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Diglossia refers to the use by a language community of two languages or dialects, a "high" or "H" variety restricted to certain formal situations, and a "low" or "L" variety for everyday interaction. [1] This article contains a list of nations, cultures, or other communities which sources describe as featuring a diglossic language situation.
After Brazilian independence, Britain was Brazil's main commercial partner; Britain financed part of the Brazil's industrialization, building railroads, including the São Paulo Railway (SPR). [citation needed] In the 1920 Republican Census, there were 9,637,000 "Englishmen" in Brazil (probably, all British citizens were counted as "Englishmen").
EAB is an English-language school operated using American-style teaching. The school is open to students of all nationalities. [1] The school was founded in 1961, a year after Brazil's planned capital Brasília inauguration. It is a private, non-profit, coeducational, day school governed by a self-perpetuating Board of Directors. [2]
Linguist, activist and social critic Noam Chomsky is hospitalized in his wife's native country of Brazil recovering from a massive stroke he had a year ago, she confirmed Tuesday. Valeria Chomsky ...
Education in Brazil underwent multiple phases: it first began with Jesuit missions, [2] that controlled education for a long time; then, two hundred years after their arrival, the Jesuits' powers were limited by the Marquis of Pombal; [2] shortly after that, the Brazilian government took over education, which is now run by the government through the Ministry of Education.
Despite the fact that Portuguese is the official language of Brazil and the vast majority of Brazilians speak only Portuguese, there are several other languages spoken in the country. According to the president of IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) there are an estimated 210 languages spoken in Brazil. 154 are Amerindian ...
If a student is unable to study before a language examination, the student could experience test anxiety. Context anxiety could be viewed as a result. [4] In contrast, anxiety becomes a cause of poor language learning, leading that student to then be unable to adequately learn the target language. [2]
Teaching English as a second language (TESL) refers to teaching English to students whose first language is not English. The teaching profession has used different names for TEFL and TESL; the generic "teaching English to speakers of other languages" (TESOL) is increasingly used, which covers TESL and TEFL as an umbrella term.