ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1
Expressing Likes And Dislikes
EXPRESSING LIKES AND DISLIKES
We can use different words and phrases to express our likes and dislikes. In expressing likes and dislikes we may choose...
Debate, Dialogue, Discussion And Interviews
Debate, Dialogue, Discussion And Interviews
DEBATE
This is a formal discussion of an issue at a public meeting or in a parliament. In a debate two...
TOPIC 6: WRITING SKILLS | ENGLISH LANG 1
WRITING SKILLS
ESSAY WRITING
Name and signature of the sender
What is an essay?
Is a short piece of writing on a subject especially as part of a...
TOPIC 5: READING SKILLS | ENGLISH LANG 1
READING SKILLS
Is the process of going through written information or piece of work in order to get information or in order to understand the...
TOPIC 4 : SPEAKING SKILLS | ENGLISH LANG 1
SPEAKING SKILLS
What is Speaking?
Is simply the act of talking which maybe in either a formal or informal situation.
This kind of speech one would decide...
TOPIC 3: LISTENING SKILLS | ENGLISH LANG 1
LISTENING SKILLS
Listening is ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process. It involves identifying the sounds of speech and processing them...
LIVE AND LET DIE by Kundi Faraja
LIVE AND LET DIE Kundi Faraja
One says that
My children are dwarfs
That no one seems taller
Than the other.
That they never take a bath
That they are...
BASIC 12 TENSES WITH EXAMPLES
BASIC 12 TENSES WITH EXAMPLES
TENSES
A tense is any of the forms of a verb that may be used to show the time of the...
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
These are sentences that express a condition that must be fulfilled for something else to take place.
There are three types of conditional sentences
The...
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
Voice is the form of a verb that shows whether the subject of a sentence performs the action (the active voice)...
WORD FORMATION PROCESSES
WORD FORMATION PROCESSES
The processes of forming words can be grouped into two;
Major word formation processes
Minor word formation processes
MAJOR WORD FORMATION PROCESSES
Major word...
TOPIC 2: MORPHOLOGY (WORD FORMATION)
MORPHOLOGY (WORD FORMATION)
Morphology is the study of the structure of the words. It is the study of how words are formed out of smaller...
TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION
MEANING
Translation is a process by which ideas that are written in one language are represented by equivalent words of another language. Translation deals...
THE STATUS OF ENGLISH IN THE WORLD AND IN TANZANIA
English has different status in different places of the world. In some places it is used as the first language, in others as the...
LANGUAGE VARIATION / VARIETIES
Language variation implies that there are language varieties.
One language may vary from another in aspects such as phonology, grammar, semantic and syntax.
Even within a...
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LANGUAGE TO A SOCIETY
Language has a number of significances to play in a society.
Among them are:
Language as a unifying factor
Language unifies people in a society or country/nation....
FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE
Here we answer the question “what is the language used for?”
The following are among the common functions of language;
Communication function
Language is used to facilitate...
THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE AND A LANGUAGE
Linguistically language refers to a conventional system of arbitrary vocal symbols used by human beings for communication.
So here the word language...
CHARACTERISTICS OF LANGUAGE
Linguists mention some characteristics that are unique to language. These are the ones that distinguish language from other sounds/noises made by animals. Animal’s...
AN INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE
What is language?
The term Language can be defined in different ways as follows:
Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols and signs that are...
