Diyala
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yes lol why?

Yer! That'll be me lol

oh a butler is a servant, except they're paid lol

Good question lol hmm. . . . . . . I'll be butler! lol

good evening madame princess! *bows*

While I wouldn't mind helping you out with your paper, but English has never been a strong subject of mine. Now if it was a history paper I would be all over that. I consider that I have a decent vocabulary - a bit of modesty mixed with truth - I am not very knowledge about the many intricacies of the English language.

Sorry.

No problem, I will tell you like I tell everyone else, I am always happy to help a friend! I don't think all the information I gave you is usable (especially that first site I gave you) but most of it should come in handy. Like I said I was half asleep while typing it, so if some of it doesn't make sense i am sorry.

Good luck on your paper Himi, and take care! Peace!

Edit: And don't be sorry, I gave you my time on my own, not by you forcing me!

I hope this helped, and I apologize if it doesn't. I have been up for the last 19 hours, and I work night shift, so I am getting a bit sleepy!

Edit: I am doing just fine thank you! Work and school has kept me pretty busy over the last couple of weeks, but other then that I have nothing to complain about!

Different Sound Systems

The sound system of every language, or its phonological system, is unique. Each language uses a subset of the sounds that are part of all human languages, and each language groups these sounds in different ways.

(This is how it was when I was teaching my friend from Honduras to speak English)

Learning to read in English and other languages that use an alphabetic system
requires you to understand the relationship between letters (graphemes) and the distinctive sounds (phonemes) of a language. Bilingual people, especially those whose dominant language is NOT English, may not be able to distinguish all the distinctive sounds of English and so, will find it more difficult to master English literacy skills.

Ex: In English, we distinguish between the sounds /e/ as in
the word beet and /i/ as in bit. This is a very useful distinction in English and many words are distinguished just by these two sounds (e.g. chip ~ cheap /hit ~ heat /lick ~ leak, and many more). It so happens that the sound in “bit” is relatively rare in the world’s languages and so many
languages, like Spanish, do not have this sound. That’s why many Spanish speakers who are learning English have difficulty both in making (production) and understanding (comprehension) the sound. Now let's say that you are a child whose dominant language is Spanish, yet you are expected to become literate in English. It will be very difficult, for you to grasp the difference between words such as chip and cheap if they sound the same to you!

(For instance I tried to get him to say "Thomas" and he would say "Thumas")

Different Spelling Systems

Ex: The /ô/ sound in the English word father—in Spanish, that sound is represented by the letter a (as in padre, Spanish for father) but in many varieties of American English, this sound is represented by the letter o (as in hot, not, or pop).

(It's also due to the fact that Spanish speakers roll their tongue a lot more when speaking then we do.)

Different Writing Systems

In some cases, people may have first acquired a language with a different writing system from English. There are three types of writing systems: alphabetic, syllabic, and logographic. Many languages, such as English, French, Russian, Arabic, and Hindi, employ alphabetic writing systems. This means that letters of the alphabet correspond to phonemes, or distinctive sounds in a language. people who have become literate in an alphabetic language before entering an English language classroom already understand the alphabetic principle of sound–symbol relations and so will be able to transfer their knowledge to learning to read in English. Of course, some languages use different alphabets. The English language uses the Roman
alphabet. Languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Korean use other alphabetic systems. This not withstanding, if a person has already learned to read in one of these languages, they will understand how alphabets work.
Some languages, such as Japanese or Amharic (spoken in Ethiopia), use syllabic writing systems. In languages such as these, symbols represent entire syllables rather than individual sounds. For example, in Japanese, the syllables KA, KE, KI, KO, and KU would each be represented by a different symbol rather than by two symbols, as in English. People who are literate in syllabic systems may have more difficulty dividing words into phonemes than those who have already mastered an alphabetic writing system.

Chinese and Japanese both use a logographic writing system. In logographic systems, symbols do not represent phonetic elements of words. Rather, they are like “pictures” of the words they represent. To be literate in Japanese, a student has to learn about 1,800 of these characters, which in Japanese are known as kanji. Those who have first learned to read in these systems will need the most amount of support in acquiring the alphabetic principle and may have difficulty with both syllable segmentation and phoneme segmentation.

Different Words

The very nature of bilingual proficiency means that many bilingual people weave both of their languages together in speech.

Ex: “Marisol, ¿ya viste donde puse los paper clips? Los necesito para el mailing que hago.” (“Marisol, did you see where I put the PAPER CLIPS? I need them for the MAILING that I’m doing.”)

This type of mixing is typical of much bilingual speech because being bilingual usually also means being bicultural—living in two cultural worlds—and bilingual language is a reflection of this. In terms of learning to read, this may mean that the lexicon, or mental vocabulary, of the teacher might not be as broad as monolingual student.

(Sorry I'm using Spanish so much for examples, but this is the only language other then English that I kinda know.)

Okay just a sec and I will have my personal view.

Some Common Speech Disorders

Stuttering is a problem that interferes with fluent speech. A person who stutters may repeat the first part of a word (as in wa-wa-wa-water) or hold a single sound for a long time (as in caaaaaaake). Some people who stutter have trouble getting sounds out altogether. Stuttering is complex, and it can affect speech in many different ways.
Cluttering is another problem that makes a person's speech difficult to understand. Like stuttering, cluttering affects the fluency, or flow, of a person's speech. However, the difference is that cluttering is a language disorder, while stuttering is a speech disorder. A person who stutters has trouble getting out what they want to say, and a person who clutters says what they are thinking, but it becomes disorganized while actually speaking. Because of this disorganization, someone who clutters may speak in bursts or pause in unexpected places. The rhythm of cluttered speech may sound jerky, rather than smooth, and the speaker is often unaware of the problem.
Articulation disorders encompass a wide range of errors people can make when talking. Substituting a "w" for an "r" ("wabbit" for "rabbit"), omitting sounds ("cool" for "school"), or adding sounds to words ("pinanio" for "piano") are examples of articulation errors. Lisping refers to specific substitution involving the letters "s" and "z." A person who lisps replaces those sounds with "th."
Apraxia (dyspraxia), also known as oral-motor speech disorder, is a problem with motor coordination or motor planning. A person with this speech problem has difficulty moving the muscles and structures necessary to form speech sounds into words.

What Causes Speech Problems?

Normal speech might seem effortless, but it's actually a complex process that requires precise timing, nerve, and muscle control.
When we speak, we must coordinate many muscles from various body parts and systems, including the larynx, which contains the vocal cords; the teeth, lips, tongue, and mouth; and the respiratory system.
The ability to understand language and produce speech is coordinated by the brain. So a person with brain damage from an accident, stroke, or birth defect may have speech and language problems. Apraxia is thought to be due to a brain impairment that may or may not show up on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tests.
Some people with speech problems, particularly articulation disorders, may have hearing problems. Even mild hearing loss may have an impact on how a person reproduces the sounds they hear. Certain birth defects, such as a cleft palate, can interfere with someones ability to produce speech. When a person has a cleft palate there is a hole in the roof of the mouth, which affects the movement of air through the oral and nasal passages. There also may be problems with other structures needed for speech, including the lips, teeth, and jaw.
Genetics may also play a role in some speech problems. For example, stuttering seems to run in some families. But in some cases, no one knows exactly what causes a person to have speech problems.


This is just a bit of info I pulled from this site, and I am pulling info from sites because they can write better sentence structures then I can. (Which will help you more)

Here's the link

Speech Problems

Give me a little while, and I will find some better information.

I'm good but i woke up with a sore neck today

I am visable just not online

Have you read any of Egdgar Allen Poe? He is a 19th century American Poet. My favourite work from him is "The Tell-Tale Heart"; it isn't a poem but a short story.

Oops. Hahaha. I sometimes get ahead of myself while typing.