing measures to reduce atmospheric carbon emissions and integrating air quality safeguards into its business practices around the world.
Climate change is a much debated and discussed environmental issue in our global community. Evolving scientific debate centers around the relative impact of human activities versus natural causes on the world's climate. The impact of greenhouse gas emissions - particularly carbon dioxide and methane - has emerged as a specific concern. As a good corporate citizen, Anadarko is committed to responsible environmental stewardship. Anadarko continually looks for innovative ways to minimize the environmental impacts of its activities, including reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Anadarko applies generally accepted scientific principles to all of its operational activities - geological, geophysical, in engineering and production, and environmental. In the environmental arena, Anadarko is a partner in the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's Natural Gas STAR Program and a member of the American Petroleum Institute's Climate Challenge Program and Canada's Climate Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry, Inc. As such, the company supports ongoing scientific research on this debate while implementing measures to reduce atmospheric carbon emissions and integrating air quality safeguards into its business practices around the world.
Anadarko is a partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Natural Gas STAR Program and a member of the American Petroleum Institute's Climate Challenge Program and Canada's Climate Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry, Inc. As such, the company supports ongoing scientific research on this debate while implementing measures to reduce atmospheric carbon emissions and integrating air quality safeguards into its business practices around the world.
Climate change is a much debated and discussed environmental issue in our global community. Evolving scientific debate centers around the relative impact of human activities versus natural causes on the world's climate. The impact of greenhouse gas emissions - particularly carbon dioxide and methane - has emerged as a specific concern. As a good corporate citizen, Anadarko is committed to responsible environmental stewardship. Anadarko continually looks for innovative ways to minimize the environmental impacts of its activities, including reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Anadarko applies generally accepted scientific principles to all of its operational activities - geological, geophysical, in engineering and production, and environmental. In the environmental arena, Anadarko is a partner in the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's Natural Gas STAR Program and a member of the American Petroleum Institute's Climate Challenge Program and Canada's Climate Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry, Inc. As such, the company supports ongoing scientific research on this debate while implementing measures to reduce atmospheric carbon emissions and integrating air quality safeguards into its business practices around the world.
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