Hammad Alshammari
EAP1
03-30-2011
Applied Linguistics
Reference: Greene, R. L. (2011, March 8). You are what you speak. quest post on B.Schott's ''Schott's Vocab''. New York Times. Retrieved on March 24, 2011 from http:scott.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/guest-post-robert-lane-greene-on-language-sticklers/?pagemode=print
Summarizing:
In this article, the author has started a controversy presenting whether the English language is in decline or not. He implied that the language has been changed instead of declined. Although in recent times there are some native Americans suffering from the lack of grammar strategies such as punctuation, they still can write spontaneously on Facebook which better than decades ago. Moreover, to support his opinion he mentioned some chronological examples to prove the language's changes are not always supposed to be unpleasant or bad. Finally, the bulk of the article relied on the idea that he assumed the change does not mean leading to unhappy end.
Reaction:
Many things in our universe are have been changed. One of these changes is the language, particularly English. I partly agree with the author when he claimed the change does not mean reaching a bad stage; however, I think this change does not mean good, either. There is no doubt that any language, even Arabic, has been slightly changed, but if we cherished the way we learned the language at school and we ignore the new technology that invaded our land, our societies, and everything around us even ourselves, we might be unable to cope with it properly. In my point of view, we need to do both. in my field, Linguistics, there are some theories close to what the author reported. These encourage me to try both possibilities dealing with this issue; if we believe that English is in decline because of the lack of some grammar strategies, it refers to the idea that the level of grammar one hundred fifty years ago was better, whereas in reality you could barely find a person who could write. Even if I believe English changes mean falling down, I believe in renewing or refreshing the language to fit the new trends of an era is still thorny controversy.
EAP1
03-30-2011
Applied Linguistics
Reference: Greene, R. L. (2011, March 8). You are what you speak. quest post on B.Schott's ''Schott's Vocab''. New York Times. Retrieved on March 24, 2011 from http:scott.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/guest-post-robert-lane-greene-on-language-sticklers/?pagemode=print
Summarizing:
In this article, the author has started a controversy presenting whether the English language is in decline or not. He implied that the language has been changed instead of declined. Although in recent times there are some native Americans suffering from the lack of grammar strategies such as punctuation, they still can write spontaneously on Facebook which better than decades ago. Moreover, to support his opinion he mentioned some chronological examples to prove the language's changes are not always supposed to be unpleasant or bad. Finally, the bulk of the article relied on the idea that he assumed the change does not mean leading to unhappy end.
Reaction:
Many things in our universe are have been changed. One of these changes is the language, particularly English. I partly agree with the author when he claimed the change does not mean reaching a bad stage; however, I think this change does not mean good, either. There is no doubt that any language, even Arabic, has been slightly changed, but if we cherished the way we learned the language at school and we ignore the new technology that invaded our land, our societies, and everything around us even ourselves, we might be unable to cope with it properly. In my point of view, we need to do both. in my field, Linguistics, there are some theories close to what the author reported. These encourage me to try both possibilities dealing with this issue; if we believe that English is in decline because of the lack of some grammar strategies, it refers to the idea that the level of grammar one hundred fifty years ago was better, whereas in reality you could barely find a person who could write. Even if I believe English changes mean falling down, I believe in renewing or refreshing the language to fit the new trends of an era is still thorny controversy.
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