tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010139447112597702011-11-28T20:37:45.005+01:00221 essays and research papers from my collection of Hungarian students' writing in English. Each script appears as a separate entry. W, R and L stand for the subcorpora: Writing, Retraining, and Language practice. F stands for female, M for male authors. Scripts also have labels to allow for advanced search. To carry out online concordance search, please visit <a href="http://www.lextutor.ca/concordancers/concord_e.html">The Compleat Lexical Tutor site</a>.Joenoreply@blogger.comBlogger2291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601013944711259770.post-32541121785459250422010-04-21T11:15:00.016+01:002011-07-01T07:55:33.284+01:00

I began collecting student scripts in 1992 -- and by 1999, the JPU Corpus incorporated over 300 essays and research papers.At the time, it was the largest European corpus of English as a Foreign Language.My PhD study is based on this corpus. You can read it online at Google Books.Three of the five subcorpora are available here and may be used for linguistic study.I would love to hear from you.

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Students in my Corpus Linguistics course have worked on some exciting projects. Here, I make available the best, by Kiss Ilona. First, an excerpt: I started to develop my corpus by downloading articles on air travel from internet tourism magazines. As tourism is a rather wide issue I had to encompass a narrower scope and focused on travel by air. I assumed that analysing a reliable amount of

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L 148 M, L 149 M, L 150 M, L 151 M, L 152 M, L 153 M L 154 M, L 155 M, L 156 M, L 157 M, L 158 M, L 159 M L 160 M, L 161 M, L 162 M, L 163 M, L 164 M, L 165 M L 166 M, L 167 M, L 168 M, L 169 M, L 170 M, L 171 M L 172 M, L 173 M, L 174 M, L 175 M, L 176 M, L 177 M L 178 M, L 179 F, L 180 F, L 181 F, L 182 F, L 183 F L 184 F, L 185 F, L 186 F, L 187 F, L 188 F, L 189 F L 190 F,L 191 F, L

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R 131 F, R 132 F, R 133 F, R 134 F, R 135 F, R 136 F R 137 F, R 138 F, R 139 F, R 140 F, R 141 F, R 142 F R 143 F, R 144 F, R 145 F, R 146 F, R 147 M

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W 001 F, W 002 F, W 003 F, W 004 F, W 005 F, W 006 F W 007 F, W 008 F, W 009 F, W 010 F, W 011 F, W 012 F W 013 F, W 014 F, W 015 F, W 016 F, W 017 F, W 018 F W 019 F, W 020 F, W 021 Fm W 022 Fm W 023 F, W 024 F W 025 F, W 026 F, W 027 F, W 028 F, W 029 F, W 030 F W 031 F, W 032 F, W 033 F, W 034 F, W 035 F, W 036 F W 037 F, W 038 F, W 039 F, W 040 F, W 041 F, W 042 F W 043 F, W 044 F, W

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Every now and then, I recommend a script from the corpus.This time, it's L 216 F, an essay about travelling with lobsters.

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January 2008: My paper on the internet version of the JPU Corpus and its application with the Compleat Lexical Tutor was published in When Grammar Minds Language and Literature by the Institute of English and American Studies, University of Debrecen. (A PDF version of the paper is availabe.) Editors: József Andor, Béla Hollósy, Tibor Laczkó and Péter Pelyvás. The introduction: "At the end of the

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You can use the Search blog field at the top of every window to locate specific words, phrases, or sentences in the scripts.Also, you can click one of these labels to read a script or more with that tag.Text types:essay * research paper * storyThemes:academic essays * academic journals * accuracy * adverts * Americans * amusing writing * aphasia * attitudes * au-pairsbanned * blues * Britain *

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According to the teachings of history if a lot of people agree in something it is not sure that this something must be the truth. For example Copernicus - in his century - was the only one who was on the opinion that the Earth is global. Everyone else was totally sure about that the Earth is flat. In our days we know that the multitude was wrong.In spite of this if we deal with religions it is

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Graham Greene is the kind of writer whose novels and short stories are influenced by his own experiences in life. He does not write directly about his life but his attitude to the phenomena of the world and the things that happen to him can be felt in the ways he makes his stories. The role of childhood experiences, the unpleasant side of life and escapism are important aspects in Greene's life.

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It is on the third of June in 1992. The telephone rings. " Jane ? How are you?" "Dad? I'm fine , thanks. And you?" 'Thanks. Jane, happy birthday! Tha call is because I have forgotten to buy flowers. You know, I was in the cemetery at your mother's tomb and I was talking to her for such a long time that it was evening when I got home. So, I could not buy you anything but to give you my best

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When, some five months ago, I was invited for a three-week-long holiday at one of my distant relation's country house, I did not dare to think that a new way of life would unfold itself, strange but still convincing enough to be adopted. Maria and Laszlo are a middle-aged couple living in a restored traditional peasant house at the edge of a little village in the western part of Hungary.

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The aim of my essay is to give a general picture of the participants' opinion about the Language Practice course coded ANG1212, based on a survey among the participants of the course. First I will introduce the course itself, showing its aims that have been stated in the beginning of the semester. I will tell about the participants, and the conditions concerning the sessions. Next, I will show

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The lobsters' popularity in Western cultures has grown enormously great in this century. According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, lobsters or the family Homaridae all belong to the order of Decapoda and to the class of Crustacea. They use their first pair of legs, modified as pincers for grabbing food and fighting. Their other legs, called the swimming legs and a flipper-like tail are used for

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Both teacher and student can achieve real success, if they are able to fulfill their appropriate parts in the class. Since the teacher and the students are participants, the interaction should be formed in two directions. First, between the teacher and his students, and second, between the students. The teacher obviously has the role of the leader in the class. In this role his first duty is to

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It is said and known, that the United States of America is not the safest place to live in. The figures show, that in proportion to population the United States is one of the most, if not the most dangerous land on Earth . Through the means of mass communication anyone can get aquainted with the state of affairs on the far side of the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of foreigner viewers state, that the

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It is a quite difficult question to rate the way that my parents brought me up because in rating them I rate myself. If I say that my parents brought me up perfectly, I say that I am an ideal grown-up who is well-mannered. In this case I would say that I always know what to do and I always do it in good time. Of course it would not be a true way to declare myself. But if I say that my parents

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The child is father of the man. As the saying suggests the experiences of childhood determine a person's character as an adult. A child is a small human being who needs 15-20 years to become a parent good enough to provide his or her own child with the essential advice and help for life. Parents teach their children with the aim to make them able to begin their own life. The question is what way

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Lately the number of accidents caused by dogs has increased. More and more dog-owner choose powerful dogs to keep. Unfortunately some of them has been trained for fights. As a reaction a new law has been brought in that forbids dog fights, keeping and breeding the "killer" dogs in Hungary. When puppies are born they are staying with their mother for two months than an owner-to-be comes to

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I have been interested in biology since my childhood very much. In grammar school I decided to choose a job that is in connection with this science. I am especially interested in reading about our nervous system and dealing with human speech. For I had a liking for grammar in my former schools, I decided to study linguistics at the university. There are some parts of linguistics that are in

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I think the tree most important qualities of an ideal parent are: to be affectionate, understanding and influential. Nowadays there are more and more children who don't get on well with their parents, but I think it is very important to be a good relationship between a child and a parent. The most important thing in the relation of a child and a parent that they can understand each other, to

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The output of the Press is determined by the social structure and political interests and views of the country, by the commercial structure, that is the financial support and institutions in the background and by the readership of the newspapers. All of these factors make their influence felt on what is published as news in the papers. U.S., the political, economic and military 'superpower',

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There is a difference in the attitude to bringing up children in the UK and in Hungary. In our country mothers usually stay at home with a new baby for a few years, or if they do go back to work, then comes the grandmother. There are hardly any nannies, and not many cleaning ladies either. The bringing up of children and the household duties are still considered the role of the mother, even if

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NBC Super Channel ITN World News 1995 30th October 21:30 Audience: General, English speaking Genre: Daily news Anchor: Alex Thompson Director: Martin Boyd Production team: Brian Bryant, Chris Bryant, Rachel Corp, Alison Perry, Stuart Webb, Bruce Whitehead ITN World News appears on NBC Super Channel twice a day: at 18:00 and 21:30 o'clock. It lasts thirty minutes. Each edition consists

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On the 19th of April, 1995, a bomb blew the federal office building in Oklahoma City apart. The event was covered by several newspapers, among which there are Newsweek and Time. Both of the international newsmagazines released special issues on the bombing and both issues date the 1st of May, 1995. After reading both articles, one discovers that there are many similarities and differences

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Family structures represent the basic units of society. They have existed for thousands of years , which proves that they are needed. This kind of social institution is built on love and understanding . It provides its members with a feeling of safety which is essential in life. A family's main function is to give the child all he needs and bring him up under the best conditions possible. Any

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Today the role of the family extremely increases . People understood, that the more stronger is a family, the more stronger is the society. Since one of the main functions of a family is the upbringing of children, now these children in modern families play a more important role than ever. Most of the today's American parents dedicate their lives to their children in the proper sense of the

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A new method has been applied in the traditional and obligatory Language practice section for a group of English major students in the second semester of the year 1995-96: one that above the facilitation of further development of all four major language skills (as well as undertaking to assist students in stregthening skills necessary for passing the end-of-semester Proficiency Exam) focuced

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Since I have been learning English I have found myself becoming more and more interested in not only the language itself but in British culture as well. After spending two weeks' time in England I became even devoted to the British. Though my holiday was not enough to experience everything, but most of the differences between usual Hungarian habits and funny or sometimes strange British

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As we all know, “Dallas” is one of the most popular soap operas in Hungary - and probably in many other countries, as well. The reason for this is quite complex, yet vary obvious. In modern societies human relations are getting weaker and weaker. There are many lonely people who need company but they simply cannot make friends. /This has got many reasons such as their fear, the effect of huge,

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According to the Oxford Handy Dictionary, a cup is a "drinking vessel usually with one side handle." If there are two side handles, it is a soup bowl. If there is only one , it is either a tea-cup or a coffee-cup. While there is usually one or maximum two types of tea-cups on the basis of their design, there are at least three distinguishable kinds of coffee-cups: (1) "mocca" or "espresso,

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The genre of "soap opera" is still in its infancy in Hungarian Television. Besides Dallas we have only a few more Hungarian soap operas, among which the most favourite series is the "Neighbours". We have had the chance to watch the episodes of Dallas for quite a few years, and there are still such enthusiastic viewers who follow the parts on every Friday evening with attention. Dallas is always a

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As a fifth year student I have been able to get a little insight into our university's and also the English Dept.'s life. This period is enough for every student to get to know the /black-/ rules and get along very well. Now I would like to tell about some of my experiences. I might be a bit ironical.English major = a language major? This is one of the main questions that has been formulated in

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The theory long held still persists in common knowledge that coffee cups are made and practically good for a very limited range of possible ways of uses: pouring some kinds of liquids from it, in the majority of cases, right into the human digestive system, through the mouth organ. However, this extremely vague theory has been finally refuted to the utmost by a current occurence, which

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Friday evening 8 o'clock. The 1st thing one will associate with this timing is very much likely to be something like sitting in a room where there is a well functioning TV set. This piece of electric device is necessary for an average Hungarian citizen's Friday evening entertainment. If they cannot watch TV on this day of the week, at this hour of the day, they miss a piece of experience that can

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Dallas, the famous TV soap opera is widely watched in the whole world, not only in America, but in most European countries also, such as in Germany, the former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, etc. In spite of its popularity most of the people think that it is absolutely of no value, as they make degrading comments about it and laugh at it all the time. From a certain point of view they are right. It

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Reader, I here put into your hands what has resulted from my deep thoughts during my idle and heavy hours. I honestly hope that scrutinizing this Essay will be to your great delight, as I found pleasure in producing it. This Essay I dare deem a masterpiece; but reader, do not mistake this last statement as a praising of my own work, nay, I still am trying to regard myself subject to

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Having invited a new American friend of mine to our English language practice class, I was excited to hear her impressions. She was quite positive about the class itself, about our level of English, but had quite a poor opinion on the esthetics and design of the department and the classroom. She was surprised to see old, uncomfortable desks and chairs, empty classrooms, no decorations. Her remark

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The use of coffee cups... One can argue that this is such an obvious thing that there is nothing to talk or write about. We had better not waste any time on it. But definitely, there is no point in writing a 1,500-2,000 word expository essay on it. Actually, people usually do not think about the obvious things in other parts of life neither. For what do we use a coffee cup? That may sound

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Much has been said about the denseness of Dallas by critics. Nevertheless, it used to be very popular in the USA for years and nowadays it is very popular also in Hungary. The question has been raised a lot of times whether this program has any literary value at all. Dallas, as a soap-opera, is one of the major money-earners, nonetheless it is rarely praised. The audience of Dallas is

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If you are interested in the English and the American cultures, you should go to the target countries to learn or work. If you can not and/or you would like to stay in Hungary, just visit the English Department of one of our universities. If you want to go to one of them, you have to take very serious exams (written and oral ones) in order to be admitted. When you are already in you have to

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In the end of the 20th century computers are indispensible in every field of life. For a long time they were considered as parts of only mathematics, physics, medical and other sciences. Nevertheless in the past ten years the usage of computers has increased deliberately, so that nowadays they have their own major role in teaching processes as well. The more the computers are used in schools, the

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We are different. There are a number of ways in which people are different from one another, including age, sex, race, education, or status. There is a great diversity in terms of behaviour, dress and clothing styles, or attitudes. Often what we mean by deviance is simply diversity. But what is deviance? Is there deviance at all? At the simpliest level, it refers to something, that is

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For the first sight International Wildlife might seem an easy-to-read, entertaining magazine full of pictures and articles about animals and plants. However it is quite very far from that. International Wildlife is a high-in-quality environmental magazine both in its content, outlook and style. In my essay I would like to focus on the aims and inventions of the magazine and the way it fulfills

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Father O'Ryan arrived in Evillage on October 17. Despite that the place was situated on the North, this October kept the warmth and atmosphere of July. The father had always longed for a calm little village with a desperate congregation and for a cosy little vicarage with a bearably cold weather. This is exactly how Evillage looked like. The only blot the village had was a legend of Satan's

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To start with I must explain how this essay was born. I met Wendy and Art Kohn at the university last year and we became friends. We talked a lot about Hungary, Pécs, the university, teaching, young Hungarians compared to young people at the United States, etc. These discussions took place in various places, from lectures to pubs, they were completely rambling, entangled and free. That why its

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The ANG 1212 Language Practice course was a university course for first year English majors in the spring semester of the 1995/96 academic year in Janus Pannonius University of Pecs. The course had twelve students. The meetings were held on Mondays between 9.40 a.m. and 12.10 p.m. in the Arizona Room in Szepesy Ignac street. This room is a well–lit and well–equipped place where every group–member

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Ask a child, it will tell you that being an adult is much easier thus it is the least difficult thing in the world to tell the others what to do. A parent's answer would be: "I wish I could be a child again. I have never been so carefree as I was in my childhood." Why are these answers so obvious? Why do children want to become adults and what changes, that as soon as they are grown-ups they

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I made a little survey among secondary school pupils and university students at POTE and JPTE. I tried to get answers to the following questions: which languages are the most popular, how many opportunities the students have to study foreign languages and how they can use their knowledge. In my essay I will sum up the responses I got from the 16 students. Most of these pupils have learned English

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Deviation means difference but it can be interpreted in two principal ways. In everyday context we consider a person deviant if his or her behaviour, habits, acts etc. deviate from our own values. In stientific sense the word means abberation, difference from moral rules, social traditions, conventions. According to the Oxford Dictionary deviationist means a person who deviates especially from

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We’re just wasting time While we running blind Stop the hate One more chance before we go The War And Peace unit of Headway set me thinking about the cruelty of wars. It seems that the more intelligent we grow, the fewer controversial issues of international politics can be settled in a peaceful way. The main aim of a war is actually always the same: conquest. But of course, there have been many

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One of the greatest changes in our lives is when we go to primary school at the age of six. Being separated from the family for whole days is something new at that age and it frequently shocks children. Unfortunately, the system of primary schools is based on two counterparts: the teacher and the pupil.The first is the head of the class and also the dominant one, and the other is the one who is

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This essay evaluates the presentation of three news values in the American newsmagazine NEWSWEEK. Before discussing the different news values in detail, let me first clarify the basic concept of journalism, name the different news values, and describe some general characteristics of NEWSWEEK. It is one of our basic needs to get informed about what happens in our immediate environment or in the

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" Who my blood drinks, eternal life will have ", Jesus. Blood as the mistery which connects God and Man. The idea of blood as force and vitality giving material has its origins way back in history. Blood is mistery. Wampires. They drink blood and live an eternal life. The collectors have these definitions : wampire is that dead person who's body does not dwindle away, that evil man who was

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Television is nowadays taken for granted. If somebody wants amusement all he has to do is turn the TV on, he will probably have a large number of channels to choose from. Television is no luxury any longer. The time of the old black and white TV's when only few families could afford to have a TV set of their own is long gone. Television has become the most basic element of

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In human interaction feedback plays an instrumental role. It informs the encoder about whether the data conveyed has been comprehended and what kind of reception it happens to have had and also helps to make headway. The aim of the author in this essay is to provide feedback on the 1212 Language Practice Course of József Horváth which was held in the spring session of the year 1996 in the Arizona

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I think most of you have had or will have a presentation. I am sure you have listened to interesting, enjoyable lectures and you have sat or slept during boring and dull ones as well. I believe when you give a presentation you want to do your best. But how can you do your best? How should you prepare for a good presentation? What methods can help you? What you should concern about when you are

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A human being in his life belongs to several groups and communities. I personally can be classified into a lot of groups though I am the same person all the time. I am a human so I belong to the living world, I am the part of nature. (Ralph Waldo Emerson employed in his work Nature with the varicoloured life, he wrote: "Strictly speaking therefore, all that is separate from us, all which

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Most people are not aware of the danger of the destructive effects that soap operas, such as Dallas, imported from western cultures have caused and cause even nowadays. We do not look at these phenomena with enough attention because the damages that have been caused by this disease and infected the pure spirit of innocent millions of people do not look harmful at the first sight, but in fact they

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The author of this essay would like to point out,to emphasize that the only soap- opera that is considered to be good by him is "Twin Peaks" and under no circumstances does he acknowledge that "Dallas" is a good one. Dallas is a beautiful city in the southern part of the United States of America. This city is famous for its landscapes, its amazing ranches and for its people who live there.

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We live in the 'age of cards '. While some years ago we heared about cards only when we played with them, nowadays it seems that we cannot really get along in our everyday lives without them. A 'modern' man has dozens of cards with him : some bank cards and credit cards; a few tons of visiting cards; in several countries the driving licence is a card as well (which is an ID card at the same time

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Some people collect tattoos. Others collect South American Indian zanzas and even others Mercedes badges stolen exclusively from cars with a Hungarian number plate. You can call me weird if you like but I'll tell you the truth: I am an enthusiastic syllabus collector. By now, at the end of my fifth year at the university I have quite an impressive collection at my disposal. You may be

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According to the statistics, there is a boom in current consumption on Friday nights between 8.30 and 9.20. The reason is quite obvious: this is the time of the well–known American tv–series, the Dallas – what else could cause such a rush to the tv– sets? As the signal begins the streets become empty and everybody takes his seat. On a Friday evening you can hear nothing but the brazen voice of

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When my mother wakes up, she first opens the eyelids of her conscious to remember for a second what she had been dreaming about. During that second, through the inward eye all the colourful, happy and sad movements, objects and feelings slip down among the claws of her memories, never to be brought back to life if only by their very reoccurrence in it. I know that because she told me. Next she

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Students of JPU have been looking forward to chip cards with great expectations. Since the introduction these cards have been important constituents of students' lives. The cards have promised a possibility of buying things with reduced prices, to serve as substitutes for I.D.s and bus tickets. They have proved to be efficient - many other universities have introduced them as well. But they have

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In this discussion I should discuss the esthetics of Dallas but since I am alone and nobody around to discuss and argue with I give my own opinion about this phenomena. I have to confess that so far I have seen every(!) part of this television series. So I am a really fan of it. When I am not home my video tape recorder does its job. I think that I had to write all this things to clarify my

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When the first rumour spread around among students about the new chip card nobody knew anything particular concerning its function and use. Some hazy idea, though, had developed in the students' minds owing to those priviliged personalities who were on good terms with the members of the Student Council and who, in this way, could give out information about the expected date and mode of

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As the title of this paper suggests I want to emphasise certain factors which do create an overall argument for the use of soap operas as a necessity in modern society. My point of view might be surprising or even shocking for all those who believe in the superiority of a certain class which consider the viewers of soap operas as ordinary people and the programme they watch as pure pleasure of a

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Dallas is probably one of the most popular and widely known tv series ever made. It attracts thousands of viewers in front of the tv screens every week even in a country like Hungary, the inhabitants of which were not brought up in the culture depicted in the film. According to a lot of people it is very difficult, if not impossible, to find literary values in soap operas like Dallas. They

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In the last twenty years big changes have taken place at the English Department. After Building 'D' collapsed during the summer of 2013 (luckily nobody was hurt) the Department moved to a more modern building. There is a spaceport next to the university for better transportation. Students come here from all parts of the world to study. New more interesting courses have been introduced to the

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My essay is inspired by the 12th unit of the Headway Advanced especially by the text concerning the experiences of people having come back from death. This article made other unbelievable, for example paranormal phenomena come to my mind. But I'm interested not in the phenomena themselves rather in the reaction and the opinion of the people. All the world has been operating basing upon the

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Despite the continuous improvement in the public transportation system the taxi is still the fastest way of transportation. Its mobility is due to the fact that its route is determined by the passenger who hires the vehicle. Although it is probably the most expensive way of transportation on the ground, people are willing to pay more for a comfortable and fast service. Taxis are indispensable

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Nowadays it is so common to hear young people or even music students say: 'Blues? So boring, always the same structure...' The problem is that people have stereotypical images about blues, and consider them to be one certain musical style. It is true that most common blues are the typical ragged, twelve-bared ones. But where do the swinging of rock'n'roll, the funky rhythm of hip-hop, the jazzy

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Short story was born hundreds of years ago. That time Bocaccio's short stories were told to be the most modern (actually, because they were new not only as short stories, but as literary genre too.)The short story basicly hasn't changed at all. It deals with the daily life, with the real or the understandable aspects of life. It deals with human stories - I mean with people's - and feelings like

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I got acquainted with chat list not very long ago, but I really feel I had been left out from something very entertaining and funny now. This sort of communication through computers is new to me, and I felt really reluctant to use it on a permanent basis. I simply didn't find it attractive to sit in front of a screen for hours wasting my precious time. But I was wrong, I have to admit it.

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Language Practice Course In this essay, the author attempts to make an analysis of the ANG 1212 Language Practice course. The essay starts with a description of the Language Practice courses in general and continues with that of this particular course through its participants and its place. The major part of the analysis deals with the activities of the group, which are compared to the

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All newspapers have their own characteristics and peculiarities which they stick to in order to easily find the way to their readers and, later on, keep them. The part of a newspaper that can best represent these features and, therefore, is the most influential is the front page. I have reviewed the front pages of 20 numbers each of The Times and Magyar Hirlap to find similarities and

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Dear Mum!Yesterday I have been to xxx, a city in Croatia. It was my second yourney after the heaviest attacks between October and February. I can tell you that I am very deeply depressed and stunned. The situation before the war and now is as different as chalk and cheese. You are almost unable to recognize people: unfortunately, some of them physically but most of them emotionally. As one of

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Anyone having one or two children is exposed to taking responsibilities day by day as it is sometimes difficult to find the most appropriate way to bring up a child. Nowadays education of the offsprings has bacome a prime concearn of parents. There are two basic factors to influence competition in economy: demand and supply but these main factors can also be found in society . There is

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In my personal opinion, it is almost absolutely worthless. The concept , the basic principles are all right, Chat is something that went wrong because of its members, participants, and even the efforts of David Winet and some Hungarian students could not improve it in practice. A list, providing opportunity to create virtual connection with dozens of students throughout the world: sounds

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Are you one of those computer freaks who spend all their nights in front of a computer screen? If so, You have surely wondered how much better it would be to be inside the computer. This would mean that you would not have to give indirect commands but the computer would be almost reading your mind. This idea was first born in the mind of a scientist. He created his own system and gave it

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In this essay I would like to describe the CHAT-SL (Student List). I am going to focus only on the program itself, what it is about, what its (dis)advantages are. The CHAT-SL is part of a apecial international program, of Pegasus Mail, which enables people to correspond via computer networks. In other words it is electronic mail. You type, send, receive messages on computer. It is not

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This essay is attempting to analyse the Study Journal of Cserna György, (30) English major Russian Retrainee, from methodological point of view. The study journal, which was part of a Language Practice (LP) course, contains written dialogues between Cserna and his LP practice tutor, Horváth József (34). The tutor and the student could write to each other fortnightly.The idea of such a study

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This abbreviation stands for Computer Assisted Language Learning. In the books, articles I have read about CALL and its applications CALL was also referred to as "simply another medium", "new technology", "the latest in the series of modern aids to language learning" (Maley, 1990:6), "a mass phenomenon and the techniques traditionally associated with it" (Williams, 1991. Introduction) or simply

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This semester diary-writing was introduced in language practice lessons of the third-form Russian retrainees' group in order to develop several skills and sub-skills of the learners and to make their work more colourful. This interesting written task met the students' requirements and both they and their teacher of language practice have enjoyed this form of communication very much as the diaries

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Human beings are rather stupid creatures, because they pollute that enviroment in which they have to live. They are sticked into the present and cannot think about the future, which is their childrens’ and grandchildrens’ future. The earth-pollution has grown to considerable size in the last decades and has become more and more dangerous. Nowadays it threatens the existance of the whole world. In

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A small group of persons differing from others in race, religion, language is the definition of the word "minority" in The Oxford Handy Dictionary. For centuries the law did not acknowledge and protect people belonging to such groups because the position on this issue was "one state one language. Hungary declared similar view which was one of the reasons because of which the 1848 Hungarian

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Writing my thesis about Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in EFL teaching, I worked with the corpus based on the texts of the twelve units from Headway Advanced Student's Book (John & Liz Soars 1989). As one of the results of my research I have found several interesting data in connection with the wordlists and frequency tables of the corpus. Finishing my thesis I found it

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Poets can be characterised as people who have an intense sensitivity to social issues and who with their gift for language are able to convey their thoughts and feelings to their readers. Stephen Harold Spender is no exception. Born in 1909, he attained literary acclaim in the thirties. His poetry is defined by the events of that period in history. Politics in the thirties was dominated by Nazism

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In my essay I would like to focus on one of the productive skills, writing. During my first year of teaching at a secondary technical school I had to realise that my students have got difficulties in writing in English. ‘Well’, I said, ‘never mind, however long process it is, I will teach them how to write compositions properly.’ But after reading their writings, I discovered that I have got a

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Arranging the impressions after reading Forster's novel, Passage to India, that emerge insinctively from the writer's thoughts woven into the characters, events and in the virtuosic and meaningful description of the surrounding area, some thoughts can be clearly formulated, but I must realise that language is too poor to give the exact equivalent of these emotions. There is always a gap between a

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There are a number of good reasons for bringing writing into a more central position in language learning. In contrast to oral classroom work, writing can offer students the opportunity to work at their own place and to think while they are producing language. Many students feel very anxious when they are called upon to speak in front of others and this anxiety effectively blocks their ability to

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There are three years provided for any mothers to spend with their newborn babies in order to introduce them into the surrounding world until they have acquired enough knowledge to make their first independent steps without their mothers' care. This should be the ideal situation for both all babies and mothers, though today very few of them can afford to carry it out due to basically social

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The Russian retraining program was started by the government in 1989. After political changes in Hungary the Educational Ministry allowed schools to teach any foreign languages. Students didn't want to learn the hated Russian any more but at the same time there was a huge lack of other foreign language teachers. The aim of this program is to train former Russian teachers for teachers of other

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In my essay I attempt to reveal how the relationship between the two main characters, Dr Aziz and Fielding, changes during the novel Passage to India written by E.M. Forster. Here I would like to show how their relationship and their attitude towards each other and towards the other characters undergoes the change, what events motivate the gradual shift in their behaviour. Their characters

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Free writing may be a useful tool of language learning. By free writing I mean that student can write about anything they are interested in such as jokes, recipes, films, books, holidays, entertainments, hobbies and so on. They can even choose the form of their writing: it can be a letter, a diary, a story or an essay. What is important, it is that they should try to express their own thoughts,

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The research has involved 36 children (21 girls and 15 boys) at Móra Ferenc Primary school in Paks, whose previous foreign language instructions had been different. The research was made in three groups, two were in the fifth grade, one was in the seventh. G1 group started to study English at the age of nine in the fourth grade, now they are in the seventh grade. They have two lessons a week.

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The subject of this thesis is exploitation of songs in two course books. The author's choice of subject is up-to-date as she presents ways how to make teaching as well as learning English as a Foreign Language more varied and attractive. Choosing the topic of this work is useful because it is based on practical, tried experiences and it gives different kinds of opportunities to show how teachers

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IntroductionThe purpose of this essay is to prove Mahatma Gandhi’s greatness, which exists in our life. His name will not disappear in the history of the twentieth century. I wanted to emphasise that history is about individuals as well as large groups of people. It is not a biography but of course there are few details from Gandhi’s life which are connected with his characterisation.The process

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IntroductionEveryone is interested in what had happened when he or she was born. What was going on in the country, what were the people doing, how were they living. The information can be acquired in different ways: asking parents or grandparents about that day or reading books about that time or searching in libraries for information.The easiest way to find particulars is to look at a newspaper

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